ARCHITECT—RESEARCHER
Notes to the Future: a personal archive of work spanning architectural research, documentation, and studio practice.
I investigate how architectural knowledge is produced, transmitted, adapted, and represented across different historical and cultural contexts. Drawing from theoretical inquiry, history, typological studies, archival practices, and fieldwork, my research examines the relationships between ideas, forms, and building cultures, with particular attention to processes that operate beyond institutional frameworks and established architectural discourses.
New urban development, field survey
Large-format film © PDB, Kuwait, 2010
Cataloging single-family houses
Found photographs, Paris, 2025
120mm film © PDB private collection
PhD in Architecture (Theory and Practice of Project, FAUL: 2018-23, def. 2024, with Distinction). Trained in large-format photography (ICP-NY: 2010). Professional foundational experience in New York City (SOM, Field Operations), and Barcelona (Josep Lluis Mateo).
Initiated in 2025 Centro de Estudos Casa da Periferia (→), a research project dedicated to the study of anonymous single-family dwellings in peripheral territories of Southwestern Europe since the mid-twentieth century.
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UPCOMING ACTIVITY:
2026 | Karlsruhe | Conference paper
"A “Natural History of Architecture”—The influence of Science on 19th century Architectural Theory." Revolution and Canon: International Classicisms around 1800 Conference, Institute of Art and Architectural History, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany, November 19-20.
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UPCOMING ACTIVITY:
2026 | Karlsruhe | Conference paper
"A “Natural History of Architecture”—The influence of Science on 19th century Architectural Theory." Revolution and Canon: International Classicisms around 1800 Conference, Institute of Art and Architectural History, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany, November 19-20.
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RECENT PUBLICATION:
2025 | Romania | Journal article
“Architectural Counterfeit—The Art of Bad Copying.” COTAA No. 2, “The Double”, pp. 309–328. doi.org/10.66966/COTAA.2025.14
“Architectural Counterfeit—The Art of Bad Copying.” COTAA No. 2, “The Double”, pp. 309–328. doi.org/10.66966/COTAA.2025.14
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RECENT ACTIVITY:
2026 | Brussels | Conference paper
“Incompatible Commissions—Desperately Looking for a Common Language.” Practices in Research Conferences, Brussels, Belgium, May 20.
2026 | Seville | Teaching
Contemporary Dialogues Winter School. ETSA-Sevilla, Spain, January 19–26.
2026 | Seville | Lecture
“The City as Its Own Resource: Observations on Typology as Reference.” ETSA-Sevilla, Spain, January 19.
2025 | Brussels | Conference paper
“Generic Houses—Reusing Invisible Resources.” Shifting Ruralities Symposium, Brussels, Belgium, July 3–4.
2025 | Brighton | Conference paper
“Domesticity: Self-Punishment and Catharsis.” Domesticity Under Siege Conference, University of Brighton, UK, April 2–4.
2025 | Paris | Research
"New Folk Construction: A Visual Archive of Anonymous Photography on Anonymous Architecture." Collaboration with UMAR – Union of Mediterranean Architects, Paris, France.
2025 | Paris | Grant
Culture Moves Europe Individual Mobility Grant. Recipient, funded by the European Union with support from the Goethe-Institut.
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CONTACT:
pedroduartebento@gmail.com
p.bento@casadaperiferia.org
PROFILES:
Ciencia Vitae: 781E-91CA-F260
ORCID: 0009-0000-8823-153X
AFFILIATION:
Centro de Estudos Casa da Periferia
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade de Lisboa
Ordem dos Arquitectos
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2026 | Brussels | Conference paper
“Incompatible Commissions—Desperately Looking for a Common Language.” Practices in Research Conferences, Brussels, Belgium, May 20.
2026 | Seville | Teaching
Contemporary Dialogues Winter School. ETSA-Sevilla, Spain, January 19–26.
2026 | Seville | Lecture
“The City as Its Own Resource: Observations on Typology as Reference.” ETSA-Sevilla, Spain, January 19.
2025 | Brussels | Conference paper
“Generic Houses—Reusing Invisible Resources.” Shifting Ruralities Symposium, Brussels, Belgium, July 3–4.
2025 | Brighton | Conference paper
“Domesticity: Self-Punishment and Catharsis.” Domesticity Under Siege Conference, University of Brighton, UK, April 2–4.
2025 | Paris | Research
"New Folk Construction: A Visual Archive of Anonymous Photography on Anonymous Architecture." Collaboration with UMAR – Union of Mediterranean Architects, Paris, France.
2025 | Paris | Grant
Culture Moves Europe Individual Mobility Grant. Recipient, funded by the European Union with support from the Goethe-Institut.
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CONTACT:
pedroduartebento@gmail.com
p.bento@casadaperiferia.org
PROFILES:
Ciencia Vitae: 781E-91CA-F260
ORCID: 0009-0000-8823-153X
AFFILIATION:
Centro de Estudos Casa da Periferia
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade de Lisboa
Ordem dos Arquitectos
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