Leitão is an architect, professor, & writer. A Lecturer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture, 2010-present, Leitao’s studios and seminars explore the intersection of architecture, urban systems, technology, ubiquitous cultures and immersive VR at RPI’s CRAIVE Lab (https://www.clatcraive.net/). At the CRAIVE Lab, Leitao has developed academic work and research around concepts of assemblies and front-end design for Control Rooms, Interactive Spaces and Education Environments, reimagining private, public and institutional architectural typologies. Leitao is Instructor and Lisbon’s Local Coordinator of SITREP, an international school, teaching design research studios and promoting collaborative design events in several countries. Recent seminars, studios and lecture courses include “Biodrome: Architecture in the Age of Epidemics”, “Landscapes of Oblivion”, “Proto-Room”, “Inception”, “Vision: Interface”, “Environmental History & Theory”, “Contemporary Design Approaches”, and “The Architecture of Civic Forums”. She co-chaired [with Ed Keller] an ACSA Conference Panel on “Addressability” in Detroit, in 2017, and curated and organized the event “Portugal Now” / Cornell AAP Folio, an exhibition of 20+ Portuguese offices with conferences in Ithaca and NYC [2007]. Lives/works in New York, USA and Lisbon, Portugal.
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mBRANE, by Spec.Æ
(A design reimagining and reenacting Superstudio’s THIRD CITY: NY of BRAINS 1971. Invited by Storefront for Art and Architecture & exhibited in October 2012 as part of “Past Futures, Present, Futures: 101 unrealized visions of New York City.”) “…they ate to integrate…” “Why did the monad cross the road? T’was the other side.” When they left,… Read More »