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A Tale of Two Cities
(Promenade Urbanistique – larger in scale (and degree of uncertainty) than Le Corbusier’s Promenade Architecturale, this is a walk through ideas and proposals that are the city, rethinking power...
View ArticleExcerpts taken from the House’s Visitors book
(30-06-2014) Paulo Moreira “I walked past the door and was called inside…” (30-06-2014) Maria de Ascensão Pereira Monteiro (former employee at Finibanco) “It is a shame it’s empty, I would like it to...
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Diary of the first 8 days
Day 1 For the first time, we opened the doors of our house to the city. Amongst more than 50 spontaneous guests, friends and fellow architects, we proudly sat, in the living room, five eminent guests...
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New lexicons of hospitality
The project that I am developing with LIKEarchitects, in the context of the Official Portuguese Representation for the Venice Architecture Biennale, reflects upon the transitory. In face of the...
View ArticleA temporary house
The architectural scheme that supports our research project – crosscutting themes such as Porto, Transience and Housing – proposes to build a temporary home for four architects, inside the old lobby of...
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Interview: Mariana Pestana
‘The growing symptom of transience requires an architectural solution, and that solution does not comprise design only’ 1 - The modern Project is very atypical in Portugal. Can we see this present...
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The house and the city
The city of Porto has housing problems. This is not a unique case in the world, nor in Europe. It affects both rich and poor countries! The housing problems almost ceased to exist in Porto but the...
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Housing and Social Identity
Social relationships always manifest themselves in a space and time. The housing and lodging space is therefore loaded with feelings, practices, meanings, logics and rituals. My professional experience...
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A temporary house
1st In the first moment, dedicated to empty buildings and temporary occupations, we hosted a conversation where we learnt about the process that transformed a shopping mall into a spontaneous music...
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