RESSANO GARCIA arquitectos is an office of architecture which activity is focused on research and design. Theory and practice are combined through a multidisciplinary collaboration on projects of architecture, urban design and the development of studies and ideas that give value to each cultural reality. The office was founded by Pedro Ressano Garcia who has lived and worked in various cities - Rio de Janeiro, Porto, Barcelona, San Francisco, and is currently based in Lisbon where he shares his time between architectural practice, teaching and research. His work has been published widely in books, magazines, as well as in international conferences. He began teaching at U.C. Berkeley, California, in 1996. At present, he is Head of Departament of Architecture and Urban Planning at Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon, and a visiting teacher and keynote speaker at several International Seminars and Conferences. Since 2010 he coordinates the European Workshop on Waterfront Urban Design in the context of his research on the transformation of port cities and waterfront regeneration. He has been awarded several grants from prestigious institutions, such as the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and in 2010 received the Pancho Guedes Architecture Award from Fundação Serra Henriques.