Natalia Cappellari de Rezende

PhD candidate in Architecture and Urbanism at the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo (IAU-USP), with a research exchange period at the University of Évora (CIDEHUS), in Portugal. Her doctoral project is funded by FAPESP, within the research line Territories and Cities: Transformations, Permanencies, Preservation, and is linked to the research group Heritage, Cities, and Territories (IAU-USP / UFMT).She also holds a Master's degree from PPGAU/IAU-USP, with the research project The City of São José do Rio Pardo and the Dwellings of the Historic Center (18651940), funded by CNPq. She is a specialist in Urban Management and City Planning from Universidade Cândido Mendes (2018); in Restoration, Lighting Techniques, and New Technologies from Università degli Studi Roma Tre, UNIROMA Italy (2017); and in Occupational Safety Engineering from the Federal University of São João del Rei (2020).She is a member of the research group Heritage, Cities, and Territories (registered with CNPq), and participated in the Thematic Project Socio-environmental Functions of the City: A Study on the Rehabilitation of Properties in Areas of Historical Interest in Brazil and Portugal, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Celso Maran de Oliveira (UFSCAR), in collaboration with the Universities of Coimbra and Porto Portugal.She currently works as a faculty member in the undergraduate Architecture and Urbanism program at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC MINAS), Poços de Caldas campus. She holds a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the same university (2014), where she was part of the research group Study of Alternative Materials for a Sustainable Habitat and conducted research related to sustainable construction and the preservation of cultural heritage.She has received research funding from several programs, including the Research Incentive Fund (FIP), the Research Support Foundation of the State of Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG), CAPES, CNPq, and FAPESP.She has academic and professional experience in the field of architecture and urbanism, with an emphasis on Brazilian architecture, urban housing, territorial production, landscape, cities and ways of life, civil construction agents, preservation, and cultural heritage.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4976-8718 (Source: Lattes Curriculum)