Miguel Costa
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FBAUP-i2ADS team, Transnational Pedagogical Development | M#2 Workshop Coordinator
Artist/architect and invited assistant professor at FBAUP (Fine Arts Faculty, University of Porto). PhD in Landscape Architecture and Urban Ecology (ISA, University of Lisbon); Master’s degree in Art and Design for the Public Space (FBAUP). Integrated researcher at i2ADS Research Institute of Art, Design and Society (FBAUP) and associate member at CEAA, Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo. Works individually or in collaboration under the name ‘maarqa – micro atelier de arquitectura e arte‘. His practice is developed through interconnected strategies between art, landscape and architecture. He has been carrying out artistic research work on the relationship between colonial botany and the landscapes of everyday places: abandoned, devalued, or unused urban spaces. Has been distributing his professional activities between small interventions and mapping processes on the urban landscape; artistic research; and teaching.