António Ricardo da Costa is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon. As professor at IST he taught courses such as “Architectural Design Studio”, “Building Survey”, “Urban and Regional Planning “, “Theory and Urban History”, “Urban Design”, “Instruments of Land Management.” etc. He participated in several works under the IST Research Center CITUA, and has several papers published on the subjects of Urban Design, Urban History, Urban Conservation and Urban Planning, namely in Urban Design International, Journal of Urban Design, SAGE, Cities, Sustainability etc. Recently published the Book “Ciudad y Memoria”.