Publication
Souza-Mc Murtrie, Ada Abrantes Penna. ‘Invisible Voids: The Zero Consumption Real Estate Vacancy Identification Method’. Urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana 16 (2024): e20240052. 2023
Teaching, Lecturing, Reviewing
External reviewer for the MArch Studio module Architecture as Support Structure: How to Construct a Post-petroleum World. Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Edinburgh.EDINBURGH, UK
2023
External reviewer for the final graduation project of three students in the Architecture & Urbanism programme. Escola de Arquitetura, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
Belo Horizonte, BR2022
Teaching assistant in three design studio courses (Typological Development: Lina Bo Bardi, Typological Development: Paulo Mendes da Rocha and
Atelier Américas: Quito) under the supervision of Dr Carlos Alberto Maciel. Escola de Arquitetura, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.Belo Horizonte, BR
2019 – 22
Visiting lecturer at the Sustentare Research Center to debate Belo Horizonte’s real estate vacancy. Centro Unversitário Metodista Izabela Hendrix.
Belo Horizonte, BR2021
Visiting lecturer at the Programa de Educação Tutorial Research Center (PET) to debate Belo Horizonte’s real estate vacancy. Escola de Arquitetura, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
Belo Horizonte, BR
2020
Expert Consultation, Public Debate
Member of the examining board for the interviewing stage of the Chevening Award selection process.
Belo Horizonte, BR2023
Interviewed twice at RedeMinas television channel to debate Belo Horizonte’s urban mobility
and real estate vacancy .Belo Horizonte, BR
2022 – 23
Expert opinion given to Belo Horizonte’s House of Representatives, invited by the Commission on Economic Development, Transport and Road System, on implementing light rail transportation systems in the city. Belo Horizonte, BR2021
Interviewed at 98FM Radio Station to debate Belo Horizonte’s real estate vacancy.Belo Horizonte, BR2021
Expert opinion given to the Transport and Transit Company of Belo Horizonte (BHTrans) and to the Minas Gerais Economic Development Company (Codemig) on Belo Horizonte’s public transportation infrastructure and light rail transportation systems.Belo Horizonte, BR2019
Speaker at the round of debates organised by Movimento Acredito presenting Belo Horizonte on rails: a proposal for the city and metropolitan region. Hosted by Guaja.
Belo Horizonte, BR
2019
Expert opinion given to the Sub-secretariat of Urban Planning of Belo Horizonte (SUPLAN) on alternatives to the city’s public transportation system.Belo Horizonte, BR2017
Conferences, Seminars, Forums
Participant at the Production Studies International Conference: Transforming Knowledges of Architecture, Design and Labour. Hosted by the Translating Ferro / Transforming Knowledges project. Newcastle University.Newcastle, UK2024
Speaker at the I Metropolitan Development Forum, organised by Observatório das Metrópoles, to present alternatives for Belo Horizonte’s public transportation system. Escola de Arquitetura, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
Belo Horizonte, BR
2019
Participant at the Urban Mobility Seminar. Escola de Arquitetura, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
Belo Horizonte, BR
2018
Participant at the II Seminar Culture, Architecture and City in Latin America (II CACAL). Escola de Arquitetura, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.Belo Horizonte, BR2018
Scholarship
Postgraduate Student Representative of the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Edinburgh College of Arts, University of Edinburgh.EDINBURGH, UK
2023 – 24
Accepted as PhD Candidate at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Cambridge, the Architectural Association and the Bartlett School of Architecture. Enrolled at the University of Edinburgh, as a recipient of the ECA Scholarship.
Edinburgh, UK2023
Postgraduate Student Representative of the MSc Housing and City Planning programme. The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London.London, UK2019 – 20
Workshops
Università di Bologna
Una Europa PhD Workshop: Museums and New ChallangesBOLOGNA, IT2025
guaja
Building the FutureBelo Horizonte, BR 2018
universidade federal de minas gerais and Groningen University
Pathways Towards Sustainable FuturesBelo Horizonte, BR2018
guaja
Image Edition and TreatmentBelo Horizonte, BR2017
guaja
Diagrams and Architectural RepresentationBelo Horizonte, BR 2017
guaja
Architectural PhotographyBelo Horizonte, BR2017
Softwares
AutoCADSketchUpArcGISOfficeAdobe
Languages
EnglishIELTS 8.0/9.0
PortugueseNative