Vítor Alves is an architect, assistant professor at ISMAT, and integrated researcher at CEAA-ESAP. He was editorial manager of Jornal Arquitectos (2022-25), and is part of the organization and scientific committee of FilArch – Philosophy and Architecture Symposium. He has a degree in architecture from FAA-ULP (2003), attended the master of Philosophy-Aesthetics at FCSH-UNL (2007-08) and received his PhD from FAUP (2021). In 2024 was invited as Barrett West Visiting International Scholar at Arizona State University, USA, and became member of AICA (International Association of Art Critics). He was co-editor of the book “Arquitetura Política Desenhada — A Propósito da Manuel Correia Fernandes”, and co-curator of the exhibition with the same name at Casa da Arquitectura (2025). His work involves various collaboration types and project formats in and outside of academia, including professional practice, lectures, publications, exhibitions and workshops, that has been presented and published internationally. Ultimately, his research analyses the contemporary relation between different types of media and the construction of the architect’s figure, and how this defines the disciplinary boundaries.
