2021 - Now Master of Architecture in Faculdade de Arquitetura Universidade do Porto - FAUP
2022 - 2023 Erasmus Student in Masters in Architecture in Technische Universität Berlin - TU Berlin
2018 - 2021 Bachelor of Architectur Studies in Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto - FAUP
2023 - 2024 Continuous Training Unit 'Heritage and Ladscape'
2023 - 2024 Continuous Training Unit 'Theory and History of Architectural Rehabilitation'
COMPETITIONS
2021 Participation in the Pladur Contest "Constructive Solutions Contest"
2022 Participation in the International Saint Gobain Contest "Architecture Student Contest"
PARALLEL PROJECTS
2021 – 2022 Event production 'FAUPFEST' with AEFAUP
2021 - 2022 Auction organization 'Quem dá Mais? 2022'
2022 Exhibition curatorship 'A Inconformada' with AEFAUP
2023 Orgazanization of the 'Erasmus Talks" with AEFAUP
2023 - 2024 Organization of the 'W01_Wood Auto-Construction Workshop' with AEFAUP & Coletivo Parte
2024 Organization of the 'Oficina FAUPFEST' Workshop with AEFAUP & Coletivo Parte
2024 Organization of the "Comensalidades" Talks with AEFAUP & Coletivo Parte
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2020 - 2021 Participation in the “Anuária" Exhibition at FAUP
2024 Participation in the “Anuária” Exhibition at FAUP
2024 Participation in the "More than Housing" Exhibition in MUDE
RELEVANT POSITIONS
2020 - 2022 Coordenator of the Students Association's Department 'Foreign and International Relations' in AEFAUP
2023 Internship at "Néstor Pérez Batista" in Berlin
2023 - 2024 Board Member of AEFAUP & Coletivo Parte
ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS
2014 - 2022 Federated Karate Athlete
2021 Participation in 'Experience do Desenho' by "Lisbon Open House"
2021 Participation in the First Aid Workshop by VO.U Socorrer
2021 Participation in the 'Sustainable Spaces Revelead' Workshop by U.Green
2022 Participation in the 'Taipa and Adobe Workshop" at FAUP
2022 Volunteering at "Porto Open House"
2023 Volunteering at "Just a Change"
2024 Participation in the Workshop 'Unattached Pieces' by NADA NOVO
2024 Participation in the Workshop 'Rescued Pieces Forum' by NADA NOVO
This portfolio presents a curated selection of projects and activities from my academic journey as an architecture student, emphasizing key interests that shaped my development.
The first project showcased is a design exercise from FAUP, my home University, where the integration of traditional drawing with digital tools playes a central role in the design process. I then highlight my participation in a student competition, which allowed me to explore 3D modeling and engage with practical construction requirements.
After this, during my Erasmus at TU Berlin, I developed two key projects that were pivotal in expanding my understanding of sustainable architecture, highlited in this selection. These focused on innovative techniques and experiments for integrating reused and recycled materials and demonstrated the importance of circular economy principles in construction. These and other experiences, gained during my time studying abroad, solidified my belief in the importance of repurposing materials and sustainable design.
Then, I cover one of the Workshops I took part in with NADA NOVO, an association that promotes the reuse of components and construction materials, and explores the cultural challenges of their application. Although it is not included in this selection of works, it is also important to mention my Master's thesis, which I am currently doing in colaboration with some of the members of NADA NOVO. This final project for my Master's degree in Architecture is entitled “Reuse in Architecture: Opportunities for the Challenges of the 21st Century”.
Additionally, the portfolio includes non-architectural projects, such as organizing workshops and events with AEFAUP and Coletivo Parte. These projects fostered a collaborative spirit within the academic community, encouraging critical thinking and non-conformist perspectives and were very important for my personal development as they gave me a set of valuable skills, that will be an important assest in any future job or project.
Lastly, I also cover some personal interests, such as drawing and photography, relevant means through which I often express myself, representing important tools for documenting and reflecting on my surroundings.
Straubenhardt Fire Station
PROJECT 4
The theme for this project was to conceive a Dance School and residence in an old ruin and on its grounds, in Freixo, Porto.
This year I used CLT as my main building component and so the main challenge was creating a structural grid that worked with pre-fabricated wood panels.
Apart from CLT, concrete is only used in the foundations of the building, the industrial ruin is made out of granite and the new facades of the building are done with reused metal sheets and glass, creating permeability between the inside and outside spaces. All different parts of the project are connected by a perpendicular axis, unifying the residential, ditactic and cultural parts of the building. Most of the spaces are divided by folding glass windows that, can create open spaces. The main auditorium also has retractable seats and an elevating stage. This way, students can appropriate all of the spaces in the most creative ways possible, something crucial in a School.
PLADUR CONTEST
This project aims to give retired professors a sustainable and active way of living, in this senior residence in heart of Cascais. This complex is equipped with a common kitchen, a multipurpose room, service spaces and 8 double rooms.
This proposal uses Pladur technologies for its lightweight structure and local materials, such as granite or oak wood.
