Joao Pereira Sousa - Architecture Portfolio by Joao Sousa

João Sousa Architecture Portfolio August 2012

Curriculum Vitae Portfolio · Winery Estate · Scholar Centre 1 · Scholar Centre 2 · Arraiolos Castle Intervention · Uniscala Showroom · Collingham Gardens Nursery · Private House Extension · Medina of Fez Intervention · Corporate Headquarters · Mixed-Use Cultural Building · Atlanta History Center · Library and Municipal Archives · Badel Site Redevelopment · Engineering Research Institute · Private Catholic School · Domestic Furniture Line · EnEssentia Collection Recommendation Letters Distinctions

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

PERSONAL INFORMATION name address telephone e-mail address website

João Martins Pereira de Sousa Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º, 4050-245 Porto, Portugal +351 916 387 452 hello@joaopereiradesousa.com www.joaopereiradesousa.com

nationality

Portuguese

date of birth

13.11.1984

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE dates occupation or position held main activities and responsabilities

September 2011 (on going) Autonomous Licenced Architect (Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446) Commissioned for a Planning Permission and Tender Project of a wine store in World Heritage Site in Porto, Portugal Commissioned for the design of a domestic furniture line. Commissioned for producing high-end 3D visualisations.

dates name of the employer occupation or position held main activities and responsabilities

November 2011 to August 2012 Cláudio Vilarinho Arquitectura, Lda (Porto, PT) Architect Responsible for all tender drawings for a Engineering Research Institute. Collaboration in Competitions. Responsible for all 3D visualisations and presentation material

dates name of the employer occupation or position held main activities and responsabilities

January 2011 to August 2011 COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS (Madrid, SP) Junior Architect Responsible for all tender drawings and coordination of all specialities drawings for a Mixed-Use Cultural Building. Collaboration in Competitions. Content Manager for Studio’s Monographic Book. CAD drawings, 3d Models, 3d Infographies, Image post-production, Presentation boards, Website development, Press Manager

dates name of the employer occupation or position held main activities and responsabilities

September 2010 to January 2011 claudiovilarinho.com arquitectos e designers (Porto, PT) Architectural Assistant Collaboration in various Architecture Projects ranging: Competitions, Feasibility Studies, Planning Applications. Model Making, 2d and 3d CAD drawings, 3d Models, 3d Infographies, Image post-production, Presentation boards, Website development

dates name of the employer occupation or position held main activities and responsabilities

May 2009 to May 2010 Llowarch Llowarch Architects (London, UK) Architectural Assistant (awarded a 9 month grant from the Ministry of Culture of Portugal) Collaboration in various Architecture Projects ranging: Feasibility Studies, Planning Applications and Tenders. Model Making, 2d and 3d CAD drawings, 3d Models, 3d Infographies, Image post-production, Presentation boards, Website development

dates name of the employer

September 2007 to April 2009 claudiovilarinho.com arquitectos e designers (Porto, PT)

occupation or position held

Collaborator (while an Architecture Student)

main activities and responsabilities

Collaboration in Architecture Competitions. Model Making, 2d and 3d CAD drawings, 3d Models, 3d Renderings, Image post-production, Presentation boards

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

EDUCATION AND TRAINING dates title of qualification awarded name and type of organisation providing education principal subjects / occupational skills covered dates title of qualification awarded name and type of organisation providing education principal subjects / occupational skills covered dates title of qualification awarded name and type of organisation providing education principal subjects / occupational skills covered

September 2002 to April 2009 Architect Graduation (18 out of 20 on the final graduation project) ESAP - Escola Superior Artística do Porto (Porto, PT) Architectural Design, Theory of Architecture, History of Architecture, Urbanism and Design, Drawing September 2005 to July 2006 Erasmus Scholarship (completed one year of studies with distinction) ISACF - Institut Supèrieur d’Architecture de la Communauté Française – La Cambre (Brussels, BE) Studies and Projects in Collective Housing September 1999 to July 2002 Visual Arts Graduation ESSR - Escola Secundária Artística de Soares dos Reis - Secondary School (Porto, PT) Geometry, Drawing, Painting, History of Art, Sociology

PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES mother tongue other languages

PORTUGUESE ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH / CASTILIAN

understanding

Excellent

speaking

Excellent

writing

Excellent

Excellent Very Good

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS AND

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COMPETENCES

COMPUTER SKILLS AND

Wide experience in Architectural Competitions (prized several times), while in collaboration with architecture practises or as an individual author;

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Great experience in the conception, development and presentation of Architecture Projects;

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Excellent skills with: Autocad 2010 (2D & 3D), Vectorworks 2008 (2D & 3D), 3D Studio Max 2010 + V-Ray,

COMPETENCES

Experience in all project development phases such as: Feasibility Study, Planning Application, Tender; Great experience in web development.

Sketchup, Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5, Lightroom 3.0, Dreamweaver MX, OpenOffice Suite, Microsoft Office. Windows and MacOSX environments;

ARTISTIC SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

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Basic knowledge of: ArchiCAD, Revit, Artlantis.

