GONÇALO SILVA WAS BORN IN SETÚBAL IN 1976. HE STUDIED ARCHITECTURE IN THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE OF THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LISBON AND HE FINISHED THE DEGREE COURSE IN THE TECHNICAL SUPERIOR SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE DEL VALLÉS,BARCELONA. HE IS A MASTER IN CONSTRUCTION FOR THE SUPERIOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTE. HE WAS A SUPPORTING TEACHER FROM 2001 TO 2004, LECTURING IN THE COURSES OF ARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING, IN THE SUPERIOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
HE CREATED SEVERAL ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS FOR TIMOR-EAST AND, WHILE HE WAS A WORKER OF GERTIL IN THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE OF LISBON, HE COOPERATED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TIMOR-EAST.
HE INITIATED HIS ACTIVITY IN 2000. SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING SEVERAL PROJECTS OF ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN AND URBAN PLANNING.