Paulo Moreira
Architectures

A commemorative exhibition marking fifty years of Aleixo’s residents’ association.

An Afrofuturist scenography at Milan Design Week, with Batida

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

Collaborative structure built with reclaimed riverside materials

An exploration of interdisciplinary thinking as a practice of controversy, for the Porto Design Biennale

A counter-mapping installation and its evolving iterations across cities

An edited volume advancing decolonial approaches in architecture

Temporary playground for the Porto Design Biennale, with ATA Atelier

A platform for discussing and disseminating architecture through film and public programmes

Renovation of café/restaurant with reused materials

Renovation of café/restaurant with reused materials

Exiled during Angola’s decolonisation, a woman recalls the life she lost and the city she loved 

12th Arquiteturas Film Festival, tracing expanded notions of boundaries

Apartment renovation preserving original features

8th Arquiteturas Film Festival, exploring post-colonial identities

Health Centre

Rural complex converted into a mini-village

Hospitality retreat in the countryside

A rural house carefully renovated for contemporary living

Adaptive reuse preserving historic character

Completing a refurbishment trilogy in Rua dos Caldeireiros

House Renovation marked by new wooden triangular insertions.

Renovation into two compact apartments

Heritage building renovated into ten apartments

Building refurbishment into five apartments

Rural cluster converted into modest studio and home.

A retreat rooted in nature, away from city hussle

Holiday house transformation into permanent home, with FAX

Study for a house built under a pool

Renovation and extension into a unified dwelling.

Public building renovated into nine apartments for social housing, with Parq Arquitectos.

Public building renovated into four apartments for social housing, with Parq Arquitectos

Former guard house converted into a tiny home

Adaptive reuse of a tiny triangular house

A short film about two small houses in Luanda and Porto

Top-floor apartment adapted for modern living

An edited book tracing the logics of informal order within and beyond Chicala

A behind-the-scenes exhibition on the making of the Portuguese Pavilion

Edited book exploring on-the-ground interventions in contested communities.

A curatorial project at Espaço Mira to mark 40 years of Angolan independence, with José Maia

Speculative visions for reimagining Viaduto Gonçalo Cristóvão, exhibited at Galeria Nuno Centeno

Urban intervention linking architecture, art, and landscape, with Verkron

Semi-opened room adapted into a cosy shed for family gatherings

A reimagined Angolan national symbol, made in Luanda

A reimagined Angolan national symbol, made in Porto

Competition for fortress and former prison transformed into a museum

A collaborative installation with Kiluanji Kia Henda for the Lagos Triennale, Nigeria

A sculptural intervention in a public square for the Maia Biennale

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

Collaborative small interventions activating a community garden, with Sechaba Maape

Flexible project room for art, research, and cultural events

Competition for residential ‘ilha’ renewal, with DK-CM

A curatorial and exhibition design project exploring mental health and its spatial dimensions at INSTITUTO

Industrial premises adapted for cultural, residency, and workspace use

A cultural centre dedicated to architecture, critical spatial practice, and social engagement

A critical installation for the Oslo Architecture Triennale’s After Belonging

Community centre abruptly demolished by the municipality

Editorial team member for seven issues of J-A

School and community centre in an informal settlement.

A curatorial project re-enacting Chicala’s spatial logics with artists Lino Damião and Nelo Teixeira

Apartment transformed into a light-filled home

A portrait of an urban regeneration process in Monte Xisto

Collaborative activation of unused site with temporary structures, with ATA Atelier

Second iteration of tactical urbanism in a vacant site, with ATA Atelier

11th Arquiteturas Film Festival, challenging disciplinary knowledge

A journey revealing the reciprocal forces shaping the city

A coastline in constant negotiation, where land and water collide

Conversations on Luanda, developed from a podcast into a book, published by Antecâmara

A display of the Chicala neighbourhood at true scale, with Luis Damião

Social spaces in three informal settlements.

An interactive installation tracing the scale and peripheries of Maia

Design of interactive artworks and exhibition layout for an exhibition by Mónica de Miranda at Galeria da India

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

Slope consolidation through a community-led urban project.

Warehouse adapted for beer production and tasting

A curated and designed reflection on the intersections of nature and making at INSTITUTO

Participation in Degrowth, Oslo Architecture Triennale

Carefully renovated apartment with crafted insertions

A symbolic project marking the memory of the Aleixo neighbourhood

Memorial to Enslaved People, developed in collaboration with the artist Kiluanji Kia Henda

1980s apartment transformed for a young family

An exhibition presenting the Urban Regeneration Project at Matosinhos City Council

A compilation of authored texts spanning more than a decade, published by Circo de Ideias

Facility for supervised drug consumption

Small-scale interventions with repurposed materials

Competition for a health facility

Spacious apartment transformed for upscale living

Offices and training space with shared facilities

9th Arquiteturas Film Festival, pausing to reflect on architecture’s rhythms

Corner café renewed into a contemporary tavern

Apartment renovated into a lived space

A collaborative research cluster generating practical outcomes in Luanda

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

Preservation and refurbishment of a heritage complex

Former train depot transformed into a museum and brewery extension

A reflection on colonial legacy and architectural heritage

Proposals for the transformation of the Gonçalo Cristóvão viaduct in the city centre

10th Arquiteturas Film Festival, centring on the everyday as a site of architecture

A self-survey reflecting on our practice, presented every five years

A self-survey reflecting on our practice, presented every five years

An edited book tracing the history and urban culture of a Luanda neighbourhood

A yearly reflection on INSTITUTO’s approaches and evolution