N.J. Amorim Mota PhD
N.J. Amorim Mota PhD
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Nelson Mota is an Associate Professor at Delft University of Technology, specializing in housing design and architectural education. He holds a professional degree in Architecture (1998) and an advanced master's in Architecture, Territory, and Memory (2006) from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. In 2014, he earned his PhD from Delft University of Technology with a dissertation titled “An Archaeology of the Ordinary: Rethinking the Architecture of Dwelling from CIAM to Siza,” which explores the intersection between vernacular social practices and housing architecture.
Nelson is a founding partner of comoco arquitectos, an architectural firm that won the Portuguese National Prize for Architecture in Wood in 2013. He is the author of A Arquitectura do Quotidiano (2010) and co-editor of Global Housing: Dwelling in Addis Ababa (2020). He has co-edited several academic journals, including Footprint and Joelho. His research focuses on housing architecture and architectural ethnography, and he contributes regularly to C3 Magazine as an architecture critic. He was a member of the Footprint editorial board from 2012 to 2023 and is currently on the editorial board of the DASH book series.
Publicaties
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2023
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2022
Dwelling Beyond Cultural Differences
Architectural education for peripheral urbanization in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and India
Nelson Mota / Dick van Gameren -
2020
The potential and current status of earthen material for low-cost housing in rural India
Yask Kulshreshtha / Nelson J.A. Mota / Kaup S. Jagadish / Jan Bredenoord / Philip J. Vardon / Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht / Henk M. Jonkers
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2021
Incremental Housing
A Short History of an Idea
Nelson Mota -
Media
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2022-03-29
In cities, we still see a tendency to place efficiency over community, numbers above people
Verscheen in: LDE GMD Centre Newsletter
Prijzen
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2022
edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and Learning
The edX Prize is an annual award that celebrates the contributions and innovations of educators in the edX community and amplifies the powerful role that online learning plays in the transformation of education today. Additionally, the award recognizes educators who have demonstrated a commitment to the open and online education community and have taught courses and programs that continue to inspire and engage edX learners everywhere.
Nevenwerkzaamheden
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2024-09-01 - 2025-08-31