Rui Lebre

Dr Rui Lebre is an architect and academic devoted to the study of the social, cultural and political implications of space production. In parallel with his teaching, he has worked as an architect in Til collective exploring the boundaries of architecture through participatory and environmentally responsible design practices. After finishing his PhD in 2017 he has been conducting research at Coimbra’s Centre for Social Studies, exploring interdisciplinary methods in the study of late colonial and postcolonial spatial practices in Guinea-Bissau, Angola and Mozambique. Current research interests span human-environment dialectics, radical design practices and the questioning of the urban-rural divide.