António Carvalho holds a PhD degree in Architecture with a thesis on housing design for older people. He is an Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, where he teaches how to design age-friendly housing and urban spaces. He is a researcher at DASTU – Department of Architecture and Urban Studies and his research interests are age-friendly housing, intergenerational spaces, inclusive environments, shared urban space, universal design, neighborhood green spaces, placemaking.
Antonio Carvalho is an awarded practising architect and urban designer who runs his own architectural practice in Lisbon since 1988, with extensive built work in Portugal.