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fdalcin@pmu.edu.sa
Dr. Francesca Dal Cin is an Italian urbanist and academic fluent in Italian, English, and Portuguese.
She began her academic career at IUAV University of Venice (Italy), where she obtained a Bachelor's degree in Architectural Sciences, followed by a Master's degree in Planning and Policies for the City, Territory and Environment in 2017. She completed her PhD in urbanism in 2022 at the Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal), with a dissertation titled Streets by the sea: type, limit and elements, funded by the University of Lisbon Doctoral Fellowship and approved with distinction.
She has supervised Master’s theses at the Lisbon School of Architecture and, since 2023, has been the co-supervisor of the PhD research thesis The cultural heritage along the Mozambique coast. Southern coastal cities vulnerable to mean sea level rise.
She has participated in international research projects focused on vulnerable coastal areas, including [ENTRA]MAR: Sea Intertwined City – Interpretation and Design of Portuguese Seashore Streets Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise, as well as applied research contributing to the development of territorial plans for five municipalities in Timor Leste (2022–2024).
Dr. Francesca Dal Cin teaching philosophy focuses on the dynamic relationship between urban form transformation and adaptation to climate-driven environmental challenges. She has published extensively in urban planning and coastal urbanism, with an H-index of 5.
At PMU, Dr. Francesca aims to advance applied urban research and support the development of sustainable, context-sensitive planning strategies that align with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, addressing the unique challenges and opportunities of the Gulf region. Through her teaching, she fosters critical thinking and practical skills, encouraging students to actively engage with real-world urban challenges and contribute meaningfully to the region’s sustainable development.
2018 - 2022/06/02 Concluded Urbanismo (EaD) - PhD in Urbanism (Doctor of Philosophy) Distinction "STREETS BY THE SEA: Type, Limit and Elements" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2014 - 2017 Concluded Pianificazione e Politiche per la Città, il Territorio e l'Ambiente - Planning and Policies for the City, the Territory and the Environment (Master) 106/110 "La trasformazione della città mediante la mobilità elettrica. Caso di studio: la città di Treviso" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) Universita IUAV di Venezia Facoltà di Architettura, Italy
2011 - 2013 Concluded Scienze dell'architettura - Architectural Science (Bachelor) Universita IUAV di Venezia Facoltà di Architettura, Italy
Journal Articles
Monteiro, Cristiana Valente; Dal Cin, Francesca; lage, luis; Proença, Sérgio Barreiros. "Preserving Coastal Heritage: A Review of Climate Adaptation Strategies on Ilha de Moçambique (Mozambique)". Land 14 9 (2025): 1-31. https: //www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/9/1917. Published • Open access • https://doi.org/10.3390/land14091917
Varis Husar, Sila Ceren; Tulumello, Simone; Mehan, Asma; Caruso, Nadia; Peker, Ender; Kut Görgün, Esra; Dal Cin, Francesca. Corresponding author: Varis Husar, Sila Ceren. "Bridging generations: A decade of open peer review and collective knowledge-building in planning scholarship through plaNext". plaNext–Next Generation Planning 15 1 (2025): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.24306/plnxt/113. Published • 10.24306/plnxt/113
Sérgio Barreiros Proença; Cristiana Valente Monteiro; Francesca Dal Cin. Corresponding author: Sérgio Barreiros Proença. "From Reading to Design of the “[entra]mar”: The Role of Urban Morphology in Architectural Pedagogy and Design". Land 13 6 (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/land13060836. Published • 10.3390/land13060836
João Pedro Costa; Maria J. Andrade; Francesca Dal Cin. Corresponding author: João Pedro Costa. "The (Re)Industrialised Waterfront as a "Fluid Territory": The Case of Lisbon and the Tagus Estuary". Urban Planning - Open Access Journal 8 3 (2023): 363-375. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v8i3.6770. Published • Open access • 10.17645/up.v8i3.6770
