Paulo Afonso Rheingantz

Architect, PhD in Production Engineering (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Post-doctorate at the City and Regional Planning Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Retired Associate Professor at FAU/UFRJ. Coordinator of the ProLugar group. Senior National Visiting Professor/Capes of the Postgraduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Pelotas [Oct/2014-Sep2018]. Co-author of the books Projeto do Lugar (2002) O Lugar do Projeto (2007), Observando a Qualidade do Lugar (2009), O Lugar do Pátio Escolar no Espaços Livres System (2011), Quality of Place and Contemporary Culture: controversies and resonances in urban collectives (2012), Complex Projects and Their Impacts on the City and Landscape (2012).