Pedro de Azambuja Varela
Pedro de Azambuja Varela was born in Lisbon in 1982 and graduated in Architecture in 2006 in the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto. In 2014 he enrolls in PhD PDA programme (FAUP) with the “Rethinking Stereotomy with CAD/CAM technologies” provisional title. Collaborates closely with the Digital Fabrication Laboratory of FAUP since its foundation in 2013 where has published articles in international conferences pertaining to digital fabrication and stereotomy.
José Pedro Sousa
José Pedro Sousa is an architect and Assistant Professor at FAUP, where he teaches geometry-related courses and directs the Digital Fabrication Lab (DFL). He holds degrees from FAUP, ESARQ-UIC (Barcelona), and IST-UTL (Lisbon), and has studied at MIT and UPenn. His work bridges teaching, research, and practice, focusing on computational design, robotic fabrication, and material innovation—particularly with traditional materials like cork. He has taught in Portugal and Spain, was elected to the New European Bauhaus Roundtable in 2021, and has received several awards for research and teaching excellence.
Rui Póvoas
Professor at FAUP, with a career dedicated to the conservation and rehabilitation of historic buildings. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering and a Habilitation in Architecture, and has taught at FAUP since 1986. He currently holds leadership roles in academic councils and directs both the Centre for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism and the PhD programme in Architectural Heritage. His research evolved from computational mechanics to the study of Porto’s bourgeois houses (17th–19th centuries), focusing on intervention strategies and the history of construction.
Afonso Silva
Afonso de Matos Silva, born in Viana do Castelo in 2000, is completing his Master’s in Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP), developing his thesis entitled “3D Modelling of an Abandoned Project: São Torcato’s Sanctuary from Luís Inácio Barros Lima’s Drawings.” His research focuses on digital visualization, photogrammetry, 3D modelling, and parametrization. He has taken part in workshops on heritage reconstruction and has a strong interest in parametric modelling and historical research.