Miguel Amado

(born November 13, 1959, Pinhel)

Miguel Amado began his professional career in 1982 at the Ministry of Finance. After completing a degree in Architecture at the Lisbon Faculty of Architecture, in 1991 he began teaching at NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities. He completed his master’s degree in Spatial Planning and Environment in 1995. In 1995 he was appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology. In 2004, he completed his PhD in Environmental Sciences at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (UNL).  In 2015 he obtained the Habilitation Degree in Architecture from Técnico, where he became an Associate Professor in 2016. He was appointed Full Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment in 2023.

In 1988 he founded the company Miguel Amado Arquitectos, Lda, and in 2005 he set up the GEOTPU.LAB research group. In addition to architecture and urbanism, the group focuses on the sustainable urban planning process as a link between the transformation of the built environment and urb §an development models in CPLP countries. In 2012, he started a new line of research with the support of the International Energy Agency, which aims to better plan cities towards a neutral balance between consumption and production. He was an elected member of Barreiro Municipality, President of the National Fiscal Council of the Portuguese Architects’ Association, CEO of Simarsul, SA, and Managing Director of Sinespaço, SA.

He was a member of the Executive Committee of DECivil at IST from 2017 to 2020, and Vice-President of Técnico for Facilities and Equipment from 2021 to 2023.