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Freelance work of high-end 3D visualisations for Architects and Designers; Development of commissioned works and prized competitions within the field of Architectural Photography; Development of the architecture and design blog ‘Bravdesign’ through the continuous writing of essays with a critical approach to Architecture, Design and Photography: www.bravdesign.net

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Exhibitions / Publications 2012

Selected with 30 other artists for the group exhibition ‘POPs 2012’ (Portuguese Original Products) at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal

2011

Selected within 188 projects of 28 countries for the collective exhibition of the 30 more interesting proposals in BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium

2009

Cover from the published monograph book ‘Eduardo Souto de Moura Architect’ for Librero - Uitgevers & Importers

2008

Collective exhibition of the prized projects of the Competition ‘Águas do Porto Innovative Ideas’ in FAUP, Porto, PT

2008

Collective exhibition of the selected finalists in the ‘Architectural Photography Competition - FAUP 2008’ in FAUP and in the Centro Português de Fotografia (CPF), Porto, PT

2008

Cover and publication of a photographic series in magazine ‘Revista Prata’ #00, May 2008

2008

Published at publication ‘Yearbook 07-08’ with photographs of the Burgo Building from the Architect Eduardo Souto de Moura

2006

Collective exhibition of the best Architecture projects of the 4th year in ISACF - La Cambre, Brussels, BE

2004

Collective exhibition of the best drawings and Architecture projects of the 1st year in ESAP, Porto, PT

Competitions 2012

Finalist at the ‘POPs 2012’ (Portuguese Original Products), Porto, PT

2010

Participated at the ‘Prémio Mobilidade 2010’, Lisbon, PT

2010

Finalist at the Competition ‘Brussels Courthouse Imagine the Future!’, Brussels, BE

2010

Finalist at the national prize for the best graduation project ‘Prémio Secil Universidades 09’

2008

Finalist in the Architecture Photography Competition – FAUP 2008

2008

Honourable Mention with the project ‘Urban Platforms’ in the ‘Águas do Porto Innovative Ideas Competition’, Porto, PT

2007

Participated in the Architecture Student Competition ‘Habiter Paris’, Paris, FR

Workshops / Seminars 2010

Attended the Technical Lectures ‘Construir em: Pedra, Metal, Madeira’ (72 hours) promoted by the Ordem dos Arquitectos (OASRN), Porto, PT

2010

Participated in the Workshop ‘Arquitectura e Cinema’ promoted by Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (FAUP), Porto, Portugal

2009

Attended the Seminar ‘Education Series: Cool Schools’ promoted by the New London Architecture in London, UK

2009

Attended at the Seminar ‘5 Lessons about Sustainability and Architecture’ promoted by Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (FAUP), Porto, Portugal

2007

Attended the Seminar “Designing Light” promoted by Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (FAUP), Porto, Portugal

2007

Participated in the Workshop of Sustainable and Bio Architecture promoted by TIBÁ in Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (FAUP), Porto, Portugal

2005

Attended the international Symposium ‘Art Museums’ at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, Portugal

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SIGNATURE

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

August 2012

Portfolio

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

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Winery Estate Scholar Centre 1 Scholar Centre 2 Arraiolos Castle Intervention Uniscala Showroom Collingham Gardens Nursery Private House Extension Medina of Fez Intervention Corporate Headquarters Mixed-Use Cultural Building Atlanta History Center Library and Municipal Archives Badel Site Redevelopment Engineering Research Institute Private Catholic School Domestic Furniture Line EnEssentia Collection

WINERY ESTATE IN PENAFIEL Graduation Project (18 out of 20) Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Portugal Use Industrial, Cultural Status Academic Project Location Castelões, Penafiel, Portugal Year 2009 Surface 1680,00 m2 Prizes Finalist at Secil Universities Prize 2010

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

The project is structured by two main ideas: the landscape as the prime-matter (1) and as a way to frame the views (2). (1) The building’s form is generated by a series of transformations that shape it to its final form. Firstly a simple extrusion rises from the earth’s platform. In function of the wanted visual framing of the landscape, the form is carved in order to open itself to the surroundings. An exception is generated; a volume that rises above the others and states itself in the site. Lastly, the high volume is separated from the ground in order to be autonomous and distinguishable. The building is therefore moulded from the land and it carves itself open to the landscape that surrounds.

(2) The way the building is located in the site derives from the strong vine orientation that generate alignments throughout the valleys and elevations in the landscape. Therefore a long access path to building is designed parallel to the vineyard, generating a gradual approach to the building while interacting with the environment. This way, the building functions also as a viewfinder. It only reveals parts of the surrounding landscape, emphasizing each single relation.

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

SCHOLAR CENTRE 1 Collaboration with Cláudio Vilarinho Architects Use Educational Status Public Competition Location Fonte de Angeão, Vagos, Portugal Client Vagos Council Year 2008 Surface 2945,00 m2 Prizes Competition 2nd Prize

Concept 1 – Genius Loci (the spirit of the place) The use of scale and proportions from the local buildings, through a strategy of using single separate volumes. The understanding of the territorial morphology, based on the placement of the buildings along the axis of communication. We propose that same thing as we think of the brook as a structural axis from where we develop the body (we have initiated this proposal by interpreting the brook not as a problem but as an essential “piece” to the development of the project). We took part of an inevitable figure of the landscape, the one of the traditional rooftop, however we have shaped it, introducing contemporary architectural concepts.

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

Concept 2 – Paper cuts The design is born from a poetic reference to one of the future works that will be taught on this Scholar Centre; we take a simple sheet of paper, we fold it in a zig-zag way, and we cut a motive, finally we unfold it. Our proposal is that same thing, a parallelepiped mass (because we are dealing with the third dimension), cut in segments and then unfolded.

SCHOLAR CENTRE 2 Collaboration with Cláudio Vilarinho Architects Use Educational Status Public Competition Location Vagos, Portugal Client Vagos Council Year 2008 Surface 2485,00 m2 Prizes Competition 3rd Prize

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

Concept - Friendly Hand We propose a concept of a high representative and symbolic power to the specific program. The design is born with reference to one of the possible works that will be taught at the Scholar Centre, the impression of a hand. In a first stage, the process consists on painting the palm of the hand with ink; right after we put the palm of the hand in a support (usually a sheet of paper); finally, after the hand has been removed, as a final result it appears the impression of the hand on the paper.

