Since I remember myself as a thoughtful human being, I remember myself drawing. In the floor, walls, table, or the typical sheet of paper. I’d especially enjoy imagining daily situations, such as cities in which there were houses, stores, supermarkets, churches, cars and happy people living together in an utopian world. The innocent and pure line of a child gave birth to buildings, flowers, trees, rivers and seas, human beings and animals.
What fascinates me so much about architecture and urbanism is doing something similar to what I used to do in my childhood, the capability of drawing livable and pleasurable sceneries. The way our drawings influences one’s vision and fruition of a place and the way it interferes with one’s state of mind makes our job as hard as fascinating. It’s “the most beautiful profession in the world”, said professor and architect Francisco Silva Dias, in a way that mixing art with technique we can contribute for a healthier, prettier and cozier place to live.
Beyond architecture and urbanism, one of the many arts that fascinate me and which I look forward to improve every day is photography. Cinema and music are also things that I could not dissociate from my daily routine.
Professional experience
2010 (April - July 2010) - Collaboration with the architecture studio -
Matos Gameiro Arquitectos in:
- Rural Hotel and therapy / meditation centre - Estremoz (final design phase and model making - scales 1:50 and 1:10)
- House in Avenida Guerra Junqueiro - Lisbon (refurbishment project - preliminary and final design phases)
2009-2010 – Internship in the architecture studio - Luís Narciso Arquitectos Lda – working in:
Hospital and clinical projects:
- Hospital de Santa Cruz’s Support Building – Carnaxide;
- Diaverum dialysis clinics – Estoril, Sintra and Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa
- Hospital Egas Moniz’s clinic services – Lisbon;
- Hospital Egas Moniz’s Laboratory of Microbiology and Pathological Anatomy – Lisbon;
Housing projects:
- Residencial building in Moscavide – Loures;
- Single family residence in Santo Estêvão – Benavente;
Restaurant and bar projects:
- Kiosks in Avenida da Liberdade - Public competition for Lisbon’s city council;
- Cafeteria in Parque das Nações – Lisbon;
- Hospital dos Lusíadas’s Cafeteria – Lisbon;
- Hospital de Santa Cruz’s Cafeteria – Carnaxide
Furniture projects:
- Office furniture ( desks and bookshelves) – Private client;
- Hospital de Cascais’s office furniture’s selection and organization - Cascais;
Education
2003-2008 – Degree in Arquitectura do Planeamento urbano e territorial, in the Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
2005-2006 – Participation in the Erasmus program, in Facoltà di Architettura - Politecnico di Milano, in Italy.
2001-2003 –Attends to Francisco Franco’s Secondary School in Funchal, in the arts and design area;
Others
2008 - Participation in "Estuarium" Magazine, with the project for Lisbon's water front competition (Page 33).
2005 - Participates in a collective exhibition in Sacavém’s Ceramic Museum, named “Locked up in opened rooms”.
2003 – Participates in a collective exhibition in Francisco Franco’s art gallery, named “Fragmentos”;
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