Nuno Melo Sousa (1988) lives and works in Penafiel, northern Portugal. Attended the Porto School of Architecture - FAUP and did an Erasmus programme at the TUDelft and Balkrishna Doshi’s International Studio in Ahmedabad, India.
- He has briefly collaborated with [a] ainda arquitectura and Nuno Brandão Costa.
Since 2012, Nuno has been working at his atelier where he draws and sometimes paints too, but he mostly draws: on walls, on papers and on tables as the slowness of the act of building leaves him yearning for the immediate. Some of these drawings have been exhibited around Europe - most recently at Premio Lissone 2024.
- Nowadays, the atelier plays either noisy or silent compositions with Diogo Veiga's meticulousness and Ana Dias's subtle precision.
Nuno has taught at INDA - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, at the Porto School of Architecture - FAUP and at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio.
- He has led workshops like Porto Academy and lectured at several universities and venues.
His works have been published in a wide range of printed publications and selected for various prizes and awards - Nuno and Hugo Ferreira won the 2023 BigMat International Architecture Award for small scale with Casa no Tâmega.
Writing and playing music is a therapy and Nuno plays drums and synth with Muay, a non-stop feeling of relentless sleeping-bag tours and half-empty shows. He likes listening to albums (or live sessions) from beginning to end.
- Nuno likes to sit alone at the building site and prefers to draw on-site rather than in CAD.
None of the showcased works would be possible without the commitment and intensity of the ones who actually build our ideas on-site.
Nuno Melo Sousa (1988) lives and works in Penafiel, northern Portugal. Attended the Porto School of Architecture - FAUP and did an Erasmus programme at the TUDelft and Balkrishna Doshi’s International Studio in Ahmedabad, India.
Since 2012, Nuno has been working at his atelier where he draws and sometimes paints too, but he mostly draws: on walls, on papers and on tables as the slowness of the act of building leaves him yearning for the immediate. Some of these drawings have been exhibited around Europe - most recently at Premio Lissone 2024.
Nuno has taught at INDA - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, at the Porto School of Architecture - FAUP and at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio.
His works have been published in a wide range of printed publications and selected for various prizes and awards - Nuno and Hugo Ferreira won the 2023 BigMat International Architecture Award for small scale with Casa no Tâmega.
Writing and playing music is a therapy and Nuno plays drums and synth with Muay, a non-stop feeling of relentless sleeping-bag tours and half-empty shows. He likes listening to albums (or live sessions) from beginning to end.
None of the showcased works would be possible without the commitment and intensity of the ones who actually build our ideas on-site.
Nuno M. Sousa, 1988
Porto based Architect
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Architecture studio, Penafiel (2012–)
Collaborator at Nuno Brandão Costa - Execution Project for Hotel Montepio, Bragança (2014)
Internship at [A] ainda arquitectura, Luis Tavares Pereira and Guiomar Rosa (2010-2011)
TEACHING
Docente Atelier Melo Sousa - Studio Olgiati, USI A.A.Mendrisio (2023-2024)
Professor Projecto I - FAUP (2020-2023)
Visiting Professor INDA - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (2015-2017)
EDUCATION
PhD candidate, Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (2021-)
Exchange program at the International Workshop Ahmedabad – Vastu Shilpa Foundation, Sangath with Balkhrishna Doshi. Ahmedabad, India (2010)
Erasmus Program at TUDelft , Bouwkunde, The Netherlands (2009-2010)
Master in Architecture, Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (2005–2011)
AWARDS
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Prémis FAD - Casa de Quintela, Selected (2024)Prémio Jovens Arquitectos - Casa no Tâmega (2024)
