Pedro Aibéo
{{Short description|Portuguese architect}}
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Pedro Aibéo is a Portuguese-born internationally awarded architect, civil engineer, a researcher in Architectural Democracy, local politician in Finland. He is the founder & CEO of the Gamified Cohousing Oy, founder and Artistic Director of the "Cidadania" theatre+games group, a professional Musician at Homebound, the founder and Chairman of the World Music School Helsinki, a drawing teacher at Croquis Nights and a bestseller Graphic Novelist.
Career
Aibéo graduated in Civil Engineering (MSc) at FEUP, in Porto, Portugal, and then completed a second master's degree, in Architecture, at the TUD, Darmstadt, Germany.{{cite web |title=FAUP - DocGraf '16 - Ferramentas digitais avançadas para documentação e análise gráfica: Casos de investigação em Arquitectura e Urbanismo |url=https://sigarra.up.pt/faup/pt/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?p_nr=30297 |website=Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do |language=pt}} His current practice "Gamified Cohousing Oy"{{cite web |title=Arkkitehti Pedro Abéio haluaa kehittää Hyrsylän vanhalle koululle yhteisöllistä asumista ja toimintaa |url=https://www.lansi-uusimaa.fi/artikkeli/558421-arkkitehti-pedro-abeio-haluaa-kehittaa-hyrsylan-vanhalle-koululle-yhteisollista |website=Länsi-Uusimaa |date=11 September 2017 |language=fi}} focuses mostly on turning abandoned houses in cohousing and corworking economies.{{cite web |title=Maailmankuulu arkkitehti osti suomalaisen kyläkoulun, ja nyt hänellä on suuri suunnitelma – Kuka on Pedro Aibéo ja mitä hän tekee Lohjan laitamilla? |url=https://www.hs.fi/elama/art-2000006220733.html |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi |date=30 August 2019}}{{cite web |title=Svartså byskola kan bli modernt kollektiv |url=https://www.ostnyland.fi/artikel/svartsa-byskola-kan-bli-modernt-kollektiv/ |website=Östnyland |language=sv}}{{cite web |title=Hyrsylän uusi elämä! Maailmalla menestynyt portugalilaisarkkitehti remontoi kyläkoulusta yhteisöllistä asumis- ja työskentelytilaa |url=https://www.meillakotona.fi/artikkelit/hyrsylan-uusi-elama |website=Meillä kotona |date=20 August 2020}}
In academic research, he coined the term "Architectural Democracy" during his doctoral studies on the same topic at Aalto University in Finland and at the QUT in Australia, and showcased its core ideas in 2021 at the Venice Biennale of Architecture.{{cite web |title=Decisions.city – increases citizens' awareness for sustainable urban construction |url=https://www.metsagroup.com/metsawood/news-and-publications/news/2021/decisions.city--increases-citizens-awareness-for-sustainable-urban-construction/ |website=Metsä Group |date=30 June 2021 |language=en}}
He has been the Kone Säätiö Research Fellow and also a Visiting Associate Professor at UNAM University, Mexico. He teaches regularly at the Wuhan University of Technology, China, Queensland University of Technology, Australia and the Faculty of Architecture, FAUP Portugal and is regularly invited to speak at international conferences.{{cite web |title=Uninorte celebra 25 años de Cátedra Europa con Finlandia como país invitado |url=https://www.puroambienteinformativo.com/2022/10/03/uninorte-celebra-25-anos-de-catedra-europa-con-finlandia-como-pais-invitado/ |website=Puro Ambiente |language=es |date=3 October 2022}}
In theater, he founded in 2007 the "Cidadania" theater+games group, in Germany, and has written and directed several plays at the United Nations Vienna{{cite web |title=Mit Musik quer durch das Sonnensystem |url=http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/a64f52_6d9f7aa5c7959467607ac5c493f85102.pdf}} and at the Staatstheater Darmstadt.{{cite web |last1=Rundschau |first1=Frankfurter |title=Interaktives Theater: Die Zuschauer sitzen mittendrin (mit Fotostrecke) |url=http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/darmstadt/interaktives-theater-die-zuschauer-sitzen-mittendrin-mit-fotostrecke-a-1163469 |website=Frankfurter Rundschau |date=6 October 2008 |language=de}}Darmstaeder echo "Ich bi das Schloss". By Stefan Benz, 2008 The topics ranged from urban slavery to astronomy.
In music, he is a professional Musician at the band "Homebound", which counts with distinguished musicians such as Allan MacDonald from the MacDonald Brothers. In 2015, he founded the World Music School which now has schools in three continents.{{cite web |last1=Pinto |first1=Mariana Correia |title=A escola portuguesa que sonha ser um "uber para músicos" está a caminho de África |url=https://www.publico.pt/2017/10/17/p3/noticia/a-escola-portuguesa-que-sonha-ser-um-uber-para-musicos-esta-a-caminho-de-africa-1828769 |website=Público |date=17 October 2017 |language=pt}}
In drawing, he teaches croquis at the Croquis Nights and at Kiasma and at HAM,{{cite web |title=Croquis- ja animaatioillat |url=https://www.hamhelsinki.fi/event/croquis-ja-animaatioillat/ |website=HAM |language=fi}} The Finnish National Modern Art Museum. He has published a comic novel on mathematics in Portuguese with a preface from Nuno Markl.{{cite web |title=Mathematics Comics Novel |url=http://mediafactory.aalto.fi/amf-gallery/mathematics-comics-novel/ |website=Aalto University}}{{cite web |title=Novo livro em Viseu |url=http://www.ensino.eu/ensino-magazine/novembro-2012/polit%C3%A9cnico/novo-livro-em-viseu.aspx |publisher=Ensino Magazine}}
In politics, he ran in 2017 as a candidate for the Helsinki Municipal elections and in 2021 in Lohja, Finland as an independent candidate.{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Dan |title=Election Talk: Why is a Portuguese Anarcho-syndicalist running for the City Council of Helsinki? |url=https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/viewpoint/14635-election-talk-why-is-a-portuguese-anarcho-syndicalist-running-for-the-city-council-of-helsinki.html |website=Helsinki Times |language=en-gb |date=23 March 2017}} Despite doing so with the Finnish party The Left Alliance he remained an independent candidate as his political views are of anarcho-syndicalism.{{cite web |title=O português que ambiciona um lugar na câmara de Helsínquia |url=https://visao.sapo.pt/actualidade/mundo/2017-03-16-O-portugues-que-ambiciona-um-lugar-na-camara-de-Helsinquia |website=Visão |date=16 March 2017 |language=pt-PT}} For the 2021 elections he went as part of the Meidän Lohja political group and became elected as a Deputy Member of the Urban Planning Department of Lohja.{{cite web |last1=Talka |first1=Eira |title=Lohjan paikallispolitiikkaa englanniksi juoman äärellä |url=https://www.lansi-uusimaa.fi/paikalliset/4515886 |website=Länsi-Uusimaa |language=fi |date=16 March 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.aibeo.com/}}
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