Pedro Gadanho

Function: Director of MAAT, the new Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon Country: Portugal Visiting period: 08 November - 11 February Visiting year: 2018

Pedro Gadanho is a curator, a writer and an architect. Previously he was a curator of contemporary architecture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, where he was responsible for the Young Architects Program, and curated exhibitions such as 9+1 Ways of Being Political, Uneven Growth, Endless House and A Japanese Constellation. Gadanho holds an MA in art and architecture and PhD in architecture and mass media. He was the editor of BEYOND bookazine and the ShrapnelContemporary blog, contributes regularly to international publications, and is the author of Arquitetura em Público, a recipient of the FAD Prize for Thought and Criticism In 2012.