Ana Rafaela dos Santos Ribeiro is an architect and PhD candidate in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, holding an FCT doctoral grant (2025.01082.BDANA), and is integrated in DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte.

She completed the Integrated Master’s in Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon (2022), with a dissertation on the adaptive reuse of Quinta da Cardiga, graded 20 out of 20 and selected for the Archiprix Portugal and the Architectural Heritage College Award. She worked in several architecture offices and, from 2023, was the architect responsible for public space at the Parish Council of Benfica.

Her doctoral research, “MARCAS D’ÁGUA”, develops an integrated methodology for the sustainable management of, and community participation in, unclassified riverine heritage in the Médio Tejo region, combining GIS, geomatic survey and participatory methods.

She is a member of COST Action CA24125 – CRICULT, ICOMOS Portugal and the Portuguese Order of Architects. 

She takes part in knowledge dissemination activities such as MaPEar Lisboa (CIUL / DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, 2026).