Solar orientation also plays a big part in the project. All of the rooms are orientated towards a private patio on the west side, giving each residence enough light and space. There were also heating systems powered by solar panels and rain collectors, in order to
CRUSH UP
The goal of this exercise was to make a playground for the city of Aarhus, built out of urban waste. Textile waste was the focus of the project, as a way to combat the waste of these material on the region. A series of tests were carried on different fabrics, which led to interesting results, especially regarding jeans, an inherently stretchy material that, when glued together, becomes rigid enough to serve as a structural material, capable of withstanding the weight of a child.
For this reason, denim was chosen as the main material of the structure, forming tubular structures that could serve as shelter, passage, and exploration spaces. These were made by jeans tiles that interlocked between themselves and were connected to each other by an extensive net made out of elastic textile, that itself could be used in many creative ways by everyone, from curios children to adults and seniors. For the creation of the shape of the tile, a series of tests and prototypes were made, which resulted on a final “boomerang” shape, consisting of various jeans strips, glued together by an organic, non-toxic. homemade glue. The tiles were made with a slight curve, which aloud the bricks to better interlock between themselves so that, in a complete structure, the compressive strength of the tiles would be enough to hold and secure the tubular struture, without re¬sorting to any other connections.
CIRCULAR MATERIAL SYSTEMS
The Circular Material Systems seminar allowed us to study a building in depth by calculating its LCA and investigating the circular choices behind a specific case study, resulting on a digital publication. The project in question is the Fire Station of the Straubnhardt region, by Wulf Architekten that serves as one of the first examples of the Cradle-to-Cradle principle being implemented in Germany.
The building was built using mainly reversible connections so its materials can be disassembled and reused, with the help of a Materials Passport made in collaboration with EPEA. However, for safety reasons, the base of the building is made out of concrete, making it the most used material on the project, while CLT, the material used for the structure of the upper floor, is the third, after rockwool. The goal of this research was to see if the building really is as sustainable as it aims to be. In order to achieve this goal, a lot of deliverables were produced, in which various diagrams, information sheets, building explosions, interviews and harvest maps were elaborated, resulting in a booklet that would be part of a compilation with various other case studies that implemented circular systems.
NADA NOVO
The Rescued Pieces Forum was a workshop led by NADA NOVO, and Pele Association, that aimed to address the implications of reuse in conceptual and constructive practices. The Forum itself was built with used construction components, collected from various sites, suppliers and on-going demolitions in the surrounding area.
On the course of two weeks, the participants collectively experimented with different materials and reversible assembly techniques, catalogued the reused materials and proposed interventions, all of which eventually led to the construction of the Forum, a spatial device of civic participation, which housed various discussions about the role of reuse in a sustainable future in a final event, on the last day of the workshop.
We decided to build upon the qualities of the existing space, providing flexible seating arrangements out of used wood and cement bases and shading to the gathering spaces already on site, something achieved using reproposed big bags. As a way to explore different materials and possible connections, a small pavilion was also built, using industrial shelving, acrylic elements, electric cable trays, and other repurposed materials. The shape of the structure was inspired by the ruins and constructions on the intervention site, and serves as a deposit of used materials, to be reused on future workshops and activities.
My role in the Student Association AEFAUP has been a big part of my academic course so far. Being an active member in the community, and in the organization of workshops, exhibitions, festivals and other events has been a highly rewarding experience that gave me many important skills and lessons as a professional and a person.
There is Faupfest, for example, a festival, organized by AEFAUP, that invites different artistic fields for a day dedicated to celebrating culture in the faculty gardens.
There was also 'Inconformada', a critical exhibition that meant to rethink and discuss the role of the student in the School. This exhibition would go on to influence many of the activities developed in the following years, some of which are shown on the right-hand page.
As a result, AEFAUP & Coletivo Parte dedicated the 2023/24 academic year to organizing various activities meant to activate the role of the student in the academic community, making them a central part of thematic discussions, with activities like the 'Comensalidades' talks. Throughout the year, self-construction workshops were also developed, by and for the students, with used and surplus materials. These activities allowed the students led to explore with new tools, techniques, and materials, developing valuable skills and trigerring new uses of the college grounds.
The students at FAUP are taught to think using drawing as the main tool, either for creation, experimentation, or presentation.
As such, on the subjects Drawing 1 and 2, students were encouraged to experiment a variety of techniques such as pastel, watercolor, pencil, pen or charcoal.
We experimented with black and white drawings, color designs created only with primary colors, and other type of drawings in which we used a wide range of tools.
We also worked on fast sketches that could take just a few seconds to make or some other more detalied drawings that sometimes took hours. Objects, natural landscapes, nude models, architectural perspectives, reference drawings and personal project drawings were topics addressed over these two years. The transversal learning of the hand-drawing tool became central to the way in which, even today, years later, I think about and approach each project and its nuances.
A Series of Techniques and Styles on Paper
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography has, over time, become a medium I frequently use to express myself. It works as a diary, allowing me to record not only memories but also moods or ideas. Sometimes with a professional lens, sometimes with a surprisingly good camera on a telephone, these images serve a way to preserve either meaningful experiences or just simple instances that captured my attention, ending up on in my personal collection of moments and representing the way I see and absorb of my surroundings.
Someone walking through a frame, bright colours on a sunny day, natural scenery, curious reflections, daylight entering through a window, long infinity-looking perspectives, sharp angles, striking architecture pieces, or beautiful landscapes. Here I showcase some of the photos I have taken over the years that best express these interests of mine, and my way of capturing them.
