Paulo Moreira Architectures

develops architectural, cultural, and research projects. develops architectural, cultural, and research projects.

The studio works across material, site, and community – combining built work with curatorial, pedagogical, and experimental approaches that reimagine architecture as an engaged practice.

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Photo © Gonçalo Gomes

Expanded Practice/Curating, Exhibition Design

Aleixo: 5 Towers, 5 Decades

A commemorative exhibition marking fifty years of Aleixo’s residents’ association.
Porto, PT, 2025

Photo © Ivo Tavares Studio

Expanded Practice/Direction

Where Life Happens

10th Arquiteturas Film Festival, centring on the everyday as a site of architecture.
Porto, PT, 2023

Photo © Ivo Tavares Studio

Expanded Practice/Exhibition Design

Mónica de Miranda: Greenhouse

Exhibition design for the Portuguese Pavilion at the 60th Venice Art Biennale
Venice, IT, 2024

Photo © Ivo Tavares Studio

Expanded Practice/Artistic Work

Model of Jamaika

A fragment of a disappearing community, exhibited at maat, with Chao and Jose Sarmento Matos.
Lisbon, PT, 2021

Photo © Noel Chikonga

Built Work /Community

Halfway Pavilion

Collaborative small interventions activating a community garden, with Sechaba Maape.
Johannesburg, SA, 2025

Photo © ValterVinagre

Built Work /Commercial

Musa Brewery

Warehouse adapted for beer production and tasting
Lisbon, PT, 2016–17

Photo © Gonçalo Gomes

Expanded Practice/Artistic Work

Aleixo Memorabilia

Reviving erased urban memories for the Portuguese Pavilion, 17th Venice Architecture Biennale.
Venice, Porto, 2021

Photo © Ivo Tavares Studio

Expanded Practice/Publication

Critical Neighbourhoods

Edited book exploring on-the-ground interventions in contested communities.
Zurich, CH, 2022

Photo © Ivo Tavares Studio

Built Work /Residential

Casa Santa Marinha

Renovation and extension into a unified dwelling.
Gaia, Portugal, 2014-2019

Photo © Gonçalo Gomes

Built Work /Residential

Casa Montemuro

Rural cluster converted into modest studio and home.
Campo Benfeito, 2020–24

Photo © Ivo Tavares Studio

Built Work /Residential

Pontinha Apartment

1980s apartment transformed for a young family
Lisbon, PT, 2017–18

Photo © Ivo Tavares Studio

Built Work /Community

Kapalanga School

School and community centre in an informal settlement.
Luanda, 2013–14

Photo © Ivo Tavares Studio

Built Work /Residential

Casas de Trás

Public building renovated into nine apartments for social housing, with Parq Arquitectos.
Porto, PT, 2016–20

Photo © Ivo Tavares Studio

Built Work /Community, Public

Escadinhas Footpaths

Urban intervention linking architecture, art, and landscape
Matosinhos, PT, 2021–22

Photo © Leon Krige

Built Work /Community

Safety Shelters

Small-scale interventions with repurposed materials
Johannesburg, SA, 2024–25

Photo © Ivo Tavares Studio

Built Work /Residential

Casa Cedofeita

House Renovation marked by new wooden triangular insertions.
Porto, PT, 2017–21

Photo © Leon Krige

Built Work /Institutional

Hangar Project Room

Flexible project room for art, research, and cultural events
Lisbon, PT, 2020–21

Image © Prompt Studio, courtesy paulo moreira architectures

Built Work /Unbuilt

Monte Xisto Urban Regeneration

Slope consolidation through a community-led urban project.
Matosinhos, PT, 2014–17

Photo © Ivo Tavares Studio

Built Work /Community

Luanda Waterpoints

Social spaces in three informal settlements.
Luanda, 2021–22

Photo © Luke Hayes

Expanded Practice/Installation

The Nation Room: Embassy of No Land

A speculative embassy for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, with Kiluanji Kia Henda
Lisbon, PT, 2013

Photo © Ivo Tavares Studio

Expanded Practice/Curating, Exhibition Design

Works

A self-survey reflecting on our practice every five years.
Porto, PT, 2023