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Filipe Jacinto Nunes
from Transcending Luxury
by design et al
Filipe Nunes, based in San Pedro de la Garza, Mexico is a Portuguese architect who studied in Oporto, Portugal before moving to Mexico. He has worked in the design industry since 2016. Filipao Nunes Arquitectos was formed with his own DNA, crazy ideas and fearlessness to try, with a disruptive thought in the creative way.
What are you currently working on? Don Leo, Rey del Cabrito and Harrys.
Tell us a little about this project? Don Leo is a mix of different little projects leading us to a master plan; it completes the design of the vineyard, which is very popular in the north of Mexico; Rey del Cabrito, we are giving our style to a classical restaurant in the city, it is an honour for us to do that; and Harrys which is a remodel of tone of the first fine dining restaurants in México.
How would you describe your work/design style/ethos? My work reflects my experiences through time, the experiences through design and the space being my canvas. My style is eclectic; I mix different art disciplines with different artistic trends.
What led you to this career path? My deep interest for space and the sensations that this may give, where this made me feel deeply in love for interior design. As an interior architect my intention is that my spaces always have proportional scale, colour and texture.
Please describe the project you are most proud of to date, with reasons why this was a success? I always say that my best project is the last one, because it let us evolve, correct, and get better in process. The feeling once accomplished with the client satisfaction, leaves us with the sensation of learning something new. These things are the ones that feed our creative process, in the next projects.
Please describe a highlight of your career to date. June 2019, at Capri. Winning my first global prize with Porfirio’s Guadalajara.
How did achieving this make you feel? It filled me with joy, longing, and thankfulness. Joy; because it was a dream. Longing; because there are a lot of people that I wish could see how I have been evolving as a professional and as a man. Thankfulness; first of all for my family for all the unconditional support, my team for the commitment, talent, dedication, and who believe in me, and last but not least, those first clients, the ones that take off on a rollercoaster of emotions, whom honour us with their preference. What motivates you? My wife, my son, and the ones and I can call a second family; my dream team.
Has the recent global pandemic changed the way in which you work? This global pandemic leaves us with a huge learning, to adapt ourselves really fast, and bring the best of us and the best of the resources we have near to us. My office divides itself in 20 different points around the city, we haven’t seen ourselves physically since March and we have the chance to keep working and give the best in our projects, by zoom, digital meetings. We have been making it possible even to supervise some of our projects that were in construction.
Has it changed your outlook? Definitely. We prioritize what is really important for our lives.
How will it change the global design sector? My thought about this new normal is that the entertainment and dining industry will have some radical changes in all the process, that will be using for now and forever. Talking about design; the most important thing is about the number of people that can be in a space and how you can protect everyone by a good design
Please tell us your aims for the next twelve months and beyond. I hope that this shut down in the world wakes up in us the value of our actions day by day, and appraise our work spaces, the relationships between our co-workers and our clients. I hope we continue doing a great architecture work, surpassing ourselves each day.
What would be your key piece of advice for emerging designers right now? Be patient, be creative, be authentic. Be insatiable of good architecture.
What are your thoughts on the future of design? I’m very positive about the design in the future, it will be more about the function and the human being.
After many experiences lived in Portugal, Spain After many experiences lived in Portugal, Spain and México, we created a multidisciplinary studio of architecture and interior design, specialized in projecting spaces that create and México, we created a multidisciplinary studio of architecture and interior design, specialized in projecting spaces that create sensory experiences. sensory experiences. In our studio, we strongly believe that we In our studio, we strongly believe that we have to live, feel, touch and breathe the architecture, while having a deep respect for the human scale and the eviroment around; always tajing care of the relatonship between both parties and meeting the needs of the user at the same time, following the rules of have to live, feel, touch and breathe the architecture, while having a deep respect for the human scale and the eviroment around; always tajing care of the relatonship between both parties and meeting the needs of the user at the same time, following the rules of modulation, scale, lighting and geometry. modulation, scale, lighting and geometry.
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