Monteiro, Cristiana; Proença, Sérgio; Dal Cin, Francesca. "THEORETICAL REFLECTION ON THE ROLE OF MIMESIS AS A CONCEPTUAL PRINCIPLE AND TYPE AS AN OPERATIONAL ONE". JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM 47 1 (2023): 35-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/jau.2023.17289. Published • Open access • 10.3846/jau.2023.17289
Sérgio Barreiros Proença; Francesca Dal Cin; Cristiana Valente Monteiro; Maria Inês Franco; Maria Matos Silva; Nawaf Saeed Al Mushayt. Corresponding author: Sérgio Barreiros Proença. "The Urban Public Space between Land and Sea: The Case of Quarteira, Portugal". Land 12 3 (2023): https://doi.org/10. 3390/land12030539. Published • Open access • 10.3390/land12030539
Sérgio Barreiros Proença; Francesca Dal Cin; Cristiana Valente Monteiro; Beatriz Freitas Gordinho. Corresponding author: Sérgio Barreiros Proença. "Revealing the Place: Sacred Architecture along the Portuguese Coastline". Sustainability 14 23 (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/su142315486. Published • 10.3390/su142315486
Al Mushayt, Nawaf Saeed; Dal Cin, Francesca; Barreiros Proença, Sérgio. "New Lens to Reveal the Street Interface. A Morphological-Visual Perception Methodological Contribution for Decoding the Public/Private Edge of Arterial Streets". Sustainability 13 20 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132011442. Published • Open access • 10.3390/su132011442
Dal Cin, Francesca; Hooimeijer, Fransje; Matos Silva, Maria. "Planning the Urban Waterfront Transformation, from Infrastructures to Public Space Design in a Sea-Level Rise Scenario: The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Case". Water Journal 13 2 (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/w13020218. Published • Open access • 10.3390/w13020218
Francesca Dal Cin; Barreiros Proença, Sérgio. Corresponding author: Francesca Dal Cin. "Shore Times, Cycles and Rhythms". Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal (OFOAJ) (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/46289625/. Published • Open access • 10.19080/OFOAJ.2021.13.555855
Dal Cin, Francesca; Fleischmann, Martin; Romice, Ombretta; Costa, João Pedro. "Climate Adaptation Plans in the Context of Coastal Settlements: The Case of Portugal". Sustainability 12 20 (2020): 8559. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208559. Published • Open access • 10.3390/su12208559.
Book Chapter
Monteiro, Cristiana Valente; Barreiros Proença, Sérgio; Dal Cin, Francesca. Corresponding author: Monteiro, Cristiana Valente. "Património Insular Africano: entre a transformação e a preservação". In Antologia de Ensaios: LABORATORIO COLABORATIVO: Dinâmicas Urbanas, Património, Artes. XI Seminário de Investigação, Ensino e Difusão, edited by Paula Cristina André dos Ramos Pinto, 527-544. Lisbon, Portugal: DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, 2025. Published
Dal Cin, Francesca; de Mesquita Lima, Joana; Proença, Sérgio Barreiros. "From reading to design: framing the fuzziness". In Fuzzy Boundaries: Threshollds Between Water and Land, edited by Dal Cin, Francesca; de Mesquita Lima, Joana; Proença, Sérgio Barreiros, 15-30. Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2025. Published
de Mesquita Lima, Joana; Dal Cin, Francesca; Proença, Sérgio Barreiros; Beja da Costa, Ana; Cardona, Gloria Carolina Fiallo; Carella, Fabio; Chouairi, Amina; et al. Corresponding author: de Mesquita Lima, Joana. "A call for fuzziness in uncertain times: rethinking thresholds". In Fuzzy Boundaries: Threshold Between Water and Land, edited by Dal Cin, Francesca; de Mesquita Lima, Joana; Proença, Sérgio Barreiros, 213-230. Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2025. Published
Piatek, Lukasz; Dal Cin, Francesca; Gireesh, Nanma. Corresponding author: Piatek, Lukasz. "Amphibious Buildings as a Response to Increased Flood Risk— European Case Study". In Proceedings of the Third World Conference on Floating Solutions, edited by Tomoki, Ikoma; Shigeru, Tabeta; Soon, Heng Lim; Chien Ming Wang, 789-808. Singapore, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2024. Published • 10.1007/978-981-97-0495-8_46