BIGMAT international architecture award - small scale, Casa no Tâmega (2023)
Prémios Forma 2023 - Casa no Tâmega, Finalist (2023)
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Prémis FAD - Finalist and Jury’s special mention award for Casa no Tâmega (2021)
Prémis FAD - Sala em Pala, Selected (2015)
PUBLICATIONS
AMAG PT07 Nuno Melo Sousa, monography, Porto (2024)
PLATFORM 39 Silvosa, Italy (2023)
ON AUTHORITY - reflections for Drawing Matter (2023)
EN BLANCO#32 Nuno Melo Sousa, monography, General de Ediciones de Arquitectura, S.L., Valencia (2022)
Casa no Tâmega, FAD Awards 2021 On Diseño 403-404 (2021)
CASABELLA, no 880, December: Outros arquitectos no Porto. Oh!Porto Apartments (2017)
Boutique Homes - Oh!Porto apartments (2017)
A10 magazine, Sala em Pala (2015)
Performance Architecture - Púlpito, Guimarães (2013)
Um Delicado Sentido de Equilíbrio - A book based on the indian odissey. Juicy Records (2011)
EXHIBITIONS AND INTERVIEWS
MAM 24 - Mês da Arquitectura da Maia, co-curator with Ana Resende. Maia (2024)
MAC XI Edizione Premio Lissone 2024, Exhibition and in-situ artwork, Lissone (2024)
Interview #171 for Archivo de Ideas Recibidas, youtube, Chile (2024)
Drawing For Food, Auction of architectural drawings to benefit those experiencing food insecurity. Toronto, Canada (2024)
Marcujália Beyond Architecture Exhibition and Talk, Casa da Arquitectura, Matosinhos (2023)
Junge Portugiesische Architektur, Exhibition, Stadtmuseum Dusseldorf (2023)
Diskusiv.xys nº2 Colors, Exhibition. Graz, Austria (2023)
No To War. Fundraising Auction of ARchitectural Drawings exhibition and auction, Zurich (2023)
“TELA HABITADA” s01e10, a conversation about three artists with Soraia Fernandes, Rádio Antecâmara (2022)
“CAIU II”, collective exhibition at Gama Rama Gallery, Faro (2022)
Geo.Graphias, collective exhibition at Galeria Mad, Lisboa (2021)
FAD award, Finalist and Selected projects exhibition - Casa no Tâmega, Barcelona (2021)
FAD award, Cosentino Finalist round table (2021)
“Fpoetics - CUMPLICITIES”, Collective exhibition, Casa das Artes, Porto (2021)
Arquitetura entre vistas ep09, interview, Porto (2020)
“Quantos aquatros cabem no a4”, collective exhibition, Barreiro (2020)
“CAIU”, exhibition at Instituto, Porto (2020)
“O Edifício de Arquitectura”, interview and report on Casa no Tâmega, Porto Canal (2019)
“20x20 - ideias em confronto”, collective exhibition, Porto Canal (2019)
ARQ.3 - casa report, interview and report on oh!porto apartments, RTP3 (2019)
FAD award, Finalist and Selected projects exhibition - Sala em Pala, Barcelona (2015)
LECTURES, CRITIQUES AND WORKSHOPS
Ghidoni studio - lecture at Polimi Leonardo, Milano (2024)
(2024)Atelier Pedro Campos Costa, Politécnico de Milano - Piacenza, Final Reviews (2024)
+concreta In Action, lecture, Porto (2023)
USI Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, lecture at Mendrisio (2023)
ARCHISUMMIT PORTO, lecture (2023)
PORTO ACADEMY SWEEDEN, lecture at Vaxho (2023)
MOVIMENT.A 22, lecture, School of Architecture of UBI, Covilhã, Portugal (2022)
ISCTE, lecture for the 5th year design studio, Lisbon, Portugal (2022)
ELA - Escola Livre de Arquitectura, online lecture, Brasil (2021)
FAUP, Msc conception and structural experimentation, lecture “sobre a inconsciência do fazer”, Porto, Portugal (2021)
PORTO ACADEMY 2021, lecture “O desenho e as coisas do fazer”, Porto, Portugal (2021)
PORTO ACADEMY 2021, workshop leader, Porto, Portugal (2021)
Porto Design Biennale Petite Follies, ESAD+FAUP, workshop leader, Porto, Portugal (2021)
Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio, Bsc 1 Olgiati Design Studio final reviews, atelier Patricia da Silva, Mendrisio, Switzerland (2021)
Geo.graphias, collective exhibition at Cabana MAD, Lisbon, Portugal (2021)
Construção III, critique, Coimbra, Portugal (2021)
UNAB Campus Creativo, lecture “concreto chão”, Santiago do Chile, Chile (2020)
“usual suspects” midterm review, Fala atelier studio, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, Toronto, Canada (2019)
ISCTE, lecture for the 1st year design studio, Lisbon, Portugal (2019)