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2023Site-specific Writingworkshop / masterclass
2023Portraits of a Portuguese House survival in a Radioactive Wildernesspublication
2023Monster fightspublication
2023A Huge Platform for Decarbonisationpublication
2022Refractions (Nuno Cera, Distant Lights)exhibition text
2022Lost Zoneeditorial research
2021Limen (Pedro Vaz, Limen)exhibition text
202118-QAarchitecture
2021Prelude to an Analysis of Borders, in Marquespaper
202014-apartmentarchitecture
2020Domestic DustsEdition
201912-housearchitecture
2020The Nuclear in The Ural Montainspaper
2019Who's the Savage in our Reservations?publication
2019Burying Solid Waste Problemspublication
2019Omega (Yota Ayaan, Omega)exhibition text
2019Reversible Deskobjects
2018Dirty Paths for a Green Mandatepublication
2018Nos Antrópicosexhibition review
2017450 Meters Deep into 1 Million Years Safetypublication
2017Building Risk Reservespaper
2017Rolling Stonesvideo
2017Trick tickling clockobjects
2017Keeping in ReservePhD thesis
2016Panorama Boa Vistaexhibition text
2015Pripyat (1999)publication
2015Questioning the Reservepaper
2015Rooftop Issueeditorial research
2015MultimanifestoEdition
2014MAS and the Reserves of Future Catastrophepaper
2013Contested Symmetries & Other Predicamentspublication
2012Anti-nuclear Bunkers IIbook of copies
2012Pillars of Herculespostcard
2011Islands of Light and Steelpublication
2010A Letter to the Zoologistspublication
2009Coll()sionMres thesis
200904-buildingarchitecture
200703-housearchitecture
2007On the Techno-SublimeMa thesis
2006Lamp for Outletsobjects
200701-Armazém do cháarchitecture
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Joana Rafael (b.1979) is an architect practitioner, researcher and writer, currently based in Porto. Holds a PhD in Visual Cultures and a MRes in Research Architecture from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a MA from the Metropolis program, once administered by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and the Center for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona. She dedicates herself to the development of projects and provides architectural consultancy. As a researcher, Joana develops interdisciplinary work centred on (issues of) ecology, contemporary, digital and material culture, technology and natural sciences. Uses writing as a research tool. Joana received the Erasmus+ grant (2001), FCT´s PhD Research Scholarship (2008), a study grant from Concordia University, Montreal (2008) and the Research (2019) and Production (2020) grant from Digital Cultures, Creative Industries NL, Netherlands - which led to the development of Lost Zone: Hiking the Dawn of the Metaverse, published by ViaIndustriae, Italia. Joana has been Assistant Professor at Central St. Martins, London (2009 – 2015), the University of Creative Arts, Canterbury (2013–15), the Instituto de Ciências Educativas, Penafiel (2017–20) and Escola Superior Artística do Porto (2020-2022). Teaches Contextual Studies and Contemporary Culture-related courses, and is a member of ISPUP (Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto) and CEGOT (Center for Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning). Joana is also a certified farmer.

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