Pedro Ressano Garcia shares his professional activity between his own architectural practice, teaching at university and research on the reconversion of urban waterfronts. He started teaching at University of Califonia – Berkeley, and has been an Associate Professor at Universidade Lusófona since 1997, and Chair of Department since 2015. In 2010 he received the Pancho Guedes Architecture Award.
Publications
2015
- “Innovating Traditional Materials”. MATERIART: MATERiality in Architectural design Research and Technology, Materiart 2014, Ankara: TOBB University of Economics and Technology pp. 67-75, ISBN 978-975-9116-09-5
- (coord.) Waterfront Cascais, Lisboa: Edições Universitárias Lusófonas. ISBN 978-989-757-026-1
- “Innovating at Lisbon’s Waterfront Place, the «Tagus Platform» project”, International Academic Conference Places and Technologies 2015, 2nd, ed. Alenka Fikfak, Ljubljana: Faculty o fArchitecture, ISBN 978-961-6823-67-8
2010
- Tagus Plataform – Back To The River, Lisbon’s waterfront and the 21st Century, Lisboa: Fundação Serra Henriques. ISBN 978-989-96687-0-6
- "Juxtaposition, How Kandinsky may help Design Architecture" in SPIRIDONIDIS, C., VOYATZAKI, M., ed. (2010) Educating Architects towards Innovative Architecture,pp. 351-356, EAAE – European Association for Architectural Education. ISBN 987-2-930301-44-0
- "The Philosophy of the Concept at Boavista – Portugal" in LEHMANN, S., WAER, H. A., AL-QAWASMI, J., ed. (2010) Sustainable Architecture & Urban Development, Vol. II, pp. 429-443, CSAAR Press – Center for the Study of Architecture in Arab Region. ISBN 978-9957-540-01-2