Maintaining the same configuration of the hand, the relationship between the palm and the fingers, we have developed a distortion in order to originate a shape that is adaptable to the site – an identical representation was thought by Le Corbusier in Chandigarth, India; ou even by Eduardo Chillida in San Sebastian, Spain.

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ARRAIOLOS CASTLE INTERVENTION Collaboration with Cláudio Vilarinho Architects

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Use Cultural, Social, Refurbishment Status Public Competition Location Arraiolos, Portugal Client Arraiolos Council Year 2008 Surface 79.689,00 m2 Prizes Competition 3rd Prize

We take part of an Arraiolos symbol, the Arraiolos Carpet (specifically its canvas). From here, abstractly, we originate a network of paths, which we designate, Inhabited Itineraries. 10

The concept of mesh is materialized through a system of longitudinal and cross paths that establish a connection between the two main spaces of the proposal, the Castle and the Windmills. Thus integrating other existing reference points of the city (eg: Pousada de Portugal, Main Church, Bus Central, Cine-Teatro, Library, etc), our itineraries work like a network that stitches everything, in order to promote a diversity of interests, whether cultural, social, recreational, etc.

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

Along the itineraries, there are some extensions and embedded platforms in the slopes, that work not only as a turning point, but they allow the generation of rest and leisure points. There points appear in strategic places, where the visitor can have a wide perception over the surrounding landscape.

UNISCALA SHOWROOM Collaboration with Cláudio Vilarinho Architects Use Commercial Status Competition, Tender Project Location Porto, Portugal Client Uniscala Interiores Year 2008-2009 Surface 400,00 m2 Prizes Competition 1st Prize Photography João Ferrand

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

Our Proposal is structured within a key concept; the idea of lightness.

Finally, as to its design, would not be Howe also a light label?

Through the poetics of Milan Kundera’s book, we can associate the term lightness with the term freedom.

We think so.

At the same time, wishing a “contemporary place”, a place capable of responding to different space organizations, we are wishing a free place, an uncompromising place. It is this kind of space, with and as an architectural quality, the target of the Howe label.

As an example, note the extreme lightness of the 40/4 chair whose thickness/diameters are between 9 and 13mm.

COLLINGHAM GARDENS NURSERY Collaboration with Llowarch Llowarch Architects Use Educational Status Invited Competition Location London, United Kingdom Client Collingham Gardens Nursery Year 2009-2010 Prizes Competition 2nd Prize

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

The proposal for the new nursery building contemplated the removal of the existing building, which was on a high state of deterioration, while occupying its footprint with a succession of educational gardens for the infants.

The new building is located on the area with the best solar exposure, profiting from the few sun rays that penetrate the gardens through the trees which surround the site. Thus the building is designed with a set of pitched roofs which allow for the entrance of the sunlight into the interior spaces.

PRIVATE HOUSE EXTENSION Collaboration with Llowarch Llowarch Architects Use Housing Status Planning Application Location London, United Kingdom Year 2009-2010 Surface 156,00 m2

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

The refurbishment of a single-family house in North London included a small volumetric extension and the creation of a back garden.

Due to the its strong heritage values, all the work has been focused on restoring its original features in order to gain the permission to make the new extension. The new volume accommodates a new and modern bathroom as well as a glazed access to the garden.

MEDINA OF FEZ INTERVENTION Collaboration with Cláudio Vilarinho Architects Use Social, Cultural, Commercial, Housing Status Competition Location Fez, Morocco Year 2010 Prizes Competition Runner-up

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

The aim of this project is the refurbishment of Place Lalla Yeddouna and its surrounding areas, through its openness to the river and through the creation of supportive structures.

We decided to focus on the preservation of the cultural and heritage values of Moroccan Architecture. Therefore the intervention starts from the refurbishment of the existing buildings (Fondouk Lahssair and Dar Al Iraqui), through the adaptation of parts of the old structures next to the river and finishing with the design of new buildings.

CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS Collaboration with Cláudio Vilarinho Architects Use Office, Refurbishment Status Tender Project Location Porto, Portugal Client Openline Year 2010-2011 Surface 1592,00 m2 Cost € 1.180.436,16

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

The refurbishment of an ancient industrial pavilion for the new headquarters of a company, followed a very minimal an functional idea. We wanted that the whole intervention was made with an exact response to the needs of the client.

The concept of the new façade derives from the need of making a clean structure with regular openings which correspond to the new interior programme. We have used a microperfurated undulated metal sheet to clad the whole exterior of the building, generating a curtain-like division between the interior and the exterior. This idea stands even more when the light reflects on the building throughout the day.

MIXED-USE CULTURAL BUILDING Collaboration with Coll-Barreu Arquitectos Use Educational, Cultural Status Tender Project Location Basauri, Spain Client Basauri Council Year 2011 Surface 10580,00 m2

In a time of economic difficulties in Europe, several public administrations have agreed to build a set of cultural facilities, which should share the same site, common services, design, construction and operating costs. The new building will be a superposition of a resident’s car structure, an Official Language School, a Music School, a School of the Native Language and Culture and a City Auditorium. The various uses are stacked like bars of chalk. Each institution, that once would have occupied an entire building, still retains some of its corporeal independence. The citizens can identify the building both as an addition of single units and as a whole.

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

Befitting its time, the construction has been planned with simple materials, stone and stucco, and with very controlled windows and glazing. Not only can one go through the interior, but also the roofs are accessible at different heights, some of which are configured as outdoor spaces directed towards the mountain views. The Auditorium participates in this duality between the closed and the open, and alternately it opens or closes its stage towards the valley. Again, the project is compressed, and finds its conscience in that intimacy. Unwittingly, it becomes a natural accident, a mound, a cluster or a rocky quirk.

ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER Collaboration with Coll-Barreu Arquitectos Use Cultural, Refurbishment Status Public Competition Location Atlanta, Georgia, USA Year 2011 Surface 3100,00 m2 Cost $ 8.000.000,00

The Atlanta History Center never again will have a North façade. The new pieces will slide in the sunlight without orthogonal walls, so they will always be bathed in light. A porch open to the trees, grass and flowers of Atlanta will shelter the visitors from the heat of the sun and rain water. It is an element of the tradition. The white porch is part of the history of the air and light of the South. Beyond the porch a new lobby is proposed. It is a clear, white and public room, but it retains some of the intimacy of a home. The light enters and the outside can be seen. Visitor services are clearly organized. The new auditorium and classrooms also have immediate access from the lobby. The retail area is located in the output path of visitors, fully incorporated into the lobby.

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

Inside, acting only at the entrances to the rooms, the space of collections is now systematic. It is possible to visit all the rooms in a continuous run, without returning to the lobby or to any corridor. You may also visit selected rooms only, since all have direct access from the lobby. The size and shape of each room may be determined and changed by AHC curators. The main floor opens to the South, until now hidden from the rooms. Thanks to eliminate some obstacles and open two new windows, people walking on the Museum can rest their eyes on the beautiful trees of Buckhead campus and have easy access to cafe and gardens.

LIBRARY AND MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES Collaboration with Cláudio Vilarinho Architects Use Educational, Cultural Status Public Competition Location Grândola, Portugal Client Grândola Council Year 2011-2012 Surface 3.796,00 m2 Cost € 2.594.200,00

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

Our proposal for the (new) Praça da República square reinforces all its potential as a generator space for social engagement. Its design, purposely minimal, contrasts with the more design constrained squares to the north and west. At the same time, in opposite to the other two squares we do not intend to keep Praça da República with the dense trees it has at the moment, since on one hand there are already two squares with those charateristics and, on the other, in search for shadows, we encourage the use of the open public space on the ground floor of the Library, which can be an extension of the ground floor interior program. This allows for the establishment of an urban continuum, a way to maximize the use of the public spaces.

By its shape, the proposed building intends to embrace with its concave front façades. The other two façades follow the existing alignments. The arcs (in the openings), are a reference from the architectural memories of the place and the region; structurally they allow for a continuous space without columns on the ground level; also they allow for the passage of all the technical conduits. In order to generate a single, continuous and minimal shape, the proposed building contemplates a system of vertical prefabricated concrete stripes. This way it is possible to filter the looks from the inside and the outside. At the same time, this materiality is applied to the interior of the building, not only in terms of color, but also in its texture.

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

BADEL SITE REDEVELOPMENT Collaboration with Cláudio Vilarinho Architects Use Housing, Office, Cultural Status Public Competition Location Zagreb, Croatia Year 2012 Surface 67693,93 m2

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

The morphology/shape of the proposal arises from the “overprotection” of the ancient distillery building. It is a visual and a physical protection. It is proposed a cultural use in it, with the maximum respect and conservation of its main structure. We propose a big common space which allows a wide variety of activities. On the ground floor, the place is accessible from Derencinova, Marticeva, Subiceva and Vlaska Street, it is connected to the ancient distillery building (now an area with cultural services), and a green area born from the respect to the existing buildings on Subiceva Street.

Zagreb’s Cloud’s façade is the result of two criteria: the program that each module houses and its sun exposure. From this combination we’ll get modules optimized for each situation. Although it is a contemporary building, visual impact will be minimized, as it adapts its height to the buildings around and the façades to be preserved are incorporated into the solution. Six buildings have been designed so that they can operate independently.

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE Collaboration with Cláudio Vilarinho Architects Use Educational, Laboratory Status Tender Project Location Guimarães, Portugal Client Minho University Year 2010-2012 Surface 2363,00 m2 Cost € 2.551.811,33 Prizes Competition 1st Prize

We propose a building with a unique image for the campus. A building that breaks the existing gray monotony – referring not only about the pictorial issue of the Campus, but also about the “global crisis without end” – and that, at the same time, is able to captivate. The facade skin, happened through an architectural reinterpretation, it retracts the symbolic power of the IBS purpose. We used as reference the titanium nanotubes. Associated with recent discoveries, the titanium nanotubes have, among others, capacities for reuse and cheap production, becoming, this way, an inspiration for an architecture that seeks sustainability as an ideal.

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

In order to develop common synergies, we propose the skin of the building in prefabricated elements of a cementitious matrix material. This material reinforced with micro-fibers, has no conventional reinforcement, which could cause corrosion problems, among other features, is a very ductile material, plastic, fluid, self-compatible and allows to control the crack and therefore doesn’t crack. This skin allows the inclusion of pigmentation/oxides doesn’t need constant maintenance and lasts longer than common materials. To finish, it also allows a wide range of the architectural freedom.

. lajetas de betão 4.2cm. . calços de suporte altura total . geotêxtil . tela de impermeabilização . enchimento / camada de forma . isolamento térmico 8cm. . barreira pára-vapor . betonilha de regularização . laje de betão armado 50cm.

. porta revestida no sistema de isolamento térmico pelo exterior tipo ISODUR - SECIL com pigmento verde/amarelo

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. soleira em betão com topo acabado idem revestimento exterior tipo ISODUR - SECIL

184,0

92,0

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. reboco estanhado cor cinza claro (RAL a definir pela semelhança com o pavimento e teto) . alvenaria de tijolo 11 . caixa ar 4cm. . viga em betão armado 20cm. . sistema de isolamento térmico pelo exterior tipo ISODUR - SECIL 6cm. com pigmento verde/amarelo . painel em GRC 3cm. de espessura com buracos "nanotubos" (vazios entre 5cm. e 20cm. de profundidade)

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268,0

394,0

454,0

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+13.04

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1% . vínilico cor cinza claro (RAL a definir pela semelhança com a parede e teto) . argamassa de regularização 3cm. . membrana de isolamento aos ruídos de impacto 10mm.

