Alexandra Paio

Architect (Lusíada, 1993), Master in Urban Design (ISCTE-IUL, 2002) and PhD in Architecture and Urbanism (ISCTE-IUL, 2011). Assistant Professor at ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Founder and researcher at the Digital Fabrication Laboratory – Vitruvius Fablab.

Coordinator of the PhD in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories (2017- ). Coordinator of the Specialization Course in Collaborative Territories: Processes, Project, Intervention and Entrepreneurship. Co-coordinator of the Professional Master in Digital Innovation for Project Practices (Iscte/FAUP).

Regional coordinator of the European MSC-ITN project RE-DWELL: Delivering Affordable and Sustainable Housing in Europe (2020-2024); OIKOnet. A global multidisciplinary network on housing research and learning (2013-2016). Researcher in the project Care(4)Housing. A care through design approach to address housing precarity in Portugal, FCT (2022-2024); F-ATLAS Franciscan Landscapes: the Observance between Italy, Portugal and Spain (JPICH/0002/2019) (2020-2023); Project TEL@FTELa – Technology Enhanced Learning at Future Teacher Education Lab (PTDC/MHC-CED/0588/2014).