Publications

2026

Canary in the Mine V: Restoring the Paradise in California’s Flammable Landscapes


In collaboration with the Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Point Conception Institute at the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve Option Studio Report, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Canary in the Mine IV: De-Carbonize, De-Climatize, De-Colonize Rural Communities

In collaboration with the New European Bauhaus,
Option Studio Report, Harvard Graduate School of Design


2025

Mais do Que Casas

Ordem dos Arquitetos / Universidade do Porto

Eds. Teresa Novais e Luís Tavares Pereira 
“Ensino como ativismo (apontamentos para uma integração territorial),” p. 40-41


JoLA- Journal of Landscape Architecture, Issue 1/2-2025: Wildfires

Eds. Francisca Lima, Alia Fadel et al. "From Climatic Disintegration to Shared Reciprocities in Fire-Prone Landscapes: 
Design measures for community resiliency," p.123-133


STRESSTEST Deutscher Pavillon Katalog

19th Biennale di Venezia Architettura.

Eds. Nicola Borgmann, Elisabeth Endres, Gabriele G. Kiefer, Daniele Santucci 
Commissioned by the Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen

"The 4-Colour Model: Designing for Hotter Cities," p.152-157

2004

Habitar Lisboa: uma Perspetiva Arquitetónica Sobre uma Crise Contemporânea

Ed. Marta Sequeira, Monade Books, “Habitat and Habitar,” p. 139

(BOOK PRIZE: BIAU - XIII Bienal Ibero-americana de Arquitetura e Urbanismo)

Arquitectura magazine No. 388, # CLIMA

100 yrs- anniversary

Eds. Javier García-Germán and Alejandro Valdivieso, Colégio Oficial de Arquitetos de Madrid
"The Cistern-City: Designing for the new Climatic Regime in Arid(er) Latitudes," p.18-27

After Comfort: A User’s Guide - e-flux Architecture

Eds. Daniel A. Barber, Jeannetter Kuo, Thomas Auer, et al.) with the University of Technology Sydney, the Technical University of Munich, "Spaces of Convergence"
https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/after-comfort/601586/spaces-of-convergence

2023

The Art of Urban Design: A critical catalogue of post-industrial regeneration in the work of Marcel Smets

Ed. Cristina Purcar, Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj Napoca, 
"The Materiality of the ‘Empty’, ” p. 108-122

AD Magazine: In Praise of Penumbra 04, Vol. 93

Eds.  Agostino De Rosa, Alessio Bortot and Francesco Bergamo
"Atmosphere Anatomies: Charged Space," p. 54-61

2022

Atmosphere Anatomies: On Desing, Weather, and Sensation

With photos by Iwan Baan, Lars Müller Publishers Zürich

(PRIZE: Inaugural Sustainability and Innovation Award, presented by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Action (MAAC) and the Portuguese Architects League)
1st edition Sold-Out

Canary in the Mine I: Wildfires and Rural Communities in the Mediterranean Hinterland

In collaboration with the Câmara Municipal de Arganil

Option Studio Report, Harvard Graduate School of Design

https://issuu.com/gsdharvard/docs/canary-in-the-mine

2021

Nodium #13

Zeitschrift des Alumni-Clubs Landschaft der TU München

„Regine Keller spricht mit Silvia Benedito,“ p.4-9

TOPSCAPE Rivista internazionale di Architettura del Paesaggio

“Un Nuovo Paradigma: Atmosfera Come Paesaggio,” p.51-53

Harvard Design Magazine n. 49: Publics

“What is the most important public space worth preserving now?" p. 149

2020

Quadrícula Emocional: Um Urbanismo Híbrido entre Natureza e Arquitectura nas Cidades Atlânticas Portuguesas do séc. XVI

Portuguese Architects League

2018

Harvard Design Magazine n. 45: Into the Woods


“Listening to Darkness: Silvia Benedito talks with Janet Cardiff,” p.160-163

De Volta à Viagem

Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, AMAG Editora
"Ensinar a Conceber Espaço," p. 81-87

Público Jornal: Abrir portas onde se erguem muros

"A ecologia do fogo: uma proposta de ação"

2017

Thermodynamic Interactions—An Exploration into Physiological, Material, and Territorial Atmosphere

New York: ACTAR, Eds. Javier Garcia-German, Silvia Benedito, Philippe Rahm, Iñaki Ábalos

(PRIZE: FAD Prize for Thought and Criticism, Spain 2018)

(PRIZE: Research Category at the III Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism Prize, Spain 2018)

Landscape Tunings: An Urban Park at the Danube/ 
Landschaft Stimmung: Ein Stadtpark an der Donau,

New York: ACTAR

With Alexander Häusler and contributions from Prof. Günther Vogt, Dr. Prof. Andreas Lepik and Dr. Simone Schimpf (MKKD Director)


What Ever Happened to New Institutionalism?

Ed. James Voorhies, Sternberg Press Berlin, 
"On Space," p.170-171

2016

Harvard Design Magazine n. 40: Well, Well, Well

“On Atmosphere and Landscape,” p.32-39

Urban Landscape: Critical Concepts in Built Environment

Vol. III, London: Routledge, Ed. Anita Berrizbeitia

“Landscape and Atmospheres: Micro-environments for Well-Being and Delight. 

The case of Paley Park in New York City.” p. 233-241

2015

A+T 45: Design Techniques

Solid Series, A+T ediciones

"Téchne and modus operandi," p. 140

LAF Landscape Architecture Frontiers Magazine - Urban Environment and Public Health

Ed. Kongjian Yu, n. 013. Volume 3 Issue 1

“Aeolian Fields- A new Park to Cool, Produce and Play,” p. 104-113

2014

LAF Landscape Architecture Frontiers Magazine - The Layers of Time

Ed. Kongjian Yu, 007. Volume 2 Issue 1
“Lichtung/Clearing: An Ephemeral Installation in the Floodplain Forest of Ingolstadt,” p. 90-94