A43

A43 A43 is an international architecture, design and planning studio founded in 2002. We house a multidis

The goal is to create spaces with meaning that inspire human emotions. This is accomplished by ultimately understanding the relationship between the human experience and the environment/space.

Last week, we joined the DNA2026 | ESCALAS (Scales) cycle at Ordem dos Arquitectos Norte where Mendes Pinheiro shared ou...
16/07/2026

Last week, we joined the DNA2026 | ESCALAS (Scales) cycle at Ordem dos Arquitectos Norte where Mendes Pinheiro shared our vision on the bridge between Architecture and Nature, through Boavista 5205.

In this project, Human Scale is the starting point:

— A layered composition that steps away from monumentality to embrace privacy;
— Interior courtyards and light falling from above, inviting silence in;
— The truth of materials, unafraid of time.

We believe in an architecture that shapes how people live, returning the horizon to those who inhabit it.

Thank you, Ordem dos Arquitectos Norte for the chance to share this manifesto of balance.

Last week, we joined the DNA2026 | ESCALAS (Scales) cycle at Ordem dos Arquitectos Norte where Mendes Pinheiro shared ou...
16/07/2026

Last week, we joined the DNA2026 | ESCALAS (Scales) cycle at Ordem dos Arquitectos Norte where Mendes Pinheiro shared our vision on the bridge between Architecture and Nature, through Boavista 5205.

In this project, Human Scale is the starting point:

— A layered composition that steps away from monumentality to embrace privacy;
— Interior courtyards and light falling from above, inviting silence in;
— The truth of materials, unafraid of time.

We believe in an architecture that shapes how people live, returning the horizon to those who inhabit it.
Thank you, Ordem dos Arquitectos Norte for the chance to share this manifesto of balance.

Last week, we joined the DNA2026 | ESCALAS (Scales) cycle at Ordem dos Arquitectos Norte where Mendes Pinheiro shared ou...
16/07/2026

Last week, we joined the DNA2026 | ESCALAS (Scales) cycle at Ordem dos Arquitectos Norte where Mendes Pinheiro shared our vision on the bridge between Architecture and Nature, through Boavista 5205.

In this project, Human Scale is the starting point:

— A layered composition that steps away from monumentality to embrace privacy;
— Interior courtyards and light falling from above, inviting silence in;
— The truth of materials, unafraid of time.

We believe in an architecture that shapes how people live, returning the horizon to those who inhabit it.

Thank you, Ordem dos Arquitectos Norte for the chance to share this manifesto of balance.

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In the heart of a dense urban landscape, this ongoing study explores how nature can return to the city. The leaf inspire...
05/03/2026

In the heart of a dense urban landscape, this ongoing study explores how nature can return to the city. The leaf inspired balconies introduce movement and lightness.

This early design focuses on a key challenge: reducing visual noise on the façade (from air conditioning units to exposed cables) while preserving the building’s historic character. The drawing presented here reflects that exploration, showing how nature driven elements can be integrated without altering the essence of the original architecture.

The project begins by revisiting the history of Portuguese breweries and the Industrial Revolution that shaped their ide...
11/02/2026

The project begins by revisiting the history of Portuguese breweries and the Industrial Revolution that shaped their identity. Understanding their principles became the foundation for translating legacy into spatial language.

From this reflection emerged a clear emotional intention: nostalgia through materiality, enthusiasm expressed in light, boldness revealed in colour, and nature restoring balance. Perforated metal establishes rhythm and filtered reflection. Brass lighting suspends a sense of effervescence. Circular geometries introduce movement within structure. Leather and dark wood anchor warmth, while vegetation reintroduces balance and softness. The atmosphere is conceived to feel vibrant, tactile, luminous, and convivial, a contemporary expression rooted in memory.

Architecture and interior design project. Rehabilitation of a commercial space into a restaurant.

The intervention begins with the reading of a building compressed by the urban frontage, where an existing identity coex...
10/02/2026

The intervention begins with the reading of a building compressed by the urban frontage, where an existing identity coexists with the need for transformation. Conceived as a study, the project investigates how architecture can support decision-making by prioritising human experience, the purpose of the place, and its environmental context.

The architectural response is structured around the idea of controlled duality. The original volume remains legible while a contemporary layer is introduced, clearly distinguished yet carefully inserted. Decisions of volume, circulation, and interior–exterior relationships are guided by the intention to evoke spaces that feel memorable, regenerative, and alive, balancing memory and renewal through controlled architectural gestures.

Rehabilitation study for a multifamily building, exploring different volumetric and programmatic possibilities, including the potential for commercial use at ground level.

Architecture creates pauses within the city.Spaces where time slows down, light filters through, and nature becomes part...
06/02/2026

Architecture creates pauses within the city.
Spaces where time slows down, light filters through, and nature becomes part of daily life rather than a backdrop.

Greenery, proportion, and enclosure work together to shape an atmosphere of calm and balance, transforming circulation into experience and voids into places of stay.

This rehabilitation project reinterprets an existing building for accommodation, introducing a central courtyard as a shared space for rest and encounter. Vegetation, controlled light, and simple materials define a quiet interior landscape, enhancing comfort while preserving the character of the original structure.

Each project begins with observation. We design by listening to the place, to light, and to the way spaces are meant to ...
02/02/2026

Each project begins with observation.

We design by listening to the place, to light, and to the way spaces are meant to be inhabited, allowing architecture to emerge with clarity and intention.

This single family house was conceived through principles of contrast, integration, delicacy, and contemplation. Natural materials, controlled openings, and a fluid relationship between interior and exterior shape an environment rooted in its context, designed for everyday living, quiet moments, and a continuous dialogue with the landscape.

A place designed for pause.Soft light, green edges, and calibrated thresholds create moments of stillness, where arrival...
28/01/2026

A place designed for pause.
Soft light, green edges, and calibrated thresholds create moments of stillness, where arrival feels natural and staying feels effortless.

Designed through thresholds rather than boundaries, balconies, light, and landscape extend the experience of inhabiting, reinforcing spatial continuity and the relationship between inside and outside.

Architecture begins with what a place is meant to feel like.Through sketch studies, we explored movement, light, and pre...
23/01/2026

Architecture begins with what a place is meant to feel like.

Through sketch studies, we explored movement, light, and presence, understanding the hotel hall not just as a passage, but as the first emotional contact between the guest and the place.

The design studies focused on rethinking circulation, spatial hierarchy, and perception within a hotel context. By testing flow, scale, and atmosphere on paper, the hall becomes a carefully calibrated space of arrival, where architectural decisions translate emotion into experience.

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Rua Elias Garcia, 147
Vila Nova De Gaia
4430-091

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