"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works, and more importantly, how it shapes our relationship with the world."
My work spans private homes, public buildings, and commercial spaces. I specialize in helping international clients translate their vision into built reality within the Portuguese regulatory and construction context.
Shanghai Streets
This documentary takes you on a visually stunning journey from the dark alleyways of old neighborhoods to the bright, bustling avenues of the financial district. Witness the human spirit's resilience as the city awakens from an unprecedented lockdown.
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Exploring Sluishuis
This architectural wonder boasts a one-of-a-kind shape that's turning heads everywhere!
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Delirious Shanghai
December 2020. Luis Portas and Victor Kirillov saw each other at the distance across West Nanjing Road. One of the busiest Shanghai streets. It had been 7 years since they first met in Shanghai, and became great friends ever since. Victor had lived briefly in China during 2013, and decided to relocate to the Netherlands to experience OMA for a few months. Then in 2014 he heard the calling from Shanghai and decided to return. He was hired by Atkins. On the same day he started working in Shanghai, also Luis started working there. Al-though, Luis had never been to China before. He had walked away from his own architectural practice in Europe, searching for more exciting opportunities in the APAC region - a region he had never visited before. They both met at Atkins for the first time, one day after arriving to Shanghai by plane. Their desk was opposite of each other and they often participated in the same projects and competitions. For 7 years they grew their friendship in Shanghai, working and pursuing different projects, through different firms and Asian countries.
View BookThe Last Nobleman
There was no sound when the steel needle penetrated the man's arm. The executioner observed him with a sinister pleasure as if studying his eyes. The thick silence in the bedroom was only deceived by the restless moaning underneath the duck tape over the man's mouth. The sparse movements inside the closet indicated that the Janitor was still trying to break free from the ropes, so Mansur slipped the lethal venom into the man's veins quickly. A female voice came through the closed door, but that didn't disturb him. He was enjoying his murder.
View BookNorthern Mafia
On that bloody dawn, shadows stretched across the street. After parking the car at the entrance of the slum, Peso lit his cigarette outside the building, not knowing it would be his last.
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Design Consciousness
Breaking Free from Designed Constraints
In this episode, I discuss how to recognize the designed constraints in our lives and develop strategies for breaking free from limiting patterns and systems.
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Design Consciousness
The Philosophy of Everyday Objects
Exploring how the objects we use daily shape our experience and embody cultural values and assumptions.
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Design Consciousness
Designing for the Post-Work World
A conversation about how design can help us reimagine life and meaning beyond traditional employment.
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Design Consciousness
Digital Environments and Mental Well-being
Examining how our digital spaces affect our psychology and how to design healthier relationships with technology.
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Design Consciousness
The Ethics of Emerging Technologies
A discussion about the ethical dimensions of designing with AI, VR, and other emerging technologies.
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