+12.14 +12.1

57,0

89,0

+12.1

184,0

. laje de betão armado 50cm.

. elemento de absorção acústica 3cm.

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. silicone em vez de borracha preta

. calha electrotécnica

140,0

+8.5 +8.39

390,0

40,0

+8.5 +8.39

. lajeta armada com malha-sol CQ38 esp. 9cm. com acabamento final com endurecedor de superfície . membrana de isolamento aos ruídos de impacto 10mm.

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+7.6

. laje em betão armado 50cm. . sistema de isolamento térmico pelo exterior tipo ISODUR - SECIL 6cm. . painel em GRC 3cm. de espessura com buracos "nanotubos" (vazios entre 5cm. e 20cm. de profundidade)

+6.35 +6.29

269,0

316,0

428,5

. soleira em betão com acabamento idem revestimento exterior tipo ISODUR - SECIL

+4.74 +4.69

. laje em betão armado 30 cm. com endurecedor

700,0

30,0

3.84

32,0

. grelha de ventilação: chapa perfurada com círculos de 20 mm diâmetro (em aço galvanizado quando em parede de betão à vista; pintada idem Microcimento quando em parede voltada para o Foyer; pintada idem reboco estanhado quando em parede idem reboco estanhado) 184,0

32,0

. microcimento tipo MICROCRETE cor verde cinza (RAL a definir pela semelhança com o revestimento exterior) . viga em betão armado 30cm. . sistema de isolamento térmico pelo exterior tipo ISODUR - SECIL 6cm. . painel em GRC 3cm. de espessura com buracos "nanotubos" (vazios entre 5cm. e 20cm. de profundidade) . superfície com pendente

+2.17

215,0

354,0

+2.11

. microcimento tipo MICROCRETE cor verde cinza (RAL a definir pela semelhança com o revestimento exterior) . laje em betão armado 30 cm. com endurecedor . filme de polietileno . 5cm regularização . material de granulometria extensa (Tout-venant) . manta de geotextil 200 gr./m2. . terreno natural regularizado e compactado .pavimento exterior em pedra idem existente . areia . tout-venant

0 [+226.3]

221,5

60,0

30,0

2.8

43,5

2.95

PASSO 3

PASSO 4

PARTINDO DO NÍVEL 4 (DOS 7 NÍVEIS, O QUE CONTÉM O PAINÉL MAIOR) DESENHAM-SE 2 PAINÉIS DE FACHADA (A & B), OS QUAIS TÊM DISPOSTOS ALEATORIAMENTE PELO MENOS OS 24 BURACOS.

DESENHADOS OS PAINÉIS DE FACHADA A & B DO NÍVEL 4, COM OS MESMOS 24 BURACOS, DESENHAM-SE OS RESTANTES PAINÉIS.

DESENHAM-SE 2 PAINÉIS DE TECTO DA CONSOLA (A & B), OS QUAIS TÊM DISPOSTOS ALEATORIAMENTE PELO MENOS OS 24 BURACOS.

COMO RESULTADO OBTEMOS 14 PAINÉIS BASE.

COMO REGRA TODOS OS BURACOS ESTÃO SEPARADOS ENTRE SI PELO MENOS 18 CM., NÃO SE SOBREPONDO À ÁREA DA FIXAÇÃO (30 CM. DE DIÂMETRO).

10,0

PASSO 2

COMO REGRA TODOS OS BURACOS ESTÃO SEPARADOS ENTRE SI PELO MENOS 18 CM., NÃO SE SOBREPONDO À ÁREA DA FIXAÇÃO (30 CM. DE DIÂMETRO).

ESCALA 1/50

4,00 1,99

4,29

4,00

0,01

1,99

1,84

0,01

1,99

0,01

1,84

0,01

4,00

1,99

0,01

2,68

1,84

2,68

0,01

3,90

17,00

3,90

17,00

"Anel" com profundidade variável entre 5 e 20cm.

Buraco

Distância mínima entre buracos 18cm.

Fixação do painel (30cm diâmetro sem buracos) 9

Nota:

0,01

Fixação do painel (30cm diâmetro sem buracos)

Todas as medidas deverão ser confirmadas em obra. Todos os desenhos devem ser considerados juntamente com os desenhos gerais e de pormenor de arquitectura e de todas as especialidades. Qualquer erro, omissão ou discrepância entre desenhos de qualquer especialidade e de arquitectura deve ser participada às respectivas equipas projectistas. O empreiteiro deverá apresentar desenhos de preparação de obra para aprovação. Todos os pormenores devem ser sempre testados em protótipo. De acordo com o artº 49 do código de contratos públicos alínea 13, qualquer referência a marcas, patentes, modelos ou fabricantes, é indicativa, deve ler-se com a menção "ou equivalente" e conjuntamente com o Caderno de Encargos.

