Nuno Grande (PT)

Nuno Grande was born in 1966. Obtained his degree in Architecture at the Universidade do Porto in 1992. Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Architecture of the Universidade de Coimbra (DARQ/FCTUC) since 1993. Guest Lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture of Oporto in 2006, at the Contemporary Urbanism course. Presently preparing his PhD at the University of Coimbra, on the relationship between Culture, City and Architecture. He was responsible for the Cultural Program on Architecture and City, in Porto 2001, European Capital of Culture and shared responsibility for Culture in the Architectural Order, North Section, (OASRN) from 1999 to 2004. He is author or editor of the following essays: “O Verdadeiro Mapa do Universo: uma leitura diacrónica da cidade portuguesa” (Edarq, 2002) on the evolution of Portuguese Cities; “Arquitectura & Não” (Caleidoscópio, 2005), a selection of his own texts; and Cidade-Sofia, Cidades Universitárias em debate” (Edarq,2005), a compilation of different expert approaches on European University Cities. He is member of the Portuguese Section of the Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art (AICA) and of the Editorial Board of Jornal dos Arquitectos, the official magazine of the Portuguese Order of Architects. He writes occasionally for architectural publications published in Portugal and Spain. He uses his own architectural design studio as a complement of his academic and critical work and as a professional co-authorship platform with other studios.