Personal profile
Overview
Dr. Izis Salvador Pinto is an Architect, Urban Planner, Engineer, and Academic with over 20 years of international experience in architecture, construction, façade engineering, and higher education. She holds degrees in Architecture, Urban Planning, Engineering, and Music, and earned a PhD from the University of Westminster for her research on movable and deployable structures using ETFE cushions.
She has worked on major international projects as an architect and façade engineer with renowned firms including Zaha Hadid Architects, Buro Happold, Calatrava, Louis Vuitton Architecture, and SOM. Recognised for her excellence in design execution and attention to detail, she specialises in complex geometries, sustainable urban planning, and façades, with experience across all RIBA stages from concept to delivery.
As an activist in multidisciplinary research, Izis brings together academics, practitioners, and researchers from different fields, as well as stakeholders and communities, to advance the adoption of innovative materials and technologies while advocating for the design of accessible, safe, and socially inclusive urban environments.
External Activities
- Member of the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) and ARB (Architects Registration Board).
- Full time practitioner of Architecture, Façade Engineering and Urbanism since 2007.
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2012.
- RIBA Part 3 Examiner at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, RIBA, UCL, Kingston University, and the University of Westminster since 2016.
- Professional Studies Advisor of RIBA Part 3 at the University of Cambridge since 2019.
- Doctoral Director of Studies, Supervisor, Examiner, and Chair of Examining at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David since 2022.
- Reviewer for the Scopus Q2 journal ‘Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing’ since 2025.
- Editor of the ‘International Journal of Innovative Technology and Interdisciplinary Sciences’ (IJITIS) since 2025.