2,68

LEGENDA DOS PAINÉIS

F . A . 1 . NE 1

0,01

1,84

LOCALIZAÇÃO NO EDIFÍCIO (Fachada ou Tecto)

IDENTIDADE DO PAINEL (A, B ou C)

NÍVEL DE ALTURA NO ÂMBITO DAS FACHADAS (NÍVEL 1 a 7)

VARIANTE (1 e 2)

LOCALIZAÇÃO NA FACHADA (NO, NE, SE, SO)

0,01

1,84

22 14

- Esta pormenorização evidencia os princípios base de conceção para o fabrico dos painéis pré-fabricados em GRC - Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete . - Visto a sua execução ser um processo de fabrico de grande componente manual , os painéis podem perfeitamente sofrer ajustes na disposição dos 24 buracos, desde que se mantenham relações de proporção entre cheios e vazios (submetidos à aprovação do projetista) e os mesmos buracos se interliguem entre si nos painéis (como extremo concetual, os painéis podem ser todos diferentes). - No âmbito dos painéis de fachada, existem 7 níveis de painéis os quais estão proporcionados e relacionados diretamente com os vãos interiores. Não se pretende a visibilidade das juntas horizontais entre painéis desde o espeço interior. - A profundidade total do painel ronda os 20cm. sendo que os "anéis" podem ter profundidades aleatórias entre os 5cm. como mínimo e os referidos 20cm. A média da profundidade dos anéis por painel, não pode ser inferior a 12,5cm. - A profundidade de cada anel deve ser misturada entre painéis, por ex. o anel nº 1 deve estar num determinado painel com 5cm. noutro com 20cm.

0,01

2,15

escala 1:50

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

Argamassa exterior projectada 6cm. Parafuso de amarração à parede em betão ou alvenaria Painel em GRC Fixação amarrada ao edifício a receber o painel em GRC (em U com 70x70x260x10mm.) Parafuso a "engatar" na calha para união com a fixação Calha embutida/"chumbada" no GRC (por consequência do revestimento da calha pelo GRC, poderá acontecer a existência de um "papo" do lado exterior do painel, nesta condição, o referido "papo" deverá ser minimizado ou mesmo anulado através do esbatimento do seu declive, sendo o máximo admissível 3%) 70

3°

"Papo" esperado 60

200

260

200 260

"Papo" admissível

Equipa de projeto: Arquitetura – Arquiteto Cláudio Vilarinho Estabilidade – Engenheira Isabel Teles Instalações Eléctricas e de Segurança – Engenheiro Fernando Ferreira Instalações de Climatização, Tratamento Ambiental e Redes Especiais – Engenheiro António Pelaez Redes de Águas de Abastecimento, Rega, Serviço de Incêndios, Águas Pluviais e Residuais – Engenheiro João Cunha Rede Estruturada de Voz e Dados - Engenheiro Fernando Ferreira Acústica – Engenheira Susana Sousa Térmica – Engenheiro António Pelaez Instalações de Segurança/Intrusão - Engenheiro Fernando Ferreira Mobiliário e Equipamento Fixo - Arquiteto Cláudio Vilarinho Arranjos Exteriores – Arquiteto Paisagista Nuno Almeida Plano de Gestão da Sustentabilidade Ambiental e Eficiência Energética - Engenheiro António Pelaez Plano de Segurança na Fase de Construção – Engenheiro Carlos Mirra Plano de Manutenção e Exploração – Engenheira Susana Sousa

Cláudio Vilarinho - Arquitetura e Design, Lda. Largo Eng. António Almeida, 70, sala 373 4100-065 Porto, Portugal Tel. e Fax +351 220931811 Tlm. +351 968120054 E-mail: cv@claudiovilarinho.com

peça desenhada

planta

corte

escala 1:5

projeto

Painéis pré-fabricados para a fachada e o teto da consola - princípios de conceção (folha 1) Instituto de Investigação em Engenharia no Campus de Azurém da UM

revisão data descrição

especialidade

ARQ - Arquitetura

assinatura autor da especialidade

www.claudiovilarinho.com

fase

PE - Projeto de Execução

data

29-06-2012

escala

1:50, 1:20 e 1:5

substitui substuído por processo

50-12-2010

reservados os direitos de autor conforme legisla ção em vigor - é expressamente proibida a reprodu ção, no todo ou em parte sem documenta ção escrita facultada pelo atelier

0,01

Corte 2

Alçado Oeste

DESPORTO RECREIO PRÉ

RECREIO

Crianças dos 24 aos 36 meses 1.7 Sala de Actividades 1.8 Instalação Sanitária 1.9 Sala refeições 1.10 Copa limpa e copa suja 1.11 Gabinete de Educadoras 1.12 I.S. Educadoras 1.13 Vestiário 1.14 Sala isolamento/gabinete 1.15 Arrumo material didático 1.16 Roupa lavada 1.17 Material limpeza com cuba despejo 1.18 Carrinhos bébé 1.19 Vestiário crianças 1.20 Átrio de recepção 1.21 Salas Atendimento de Pais 1.22 I.S. Pais

RECREIO

Alçado Norte 2.6

2.3

2.2

2.1

1.11

2.8

7.4

7.1

15.4

15.5

15.4

7.4

8.1

RECREIO 91.4

1.14 2.9

2.7

1.21 2.15

II. PRÉ-ESCOLAR ENTRADA PRINCIPAL

REFEITÓRIO PRÉ EXIT 1.9

1.10

15.3

Corte 1

1.16 2.13

2.4

1.17 2.14

1.8

2.5

1.13 2.11

8.2

15.2

91.3

5.7 7.7

1.18 1.19

5.7 7.7

7.5

CAPELA + MU + REF. + DESP

1.1

1.5 1.6

5.6

Corte 1

5.6

3 anos 4 anos 5 anos I.S. Crianças Vestiário crianças Sala de psico-motricidade Gabinete Coordenadora Gabinete de Educadoras Sala de Isolamento/gabinete I.S. educadoras Vestiário Arrumo material didático Roupa lavada Material limpeza com cuba despejo Sala Atendimento de Pais I.S. Pais