Monteiro, Cristiana Valente; Barreiros Proença, Sérgio; Dal Cin, Francesca. Corresponding author: Monteiro, Cristiana Valente. "Rovine costiere Il Patrimonio culturale vulnerabile all'innalzamento del livello medio del mare". In LA DIFESA DEI BENI CULTURALI NEGLI SCENARI DI CRISI Strategie di salvaguardia e tutela del patrimonio culturale ADVANCED RESEARCH, edited by Lorenzo Bagnoli, 69-80. Conegliano, Italy: Anteferma, 2023. Published • https://doi.org/10.57623/979-12-5953-092-9
Dal Cin, Francesca; Mutia, Indah; Hooimeijer, Fransje. Corresponding author: Dal Cin, Francesca. "URBAN THRESHOLD: A Space between Land and Water - Cases of Lisbon and Banjarmasin". In A Handbook of Waterfront Development & Urbanism, 89-102. London, United Kingdom: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. Published • https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003204565
2018 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Arquitetura Urbanismo e Design, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Arquitetura Urbanismo e Design, Portugal
2025/06/01 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia Prince Mohammad Bin-Fahd University , Saudi Arabia
2023/08/28 - 2025/05/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Alasala Education and Training Co, Saudi Arabia Alasala Colleges, Saudi Arabia
2022/09 - 2022/12 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Arquitectura, Portugal Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2018/09 - 2021/07 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal Arquitectura, Portugal
2025/09 - 2025/12 ARCH2421 - Design Studio III Prince Mohammad Bin-Fahd University , Saudi Arabia Architecture (Bachelor)
2025/09 - 2025/12 COAD3341 - Built World Design History & Theory I Prince Mohammad Bin-Fahd University , Saudi Arabia Architecture (Bachelor)
2025/01 - 2025/06 ARCH311 - Comprehensive Design Studio I Alasala Colleges, Saudi Arabia Architecture (Bachelor)
2025/01 - 2025/06 ARCH404 - Community Housing Design Alasala Colleges, Saudi Arabia Architecture (Bachelor)
2025/01 - 2025/06 ARCH303 - Theory of Architecture Alasala Colleges, Saudi Arabia Architecture (Bachelor)
2024/01 - 2024/06 ARCH511 - Graduation Project Alasala Colleges, Saudi Arabia Architecture (Bachelor)
2024/01 - 2024/06 ARCH311 - Comprehensive Design Studio I Alasala Colleges, Saudi Arabia Architecture (Bachelor)
2024/01 - 2024/06 ARCH404 - Community Housing Design Alasala Colleges, Saudi Arabia Architecture (Bachelor)
2024/01 - 2024/06 ARCH303 - Theory of Architecture Alasala Colleges, Saudi Arabia Architecture (Bachelor)
2023/08 - 2023/12 ARCH401 - Comprehensive Design Studio II Alasala Colleges, Saudi Arabia Architecture (Bachelor)
2022/09 - 2022/12 História do Urbanismo (Urban Planning History Course) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Landscape Architecture (Mestrado integrado) 2021/02 - 2021/06 Visiting professor: Seminary: "Coastal Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise" Università degli Studi di Padova Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Edile e Ambientale, Italy Master GIScience (Master)
2020/09 - 2021/06 Laboratório de Projecto IV e V, MiURB4B 2020 / 2021 (Urban Planning, Design Studio) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Urbanism (Arquitetura, na área de especialização em Urbanismo - Portugal Mestrado integrado) (Mestrado integrado)
2021 - 2021 Visiting Professor. Master Degree in Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering. Lecture: Sea Form: Urban resilience and resistance to sea leve rise Università degli Studi di Padova Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Edile e Ambientale, Italy Master Degree in Environmental Engineering – Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (Master)
2019/09 - 2020/06 Laboratório de Projecto IV e V, MiURB4B 2019 / 2020 (Urban Planning, Design Studio) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal Urbanism (Arquitetura, na área de especialização em Urbanismo - Mestrado integrado) (Mestrado integrado)
2018/09 - 2019/06 Laboratório de Projecto IV e V, MiURB4B 2018 / 2019 (Urban Planning, Design Studio) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal Urbanism (Arquitetura, na área de especialização em Urbanismo - Mestrado integrado) (Mestrado integrado)
