João Prates-Ruivo is an architect and a researcher based in London. After working in Rotterdam with Theo Deutinger and at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, João moved to Athens to start his own practice. His work has been awarded in several international competitions, including Plovdiv Central Square, and Upto35 in Athens, which was exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2012.

In the UK, João teaches Genealogies of the City at Syracuse University, in London, and has taught architectural design studio at the School of Architecture, University of Liverpool. At Goldsmiths University, he taught the Masters in Research Architecture at the Centre for Research Architecture, where he is also currently an MPhil/PhD candidate. His PhD research project, Soil Politics, investigates the technical transformation of soils after the Second World War, focussing in particular on the role of pedological survey missions in Angola during the period of the anti-colonial struggles.