5.1

15.6

2.12

VIII. NÚCLEO DE DIRECÇÃO 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6

Gabinete de Direcção Sala reuniões Copa I.S. direcção e administrativo I.S. deficientes Limpeza

IX. EQUIPAMENTOS SOCIAIS Cozinha e apoios 9.1 Recepção 9.2 Escritório 9.3 I.S. e vestiário 9.4 Armazenamento detergentes 9.5 Armazenamento frio 9.6 Armazenamento secos 9.7 Despensa dia 9.8 Preparação, confecção e cozinha 9.9 Lavagem trem 9.10 Lavagem louça 9.11 Armazém louça 9.12 Lixo orgânico e inorgânico 9.13 Vazilhame 9.14 Material limpeza com cuba despejo 9.15 Linha de bar Salas refeições 9.16 Pré escolar 9.17 Geral I.S. Apoio refeitórios e exterior 9.18 I.S. Deficientes 9.19 Lavatórios de apoio ao refeitório 9.20 10 sanitas e 10 lavatórios 9.21 Material limpeza com cuba despejo

X. CAPELA

5.2

1.2 2º/3ºCEB SEC

1.5 1.6

Sala de atendimento/secretaria Arquivo Foyer Salas para atendimento de pais e visitas I.S. Pais e visitas Sala de 1os socorros I.S. de funcionários

III. 1º CEB e 2º CEB 91.3

1.2

1.7

EXIT

8.4

DOCENTES 5.6

1.1

13.1

1.7

8.4

8.6 5.8 8.5

7.5

1.3 1.4

91.3 1.15

8.3

SECRET+DIR

CRECHE +PRÉ 1.22 2.16

7.6

7.2

7.3

1.22 2.16

1.12 2.10

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16

1.20

EXIT

VII. NÚCLEO RECEPÇÃO, GESTÃO/ADMIN. E ATENDIMENTO 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7

Crianças dos 12 aos 24 meses 1.5 Sala de Actividades 1.6 Apoio de camas

Alçado Norte 13.2

I. CRECHE Crianças 3 aos dos 12 meses 1.1 Sala de Berços 1.2 Sala Parque 1.3 Copa de leites 1.4 Fraldario

5.3

5.4

1º CEB 3.1 Salas de aula 3.2 Salas de Educação Plástica 3.3 I.S. 3.4 I.S. Deficientes

5.5

1º/2ºCEB

Alçado Sul

2º CEB 3.5 Salas de aula 3.6 Salas de Educação Visual 3.7 I.S.

Alçado Sul

3.8 3.9

PLANTA PISO 0

Arrumo material didáctico Educação Material limpeza com cuba despejo

IV. 3º CEB / Secundário 4.1 Salas de aula 3º CEB 4.2 Salas Secundário 4.3 Salas de Educação Tecnológica 4.4 Sala de Informática 4.5 Arrumos salas especiais 4.6 Laboratório - Física 4.7 Laboratório - Química 4.8 Laboratório - Biología/Geología 4.9 Sala de preparação 4.10 Antecâmara 4.11 Arrumos laboratórios 4.12 I.S. Alunos 4.13 I.S. Deficientes 4.14 Material limpeza com cuba despejo

V. NÚCLEO DOS DOCENTES 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8

PISO -1 XII. Serviços XIV. Estacionamento

Sala de trabalho Gabinete coordenador 1º CEB Gabinete coordenador 2º CEB Gabinete coordenador 3º CEB Gabinete coordenador secundário Sala reuniões I.S. Professores I.S. Deficientes

10.1 Capela 10.2 Sacristia 10.3 Gabinete capelão 10.4 I.S. 10.5 Limpieza e flores 10.6 Confessionário 10.7 Antecâmara

XI. ÁREA DE DESPORTO E EXTRA CURRICULARES 11.1 Campo desportivo fechado 11.2 Ginásio: balet, dança, judo 11.3 Arredação, material desportivo 11.4 Balneários, com apoio de deficientes 11.5 Gabinete Professores 11.6 I.S./Balneário de professores/apoio act.extra

XII. SERVIÇOS Arredações 12.1 do economato 12.2 arquivo morto Lavandaria 12.3 Lavandaria/estendal 12.4 Passar a ferro/roupeiro

reservados os direitos de autor conforme legisla ção em vigor - é expressamente proibida a reprodu ção, no todo ou em parte sem documenta ção escrita facultada pelo atelier

Alçado Este

PISO 0 I. Creche II. Pré escolar V. Núcleo dos docentes VII. Núcleo de recepção, gestão/administração e atendimento geral VIII. Núcleo de Direcção XIII. Recreio

Corte 4

Corte 3

Pessoal Limpeza 12.5 I.S. + Balneários + Vestiários Pessoal 12.6 Armazén produtos Portaria 12.7 Atendimento 12.8 I.S. apoio Diversos 12.9 Casa de lixos 12.10 PT 12.11 Grupo Gerador 12.12 Caldeiras 12.13 Bastidores 12.14 Informática 12.15 Armazén/oficina

VI. SALA MULTIUSOS 6.1 6.2

Alçado Norte

Estudo, biblioteca, sessões escolares, espectáculos "Reggie"; controlo de iluminação e som

XV. DIVERSOS 15.1 UTAS 15.2 Escadas exterior nascente 15.3 Escadas exterior poente 15.4 Escadas recreio 15.5 Alpendre de entrada 15.6 Alpendre de apoio ao foyer 15.7 Terraço piso 2

