Zara Ferreira, Director of Docomomo International

Zara Ferreira was born in Lisbon in 1988. She studied Architecture at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST-
UTL) where she graduated in November 2012. She developed a theoretical Master thesis entitled “The
Modern and the Climate in the Lusophone Africa. School buildings in Mozambique: the Fernando Mesquita
Concept (1955-1975)” (score: 19/20).

Since then she made her professional traineeship while researcher at ICIST (Institute of Structural
Engineering, Planning and Building of IST) (2013), through a research grant from FCT (Foundation for Science
and Technology) under the scope of the research project “EWV_Exchanging Worlds Visions: modern
architecture in Lusophone Africa (1943-1974) Brazilian experience looking through established since the
1930s". Since finished she has being collaborating with the architecture office Tetractys Arquitectos and with
Docomomo International. She is also currently working for the Portuguese Official Representation at the 14th
Biennale Archittetura.

Throughout her academic career, she developed some professional experience as trainee architect (2010),
as model maker (2010), as census taker (2011) and as jury of documentary cinema (2004). During that time
she also had an active participation in the Nucleus of Students of Architecture (2007-2010), organizing and
leading exhibitions and conference cycles. In 2012 she got the category of “Finalist” in the national
competition Secil Universities Award with an academic personal work.

As additional formation, she attended various courses and workshops: Nude drawing (2004-2006,
SNBA); Portuguese Literature - Moments of the Centuries XX/XXI (2006, FSCH, UNL); Video (2006 Ar.Co);
Spanish (2009); Archicad (2010, LTI-CIVMAT); Workshop on Digital Prefabrication (2011, ISTAR); III
Workshop IST/DAST/SCUT - Urban Regeneration and Sustainability (2011, Belmonte Palace). She also
did volunteer work at the institution Invalids of Commerce (2004/2005) and integrated two Theater Groups: Air
(2004-2006) and GTN (2010).

Publications
Zara Ferreira; Ana Tostões, "Chronology: 1942-1975", in Ana Tostões (ed.), Modern Architecture in Africa:
Angola and Mozambique, Técnico, Lisboa, 2013.

Zara Ferreira; Ana Tostões, "The Pyramidal Kindergarten: The Cradle of the ‘American-Egyptian’", in Ana
Tostões (ed.), Modern Architecture in Africa: Angola and Mozambique, Técnico, Lisboa, 2013.

Zara Ferreira, "Local and Global Modern Thinking. Designing with Climate in Mozambique: School Buildings
Production", Docomomo Journal, nº 48 - Modern Africa. Tropical Architecture, Barcelona, 2013.

Communications
Zara Ferreira, "O Moderno e o Clima na África Lusófona. Arquitectura Escolar em Moçambique: o Programa
de Fernando Mesquita (1955-1975)", Projecto Relâmpago '14, Técnico, Lisboa, 2014.

Zara Ferreira; Ana Tostões, "How to be Modern and Design with Climate: Fry and Drew’s legacy and the
School Programme in Mozambique (1955–1975)", The Influence of Fry and Drew International Conference,
University of Liverpool, UK, October 11, 2013.

Zara Ferreira, "EWV Case Study Series: the school building program by Fernando Mesquita", Exchanging
Worlds Visions - International Conference, Guimarães, December 7, 2012.

Zara Ferreira, "The Renewal Project of a Quartier in Lisbon, Av. D. Carlos I", Experimenta Design - Open Day
Abroad, Lisbon, October 11, 2011.