He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto and has a Masters degree from the Barcelona Technical School of Architecture. He is a doctoral candidate in the Architecture Department at Princeton University and is an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University. Beyond his architecture practice, currently suspended for his research program, Moreno was one of the editors of the Portuguese journal InSi(s)tu and the curator, with the philosopher Jose Gil, of the Portuguese representation at the 2008 Venice Biennial. Joaquim Moreno lives and works in New York.