PORTFOLIO 2021

JOÃO ROCHA | PORTFOLIO

Master in Architecture | selected works 2016-2021

My name is João Rocha. Close to my heart lies the firm belief in architecture’s potential to change the world by solving problems, forging hopes and designing dreams. I am a natural team worker whose plasticity in terms of organizational skills allows me to play the role of either a leader or a follower, depending on the specific necessities of each particular situation. Through hard work, attention to detail and eagerness to learn, my top priority is to be a positive contribution that facilitates the team’s success. My purpose is to serve Architecture.

ABOUT ME

JOÃO ROCHA

Master in Architecture

Portuguese nationality

December 19th, 1991

Phone: +351 919 516 304 arq.joaopedrorocha@gmail.com

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

from 2007-09 VISUAL ARTS COURSE

Escola Secundária Inês de Castro

from 2009-14 MASTER IN ARCHITECTURE

Escola Superior e Artística do Porto

WORK EXPERIENCE

from 2015-17 ARCHITECT AT GRAUZERO ARCHITECTURE

Internship/First employment

Architectural drawing (2D/3D modulation), official process coordination

from 2017-18 ARCHITECT

Client sells, architectural drawing (2D/3D modulation)

from 2018

LANGUAGES

ARCHITECT AT URBAN OBRAS MATOSINHOS ESTE JUNIOR PRINCIPAL

Client sells, architectural drawing (2D/3D modulation), budgets, construction team manager and constructer coordinator

PORTUGUESE Native language

ENGLISH Speak fluently, read and write high proficiency

FRENCH Basic knowledge

SPANISH Basic knowledge

SKILLS

Autocad Corona

3D Studio Max

Vray

Microsoft Office

Adobe Premiere

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

ARCHITECTURE SELLECTED WORKS 2016-2021

HOUSE IN COIMBRA COIMBRA. 2016

SEVEN HOUSES

VILA DO CONDE, 2017

BARCAS HOUSE AVEIRO, 2017

CONTENT

3D MODULATION/RENDER

HOUSE IN SÃO MAMEDE INFESTA

SÃO MAMEDE INFESTA, 2021

NOVARTIS GABINET PORTO. 2021

OTHER WORKS

AND 3D MODULATION/RENDER

PROJECT

HOUSE IN COIMBRA

COIMBRA. 2016

Project: Grauzero Architecture

Located in Coimbra city, this apartment was conceptualized with elegance, comfort and simplicity in mind, all of which were harmonized by establishing a dialogue between rooms.

The process of choosing the right materials to be used in modelling and rendering were paramount in terms of assuring the success of this balanced design.

Brown color, vegetation, and green velvet finishing were chosen in order to efficiently respond to the architectural program

SEVEN HOUSES

VILA DO CONDE, 2017

Project: Grauzero Architecture

This housing complex comprises seven duplex townhouses, with a homogenous surrounding environment defined through plant landscaping.

The complex honoured key concepts such as visual lightness, simplified design, and chromatic neutrality. White was chosen for its neutral nature, while glass was used for structural lightness as the light oak wood ensured a high degree of elegance and comfort.

In the interior, the prime objective consisted in further increasing the aforementioned elegance through a delicate design that consisted in carefully chosen fabrics of white and light pink colors, complemented with oak wood and blue velvet.

CONCEPT

BARCAS HOUSE

AVEIRO, 2017

Project: Grauzero Architecture

Located in in the city of Aveiro, the reduced dimensions of this apartment suggested an organic design, with rounded intersections between flat surfaces.

The design was centered around modern materials such as concrete, used in niches and kitchen flooring.

White color was predominatly used for increased spatial lighting in order to provide the illusion of a larger space, and light oak wood flooring was chosen for confort.

HOUSE IN SÃO MAMEDE INFESTA

SÃO MAMEDE INFESTA, 2020

Project: João Rocha | Urban Obras Matosinhos Este

This T1 typology house was vacant at the time of the project. It was intended to be rehabilitated through a low-cost intervention and by reorganizing its reduced areas, therefore enhancing it through fast construction.

Out of nothing, thus emerged a house with simple, modern, and clear lines designed through specific, hand-picked materials.

Stone was kept to maintain the building’s memory, wood was chosen to make it welcome and plaster was applied to guarantee the quality of the space.

CONCEPT

NOVARTIS OFFICE

PORTO, 2021

Project: João Rocha | Urban Obras Matosinhos Este

Novartis is a Swiss pharmaceutical group created in 1996. This unit based in Porto develops specific pharmaceuticals for treating oncological patients .

Its facilities are small and, in addition to its production area, the existence of an office has become mandatory.

This program provided an office for the supervisor, as well as a meeting room, a common work room, and a storage room.

OTHER WORKS

Each day, my love for architecture and digital design grows.

Although I am proud of the entirety of my body of work, all of which was undertaken with full extent of my attention and dedication, the works mentioned in the previous chapter are the ones that I believe to be a more accurate representation of my abilities.

Nevertheless, the following chapter exhibits a specific selection of works that became very special to me, and were also quite fun to create.

Material test for a small bathroom in S.M. Infesta Light test for a small bathroom in S.M. Infesta Bathroom remodulation in Senhora da Hora T3 Apartment in Águas Santas Apartment remodulation in Lavra Apartment remodulation in Lavra