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About Nelson
Hello! I am Associate Professor at Delft University of Technology. I hold a professional degree in Architecture (1998) from the Department of Architecture at University of Coimbra (Portugal), an advanced master on Architecture, Territory and Memory (2006) also from the University of Coimbra, and a PhD (2014) from Delft University of Technology. My doctoral dissertation “An Archaeology of the Ordinary. Rethinking the Architecture of Dwelling from CIAM to Siza” explores the relationship between vernacular social and spatial practices and the architecture of dwelling. I am a founding partner (with Luís Miguel Correia and Susana Constantino) of the architectural office comoco arquitectos, winner of the Portuguese National Prize for Architecture in Wood in 2013. I published the book A Arquitectura do Quotidiano (The Architecture of the Everyday), in 2010, and co-edited (with Dick van Gameren) Global Housing: Dwelling in Addis Ababa, published in 2020. I have also co-edited several academic journal issues, including Footprint #17: The ‘Bread & Butter’ of Architecture: Investigating Everyday Practices, published in 2015, Joelho #8: Ideas and Practices for the European City, published in 2017, Footprint #24: The Architecture of Housing after the Neoliberal Turn, published in 2019, and Footprint #32: Rethinking the Architecture of the Dwelling in the Digital Age. My scholarly output is mostly focused on housing and architectural education, with articles and essays published in journals such as The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, The Journal of Architecture, Volume, DASH, OASE, Footprint, and Site Magazine. I was member of the editorial board of the academic journal Footprint (2012-2023) and currently I am member of the editorial board of the DASH book series.