Daniel is an urbanist, urban designer, and planner with broad experience in urban planning practice and academic activity. He currently works on various urban design projects and planning studies through his office, Urban Dynamics, based in Porto and Amsterdam; as a researcher at MDT/CEAU/FAUP; and as the director of the Future Design of Streets association.

Daniel holds a Master’s degree in Urbanism (Amsterdam, NL) and completed his PhD at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto, in 2018. As a team leader, he has won several urban design and planning competitions and is a frequent invited speaker at various international events, workshops, and debates. He is also the Chair of the second international conference on the Future Design of Streets.

Daniel founded a platform on street design that led to the establishment of the Future Design of Streets association. As director, he is part of the management team of the association.

Ivo is a professor at the EAUM, University of Minho in Guimarães, since 2004, and a researcher at the LAB2PT research centre (since 2015). He holds a Master’s degree in Architecture, Territory and Memory (FCTUC, Coimbra, 2007) and a PhD (EAUM, Guimarães, 2015). His research focuses on: streets, road infrastructure and public space in extensively urbanised territories.

Ivo has contributed to several research projects, including: NO Void – Ruins and Vacant Land in Portuguese Cities: Exploring the Dark Life of Abandoned Urban Spaces and Alternative Planning Proposals for the Perforated City (2015–19), and The Sea and the Shore, Architecture and Marine Biology: The Impact of Sea Life on the Built Environment (2018–20).

Ivo has been the Director of the Integrated Master’s in Architecture programme and a member of the UM-Cities board since 2017, a platform that seeks to promote and highlight exemplary practices in the city and territory, particularly in terms of their contribution to a more sustainable and just society.

Ivo is part of the management team of the association.

Catarina holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Lisbon School of Architecture (2018). She has worked in Lisbon, Ghent, and Porto, and currently holds a fellowship at the Lab2PT research centre, University of Minho. Catarina advocates for socially, culturally, and age-inclusive cities, and for a cohesive urban fabric that connects city centres with peripheral areas, fostering community involvement throughout the design process.

She is currently working on her PhD research project, Street Transformations towards Mobility, Social and Urban Nature Spaces: Concepts and Practices.

Catarina is part of the management team of the association.

Carina holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from the School of Architecture, Arts and Design, University of Minho in Guimarães (2016), and a Postgraduate degree in Spatial Planning and Urban Project from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (2023). She began her professional career in Vienna and currently works at Urban Dynamics, in Porto.

Carina is passionate about creating inclusive, equitable, and vibrant urban environments that promote community involvement and sustainability. Her work focuses particularly on how public spaces can act as catalysts for social interaction and cultural expression within diverse communities.

She was part of the core organising team for the second International Conference of the Future Design of Streets, held in Guimarães in June 2025.

Ana is an architect (University of Porto, 2007) and holds a Master’s in Creative Writing (University of Coimbra, 2025). After working as an architect in Madrid and Porto, she has focused on project management in the cultural and creative sector.

Ana supports cities, cultural institutions, and independent agents to conceive and implement meaningful cultural projects. Her interests include arts-led urban regeneration, community engagement in city liveliness, and strategic public policies for local development. Ana also pursues a literary project inspired by feminine peri-urban and urban trajectories in the city of Porto.

Sara is an architect (1994, FAUP, Porto), holds a Master degree in Project and Planning of the Urban Environment (FEUP, 1998, Porto) and a PhD in Urbanism (2011, ETSAB, Barcelona). She is Associate Professor at Universidade Fernando Pessoa (Porto), Research Associate at CEAU-FAUP, within the research group “Territory Dynamics and Morphologies”, and a regular editor of the journal “A Obra Nasce” (UFP).

Sara has practiced architecture/planning until 2005, particularly within the Municipal Planning context. Her interests focus mainly on Urbanism, i.e., on the evolution and morphology(s) of the contemporary city, as well as on urban design, public space and landscape structure.

Frederico is an urban planner and assistant professor at the University of Aveiro, where he serves as Director of the Master’s Programme in Regional and Urban Planning and member of the Board of the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences (DCSPT). He holds a PhD in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto (FAUP).

