João Ventura Lopes is an architect and PhD candidate (ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon) supported by a F.C.T. grant. The works of his thesis explore themes focused on the dichotomy between Emergence and Composition in the urban setting, the multivariate analysis of urban morphology, configuration and use of Public Open Space, with relevance to the Portuguese mainland urban square. Exploring the potential of computational tools, and data mining and machine learning techniques he tests their ability to embrace the complexity of those relations, and to bridge spatial-formal analysis and urban design. The divulgation of his investigation has been carried out through national and international presentations, publications and workshops.

He graduated from FAUP (Porto) in 1998, and exercises since then professional activity on architectural and urban design, both in collaboration as individually. Post graduated in 2013 from the Course of Advanced Studies in Digital Architecture (ISCTE-IUL + FAUP).