Architecture, from Porto

The vision of the international consortium led by MVRDV and OODA, in close collaboration with LOLA, Thornton Tomasetti, A400 and Livework studio, was selected as the winning proposal to turn Galp Energia’s former refinery in Matosinhos into an eco-city. Around 25 urbanists, landscape architects and engineers have now the challenge to develop the urban renewal project, turning the former refinery into a green and innovative district making better use of its natural location, preserving part of its industrial heritage, thus creating a bridge between the past and the future.

Located in Oeiras, this Patio House is an architectural response to the irregular topography of the site, embracing the existing centuries-old pines.

The cylindrical volumetry allows for an optimized spatial organization, reducing the facade and circulation areas, and solving the typological versatility in a simple way. Using a pre-fabricated concrete structure, it took approximately one week to assemble each floor.

OODA was invited to paticipate in Archi Summit 2022. The theme of this year’s edition was ‘Impact’. Julião Pinto Leite spoke about Scale and its impact in Nature, Skyline, Society and Mobility.

Diogo Brito and Rodrigo Vilas-Boas have been invited by the University of Harvard to participate and be guest critics of the Architecture’s Final Reviews 2022 at the Graduate School of Design, in May. The invitation is very prestigious, reinforcing the relevance of the work developed by OODA and highlighting the visibility of Portuguese architecture in the USA market and academia.

Our book ‘X!? Ten Years OODA’ was awarded the Gold Medal in Design / Editorial at the XXIV Festival of Clube de Criativos de Portugal. Designed by This is Pacifica and edited by OODA and João Rapagão, X!? is an adventure in technical and artistic exchanges.

X!? Book is now available at: Casa da Arquitectura (Matosinhos); AEFAUP (Porto); Porto Academy Bookshop (Porto); Livraria A+A (Lisboa); Livraria Técnica (Lisboa); NAOS (Madrid); AA Bookshop (London); Librarie Volume (Paris); Librarie Didier (Nancy); Bücherbogen (Berlin); NAI (Rotterdam); and MoMA (New York).

The construction of Liga Portugal HQ also ‘kicked off’. The headquarters of the Portuguese Football League is a bold statement in this urban environment and will help to develop the adjacent neighbourhoods.

The construction of Fábrica de Conservas already began. Mostly destined for services and residential uses, the former canning factory Brandão & Companhia Ltd is part of the Matosinhos Sul Urbanization Plan by architect Álvaro Siza. Watch for further developments.

OODA has been invited by Loop Design Awards to participate as a judge for the edition of 2022. Rodrigo Vilas-Boas will be part of the jury panel, together with renown world architects, designers, professors, editors and photographers.

The X!? Book, celebrating 10 years of OODA, has come out. Don’t miss the exhibition ‘Ten Years OODA’ at Casa da Arquitectura, in Matosinhos, between 28th of November and 12th of December 2021.

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Setting up the Exhibition.

The event took place last Saturday, 27th of November 2021, at Casa da Arquitectura. The book was presented by the author João Rapagão, the guests Ana Aragão and Pedro Gadanho, and creative designer Pedro Mesquita. Videos were also shown with the testimonies of Kengo Kuma, Ashley Simone and Fernando Serapião, who could not be present.

The construction of Hoso mixed-use tower, in Porto, has begun. Designed with a prefabricated circular planimetry, the tower is destined for student accommodation.

How do you develop housing typologies with more than 200 square meters of balcony?

Tower 15&1 is already on site. The tower is growing fast and we hope to see it finished by the end of next year.

In a city that leverages its contrasts and complements, bridges cannot be an exception.

Nevogilde houses started construction in September 2021. Stay tuned to see their development.

This year, our team building event took place at the beautiful Otiima House, in Gerês.

We are happy to be part of another partnership with Kengo Kuma Associates. This time with a thrilling project for the south expansion of Gulbenkian Foundation, in Lisbon.

We were commissioned to convert Patriarcado Palace into a Luxury Hotel in Lisbon. News coming soon.