Ana Vasconcelos is architect, assistant professor in the Lisbon School of Architecture at the Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, and PhD in Architecture in the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid, at the Madrid Polytechnic University (ETSAM-UPM); with a postgraduate degree in Architecture of Dwelling (FA-ULisbon) and in Advanced Studies in Architectural Design (ETSAM-UPM). She is an integrated researcher in CIAUD - Research Center for Architecture, Urbanism and Design in the Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, and a committee member of ADAPT LAB, a research group of investigation in CIAUD. Architecture (theory and practice on architectural design) is her principal scientific work and investigation's field, in conjunction with art and other culture fields. Since 2002 she participates in scientific meetings and in organization of international congresses.