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  • 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 M. Sousa, 1988
Porto based Architect








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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  1. 01. Architecture studio, Penafiel (2012–);

  2. 02. Collaborator at Nuno Brandão Costa - Execution Project for Hotel Montepio, Bragança (2014);

  3. 03. Internship at [A] ainda arquitectura, Luis Tavares Pereira and Guiomar Rosa (2010-2011);


TEACHING

  1. 01. Docente Atelier Melo Sousa - Studio Olgiati, USI A.A.Mendrisio (2023-2024);

  2. 02. Professor Projecto I - FAUP (2020-2023);

  3. 03. Visiting Professor INDA - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (2015-2017);


EDUCATION

  1. 01. PhD candidate, Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (2021-);

  2. 02. Exchange program at the International Workshop Ahmedabad – Vastu Shilpa Foundation, Sangath with Balkhrishna Doshi. Ahmedabad, India (2010);

  3. 03. Erasmus Program at TUdelft , Bouwkunde, The Netherlands (2009-2010);

  4. 04. Master in Architecture, Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (2005–2011);


AWARDS


  2. 01. Prémio Jovens Arquitectos - Casa no Tâmega (2024);

    02. BIGMAT international architecture award - small scale, Casa no Tâmega (2023);

    03. Prémios Forma 2023 - CAsa no Tâmega, Finalist - (2023);

  3. 04. FAD Prize - Finalist and Jury’s special mention award for Casa no Tâmega (2021);

    05. FAD Prize - Sale em Pala, Selected (2015);


PUBLICATIONS

  1. 01. AMAG PT07 Nuno Melo Sousa, monography,
    Porto (2024);

  2. 02. PLATFORM 39 Silvosa, Italy (2023);
    03. EN BLANCO#32 Nuno Melo Sousa, monography, General de Ediciones de Arquitectura, S.L., Valencia(2022);
    04. Casa no Tâmega, FAD Awards 2021 On Diseño 403-404 (2021);
    05. CASABELLA, no 880, December: Outros arquitectos no Porto. Oh!Porto Apartments (2017);
    06. Boutique Homes - Oh!Porto apartments (2017);
    07. A10 magazine, Sala em Pala (2015);
    08. Performance Architecture - Púlpito, Guimarães (2013);

  3. 09. Um Delicado Sentido de Equilíbrio - A book based on the indian odissey. Juicy Records (2011);





EXHIBITIONS AND INTERVIEWS

  1. 01. Mês da Arquitectura da Maia, co-curator with Ana Resende. Maia (2024);

    02. MAC XI Edizione Premio Lissone 2024, Exhibition and in-situ artwork, Lissone (2024);

    03. Interview #171 for Archivo de Ideas Recibidas, youtube, Chile (2024);

    04. Drawing For Food, Auction of architectural drawings to benefit those experiencing food insecurity. Toronto, Canada (2024);

    05. Marcujália Beyond Architecture Exhibition and Talk, Casa da Arquitectura, Matosinhos (2023);

    06. Junge Portugiesische Architektur, Exhibition, Stadtmuseum Dusseldorf (2023);

    07. Diskusiv.xys nº2 Colors, Exhibition. Graz,
    Austria (2023);

    08. No To War. Fundraising Auction of ARchitectural Drawings exhibition and auction, Zurich (2023);

    09. “TELA HABITADA” s01e10, a conversation about three artists with Soraia Fernandes, Rádio Antecâmara (2022); 

    10. “CAIU II”, collective exhibition at Gama Rama Gallery, Faro (2022);

    11. Geo.Graphias, collective exhibition at Galeria Mad, Lisboa (2021);

    12. FAD award, Finalist and Selected projects exhibition - Casa no Tâmega, Barcelona (2021);

    13. FAD award, Cosentino Finalist round table (2021);

    14. “Fpoetics - CUMPLICITIES”, Collective exhibition, Casa das Artes, Porto (2021);

    15. Arquitetura entre vistas ep09, interview, Porto (2020);

    16. “Quantos aquatros cabem no a4”, collective exhibition, Barreiro (2020);

    17. “CAIU”, exhibition at Instituto, Porto (2020);

    18. “O Edifício de Arquitectura”, interview and report on Casa no Tâmega, Porto Canal (2019);

    19.  “20x20 - ideias em confronto”, collective exhibition, Porto Canal (2019);

    20. ARQ.3 - casa report, interview and report on oh!porto apartments, RTP3 (2019);

    21. FAD award, Finalist and Selected projects exhibition - Sala em Pala, Barcelona (2015);


LECTURES, CRITIQUES AND WORKSHOPS



  2. 01. Ghidoni studio - lecture at Polimi Leonardo,
    Milano (2024);

    02. Atelier Pedro Campos Costa, Politécnico de Milano - Piacenza, Final Reviews (2024);

    03. +concreta In Action, lecture, Porto (2023);

    04. USI Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, lecture at Mendrisio (2023);

    05. ARCHISUMMIT PORTO, lecture (2023);

    06. PORTO ACADEMY SWEEDEN, lecture at Vaxho (2023);

    07. MOVIMENT.A 22, lecture, School of Architecture of UBI, Covilhã, Portugal (2022);

    08. ISCTE, lecture for the 5th year design studio, Lisbon, Portugal (2022);

    09. ELA - Escola Livre de Arquitectura, online lecture, Brasil (2021);

    10. FAUP, Msc conception and structural experimentation, lecture “sobre a inconsciência do fazer”,
    Porto, Portugal (2021);

    11. PORTO ACADEMY 2021, lecture “O desenho e as coisas do fazer”, Porto, Portugal (2021);

    12. PORTO ACADEMY 2021, workshop leader, Porto, Portugal (2021);

    13. Porto Design Biennale Petite Follies, ESAD+FAUP, workshop leader, Porto, Portugal (2021);

    14. Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio, Bsc 1 Olgiati Design Studio final reviews, atelier Patricia da Silva, Mendrisio, Switzerland (2021);

    15. Geo.graphias, collective exhibition at Cabana MAD, Lisbon, Portugal (2021);

    16. Construção III, critique, Coimbra, Portugal (2021);

    17. UNAB Campus Creativo, lecture “concreto chão”, Santiago do Chile, Chile (2020);

    18. “usual suspects” midterm review, Fala atelier studio, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, Toronto, Canada (2019);

    19. ISCTE, lecture for the 1th year design studio, Lisbon, Portugal (2019);