Giovanna Renzetti

I am an architect and academic researcher with over 7 years of hands-on experience in the professional market, combined with a deep background in advanced architectural theory and history. Currently, I am a PhD Candidate in the Postgraduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (São Paulo, Brazil), supported by a CAPES fellowship. For three years, I balanced a part-time, on-site role at an architecture and interior design office in Maringá with my postgraduate studies and teaching responsibilities for the Architecture and Urbanism program at Centro Universitário UniFatecie. For four years, I have been working in a hybrid capacity, managing design projects alongside my doctoral research and teaching internships in São Paulo. As part of my doctoral research, I am conducting a PhD internship (doctoral sandwich period) at ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Portugal). My academic path has been shaped by working under the guidance of leading scholars in the field, including the late Prof. Dr. Ruth Verde Zein. In the professional field, I operate as an independent architect and project designer. My practice blends technical precision, layout optimization, and unique interior designs, contextual view gained from years of historical and heritage research. I thrive at the intersection of design practice and scholarly research.