Alçado Norte

D 15.4

ACESSO ENTRADA PRINCIPAL C

12.4

12.9

12.3

12.5

12.6

12.1

12.2

12.15

15.1

12.12

12.11

12.10

12.13

revisão

12.14

data

88.6

descrição

15.3

Corte 1

Corte 1 SERVIÇO

Equipa de projeto: Arquitetura - Arquiteto Cláudio Vilarinho Arquitetura Paisagista - Arquiteto Paisagista Luís Guedes de Carvalho Fundações e Estruturas - Engenheiro José Cardoso Teixeira

88.6

Cláudio Vilarinho - Arquitetura e Design, Lda. Largo Eng. António Almeida, 70, sala 373 4100-065 Porto, Portugal Tel. e Fax +351 220931811 Tlm. +351 968120054 E-mail: cv@claudiovilarinho.com

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

EXIT

EXIT A

Alçado Sul

PRIVATE CATHOLIC SCHOOL Collaboration with Cláudio Vilarinho Architects Use Educational Status Public Competition Location Lisboa, Portugal Year 2012 Surface 6.769,09 m2 Cost € 3.948.635,83

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

Corte 4

Corte 3

EXIT P

Corte 2

Alçado Oeste

CARGAS DESCARGAS

Alçado Este

Alçado Sul

PLANTA PISO -1

Our proposal for the Private School competition is based on a rectangular plan shape. With this shape we are able to strictly control its structure and to organize all the school programme in an efficient way. Because the brief asked for a school from the nursery level till the secondary school level, the programme works in a vertical way, so that the younger children can study on the lower floor, the older on the middle floor and all the services and communal spaces are located in the upper level.

peça desenhada

Plantas piso -1 e 0

especialidade

fase

Concurso

data

projeto

Colégio Mira Rio

ARQ - Arquitetura

assinatura autor da especialidade

www.claudiovilarinho.com

05-07-2012

escala

1:200

substitúi substuído por processo

cliente

SOCEI Cooperativa de Equipamentos de Centros de Ensino, CRL

localização

Telheiras, Lisboa, Portugal

colaboradores

João Pereira de Sousa, Nieves Valle

58-05-2012 processo

número

especialidade

fase

desenho

revisão

. ARQ . CON . 1 .

The design of the façade is based on a repetition of an angulated prefabricated concrete shape that controls the entrance of natural light for the classrooms while defining a whole image to the building.

VENTILAÇÃO INSIDÊNCIA SOLAR Os painéis pré-fabricados voltados para Poente são cegos

O pátio como elemento para a iluminação natural e ventilação dos espaços interiores

Equipa de projeto: Arquitetura - Arquiteto Cláudio Vilarinho Arquitetura Paisagista - Arquiteto Paisagist Fundações e Estruturas - Engenheiro José

Cláudio Vilarinho - Arquitetura e Design, Ld Largo Eng. António Almeida, 70, sala 373 4100-065 Porto, Portugal Tel. e Fax +351 220931811 Tlm. +351 968 E-mail: cv@claudiovilarinho.com

peça desenhada

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

Pormenor Núcleos d

projeto

Colégio M

cliente

SOCEI Cooperativa de

localização

Telheiras, Lisboa, Portu

colaboradores

João Pereira de Sousa,

DOMESTIC FURNITURE LINE Co-Author with Nieves Valle Use Domestic Status In fabrication Client Móveis Rodrigues & Filhos, Lda Year 2012 Materials Oak wood

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

When a family-run furniture makers asked us for the design of a new and original domestic line, they were very clear about their brief: they wanted a complete line of domestic furniture with a minimal design, fairly cheap to build and that could reach a wide public around Europe. Thus, the idea for the furniture pieces also became clear: working with a single type of wood, with different finishes, using simple shapes and introducing an unique element to each object that could make it unique and distinguishable.

From a system of modular storage units till the design of chairs and tables, every object was carefully designed to be modern, young and affordable.

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

ENESSENTIA COLLECTION Visualisations produced for ENESSENTIA Designer Veronica Martínez Year 2012

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

The brief which the Spanish designer Veronica Martínez gave me, was to produce stunning images from her designs, allowing her to build her design catalogue. She had the furniture models and some ideas, but every scene has been created with the idea of translating the conceptual ideas of the designs into everyday situations.

The use of high-end imagery allowed her to be published in magazines worldwide, to increase the sales of her products, to start producing at a bigger scale and to push forward her brand ENESSENTIA.

João Pereira de Sousa, Ordem dos Arquitectos, 20446  Rua da Fábrica, 30, 3º andar 4050-245 Porto, Portugal  +351 916 387 452  hello@joaopereiradesousa.com asimplemind

Cláudio Vilarinho, arquitecto membro da Ordem dos Arquitectos 12193 claudiovilarinho.com arquitectos e designers Largo Eng. António Almeida, 70, sala 373 4100-065 Porto, Portugal Coordenadas: 41º09'40.36'' N 8º38'31.13'' W Tel. e Fax +351 220931811 Tlm. +351 968120054 E-mail: cv@claudiovilarinho.com URL: www.claudiovilarinho.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/claudiovilarinh Skype: claudiovilarinho

LETTER OF RECOMENDATION

While still an architecture student João Pereira de Sousa has actively collaborated with the studio during approximately a year and a half specifically from September 2007 until April 2009. During that period, João has accompanied the studio at all times, being able to reconcile in an appropriate way the different tasks entrusted to him with his studies; as far as I know, he has had an excellent classification with his final Graduation Project. Showing a high willingness to learn, among others, he has always revealed interesting capacities of professional level, responsibility, organization, methodology, as well as the required knowledge of the different technologies essential for the Architecture work. It will be forever recorded in my memory the fact that for his effective contribution, the whole studio owes him the prize won at the Public Competition for the Gafanha da Boa-Hora Scholar Centre in Vagos. João is also a serious person. By its unambiguous qualities, I recommend João.

May 2010 Cláudio Vilarinho