Maria Helena Maia holds a PhD in Modern Architecture and Restoration (ETSA/UVa). She is a full-time tenured assistant professor and deputy-director of ESAP – Escola Superior Artística do Porto. She also is an affiliated researcher of Arnaldo Araújo Research Center (FCT uRD 4041). Helena Maia has been publishing on architectural theory and history area, received two prizes by published books and participated in several FCT research projects, such as “Popular Architecture in Portugal. A Critical Look”. Currently, she is one of the PIs of the ongoing project MODSCAPES – Modernist Reinventions of the Rural Landscapes (HERA.15.097).