Previously he served on the Board of the Portuguese Association of Urban Planners and was Managing Partner at “Jorge Carvalho Urbanistas”, where he coordinated numerous projects in the areas of urban development, spatial planning, and mobility. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Engineering (FEUP) and at FAUP, and occasionally teaches at the School of Architecture of the University of Minho. At IC-FEUP, he was among the researchers responsible for the studies supporting the expansion of the Porto Metro network. He has collaborated with several municipalities in the preparation of urban plans and projects (notably in Abrantes, Braga, Évora, Matosinhos, and Viseu) and has international experience in the field of bike-sharing systems.

Marcela holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto (FAUP). Her dissertation, Along the Banks of Via de Cintura Interna: A Regenerative Proposal for Porto’s Urban Fabric, was nominated for the EUmies Awards Young Talent 2025. She contributed to the Habitar research project at MDT/CEAU/FAUP, developing housing rehabilitation projects for socially vulnerable communities.

Currently, Marcela is a researcher on the STREET project – Street Transformations, Rebalancing Ecology and Environment in Urban Territories – at Lab2PT, University of Minho. She promotes regenerative urban design, integrating nature-based solutions into public spaces and mobility networks, fostering inclusive, resilient and sustainable cities.

Bruno holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Architecture, as well as a PhD in Urbanism from FAUP – the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto.
He is a BIM Specialist at Castro Group and a researcher at the Center for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism (CEAU-FAUP) since 2010, focusing on territorial management instruments and on the communication and representation of architecture. Throughout his career, Bruno has combined professional practice and research with teaching. He served as a teaching assistant in Computer-Aided Architectural Design and Communication, Photography and Multimedia, and as an invited lecturer for the Computer-Aided Design and Revit training courses at FAUP. He is a certified instructor by IEFP and FLAG – a training center specializing in visual and interactive technologies as creative tools – and a member of Cityscópio, a cultural association dedicated to documentary and artistic photography exploring architecture, the city, and territory. Bruno’s work reflects a strong interdisciplinary approach, bringing together expertise in architecture, BIM technologies, photography, geographic information systems, 3D modeling and rendering, and programming/web development.

Teresa is a PhD candidate at the University of Aveiro (UA). She holds a Master’s degree in Design from UA (2009), a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Design from the School of Arts and Design of Matosinhos (2004), and has been a Specialist in Design since 2017.
She is currently the Vice-President of ESG and Director of Communications (since 2017). Previously, she served as Vice-Director of the 1st Cycle in Design Studies at ESG (2010–2016) and of the 1st Cycle in Fine Arts and Multimedia Studies (2013–2015). Since 2006, Teresa has been a researcher at Ci-ESG, the Research Center of Escola Superior Gallaecia, where she has contributed to several R&D projects. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of FCO (2005–present) and served on its Executive Board between 2013 and 2018. In addition, Teresa is the Managing Partner of Loftspace – Projetos, Lda., where she has led design projects for institutions such as the Museum of Sacred Art of Braga Cathedral and the Integrated Ambulatory Surgery Center in Porto.

As a lecturer at ESG, she teaches in the fields of Design, Photography, and Cultural Events. Her photographic work has been featured in multiple exhibitions across Vila Nova de Cerveira, Paredes de Coura, and Monção.

Bernardo Amaral graduated in Architecture from Porto University in 2005 and has collaborated in diverse architecture offices in Porto, Paris and Macao between 2003-2010.
Based in Porto since 2008, Bernardo has been responsible for several refurbishments of 19^th century townhouses in the historical center of the city, such as Casa do Pinheiro, which received an honorable mention of Joao de Almada prize in 2012. Among other projects, the refurbishment of a working-class housing block in São Vitor (2015) has been object of academic studies and published in specialized books or journals.

Parallel to the architecture practice (BAAU), Bernardo was invited as a tutor in several workshops and lectures, questioning the production relationship between design and building process, as well as the role of the architectural practice in social contexts. In 2015 Bernardo enrolled in a PHD Architecture Program in Coimbra University, and has been developing a research thesis on the production relationships and working methodologies of current architecture practices, that reclaim a social and political engagement.