Research Fields
    
    
    
        Architecture in interaction with Community 
    
    
    
        Waterfronts
    
    
    
        Public art
    
    
    
        Public Space
    
    
    
        Urban Design
    
    
CV
    
    
        
        Rita
        
        Ochoa
        
        (Tomar,
        
        1973).Architect,
        
        co-founder
        
        of
        
        the
        
        Association
        
        "Women
        
        in
        
        Architecture".
        
        Graduated
        
        in
        
        “Architecture”
        
        in
        
        1997
        
        from
        
        Faculty
        
        of
        
        Architecture
        
        (Technical
        
        University
        
        of
        
        Lisbon).
        
        In
        
        2003,
        
        she
        
        finishes
        
        a
        
        Postgraduate
        
        Course
        
        in
        
        “Qualification
        
        of
        
        the
        
        City”
        
        from
        
        the
        
        Faculty
        
        of
        
        Engineering
        
        (Portuguese
        
        Catholic
        
        University)
        
        and
        
        in
        
        2008
        
        she
        
        receives
        
        a
        
        Master’s
        
        Degree
        
        in
        
        “Urban
        
        Design”
        
        from
        
        Faculty
        
        of
        
        Fine
        
        Arts
        
        (University
        
        of
        
        Barcelona).In
        
        2011
        
        she
        
        concludes
        
        an
        
        International
        
        Doctorate
        
        in
        
        “Public
        
        Space
        
        and
        
        Urban
        
        Regeneration”
        
        from
        
        the
        
        Faculty
        
        of
        
        Fine
        
        Arts
        
        (University
        
        of
        
        Barcelona)
        
        –
        
        Thesis
        
        title:
        
        City
        
        and
        
        Waterfront.
        
        Articulator
        
        Role
        
        of
        
        Public
        
        Space
        
        (maximum
        
        rating
        
        Sobresaliente
        
        Cum
        
        Laude).
        
        Member
        
        of
        
        the
        
        Centre
        
        for
        
        Research
        
        and
        
        Studies
        
        in
        
        Sociology
        
        (ISCTE-IUL/UBI)
        
        and
        
        of
        
        the
        
        Polis
        
        Research
        
        Centre
        
        –
        
        Research
        
        Group
        
        Art,
        
        City
        
        and
        
        Society
        
        (University
        
        of
        
        Barcelona).
        
        She
        
        teaches
        
        Architecture
        
        at
        
        the
        
        Department
        
        of
        
        Civil
        
        Engineering
        
        and
        
        Architecture
        
        (University
        
        of
        
        Beira
        
        Interior),
        
        where
        
        has
        
        also
        
        developed
        
        several
        
        design
        
        experiences
        
        in
        
        ... [more info]
    
        
    
    
Educational Qualifications
    
Recent Publications
    
Comunications
    
External links