José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira
C001720
Portugal / Architectural Design
José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira (VN Famalicão, 1973) is a Portuguese architect. He is part of Álvaro Siza Vieira's team from 2000 to 2021, where he is responsible for different projects and works, part of them in collaboration with Arch. Eduardo Souto Moura. Currently dedicated to the activity of author, he focuses his research on landscape design, architecture and everyday objects. He continues to maintains some projects in co-authorship with Álvaro Siza and Arenas y Asociados.
Commissioner at the International Competitions Commission of the UIA - International Union of Architects, visiting professor at the Master in Architecture and Design (March) at the Universidad Europea de Valencia since 2015 and at the Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo at the Universidad de Belgrano, 2020, is frequently invited as a visiting lecturer to architecture conferences, workshops and exhibitions at various national and international universities, institutions including the 2019 International Architecture Biennale of Buenos Aires.
He graduated in 1998 at ESAP, under the supervision of Arq. Nuno Mateus (ARX Portugal, Lisbon). In 1996 he builds his first project, a house, and starts his professional activity. Between 1998 and 2000 he works with the architect Paulo Costa and collaborates with the architect Jorge Teixeira de Sousa. In 2001 he officially founded his office NOARQ in Porto. Alongside his collaboration with the architect Siza and his activity, in 2003, together with his parents, he founded B.LOFT, a shop for interior design and designer furniture. In the same year, he obtained the Advanced Studies Diploma in the course of PhD at the University of Valladolid. Due to the intense project activity, in 2002 he interrupted his doctoral thesis.
Actively enganged in many national and international architecture competitions, his work has earned numerous awards and distinctions. The work of the NOARQ studio is documented in detail in two international monographs and has been widely published in the national and international specialist press.
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Competitions and Awards:
2022 – European Enterprise Awards by EU Business news. Category "Best Architecture & Interior Design Studio - Norte".
2021 – International Public Design Competition for the Elaboration of Projects in the Construction of the Bridge Over the River Douro and Access Between Porto (Campo Alegre) and Vila Nova de Gaia (Candal), for Metro do Porto, in partnership with Arenas & Asociados Ingenieria of Design Slp. and with Prof. Edgar Cardoso – Engineering, Structural Laboratory, Lda. Porto, Portugal. / 1st place
2021 – Public tender for the pedestrian connection between Rúas Serafín Avedaño and Vía Norte de Vigo, in partnership with AM2 Arquitectos e Arenas & Asociados Ingenieria de Diseño, Slp. Vigo, Spain. / 1st place
2021 – Public tender for the preliminary project in the execution of outdoor swimming pools and reorganization of its environment on La Concha beach, in the city of Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra, in partnership with AM2 Arquitectos. Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain. / 1st place
2020 – Best project of the year 2020 distinction from the Archilovers platform for the TMC Apartment project.
2021 – LOOP Design Award 2021 in the Architecture category | Concept & Unbuilt with the Halo Elevator and Walkway in Vigo, Spain
2020 – LOOP Design Award 2020 in the Architecture and Renovation category for QST house project.
2020 – Architecture Masterprize Award in the Restoration & Renovation category for QST house project.
2020 – Prestige Awards, with the title of Residential Architecture Company of the Year. 2020 – Build Architecture Awards, with the title Leaders in Architecture, Portugal,2020. 2020 – Selection in the Longlist of the Dezeen Awards 2020, QST house
2020 –Public tender for the concession of the exploration of the Fort of S. João Batista in Vila do Conde, in partnership with OPIUM. / Tender still in the bid evaluation phase.
2019 – Prize in the International Architecture category at the XVII International Architecture Biennale of Buenos Aires 2019, for the Porto Ciudad Invitada pavilion, Argentina. / Co-authored with Arq. André Campos.
2018 – International Property Awards in the Best Architecture Single Residence Portugal category for the design project and construction of Casa RPFV. / 1st place
2018 – Best project of the year 2018 distinction from the Archilovers platform for Casa ED&JO project.
2018 – Special mention among the “100 best houses of 2018” on the Archdaily Brasil platform, with the Casa RPFV project.
2016 – Invitation to tender Renovation of the Fernando Ferreira Building, Porto Cupertino de Miranda Foundation / 2nd place
2013 – Invitation contest for the Safilo Showroom, Milan / 3rd place
2012 – Urban Challenges Architecture Competition '12 Revitalization of an old industrial park in Guimarães Not awarded(j) – no ranking of competitors presented.
2011 – Public Design Competition (Ideas) for the Requalification and Reorganization of the Beach and Sea Front of Figueira Da Foz and Buarcos. 7th place. 68 Participants.
2004 – Competition for the interiors of the Decénio store chain (g)
Phase I – Concept design: 1st place ex-aequo.
Phase II – Work - Application of the concept to the Viana do Castelo store: 2nd Place
1999 – Public Tender for the Elaboration of the Project for the Palace of Justice, Vila Flôr Justice ministry / Canceled
1998 – EUROPAN 5 – New Housing Landscapes Travel and Proximity International competition for young architects. Vila Nova de Gaia. Portugal Intervention area - 4 hectares. 45 Participants
1998 –ARCHITECTI Centro Cultural de Belém Award / International architecture and interior architecture competition published project
1997 – Public Tender for THE SPORTS AREA OF TROFA / Santo Tirso City Council
Participation in the 6th year end of course project - 18 points. Gross construction area: 42 000 m2
1996 – UIA BARCELONA 96, Housing and Public Space in the Historic Center of Barcelona / Competition for students. / Gross building area: 80 000 m2. 1118 Participants. / Selected for the exhibition of the XIX Congress of the UIA, group of 45 finalists.
1993 – CAIXIAVE Stand – Concrete construction competition for Concreta 93. Exponor, Matosinhos / Collaboration with O BIBELOT – INTERIORES. / 1st Prize
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Exhibitions:
2020 - When an Architect Comes into Your Life – Busan, South Korea Invitation made by LALA(Living Architecture Lab) / In Preparation
2019 – XVII BA19 “Buenos Aires with Portuguese Eyes - From Maestros to Disciples” XVII Biennial of Architecture Buenos Aires, Argentina
Invitation made by the Central Association of Architects (SCA)
2019 – Exhibition "Architectural Poetry - Portuguese Architecture Views by Fernando Guerra", Beijing, China
2016 – Temporary Exhibition at the Sofia History Museum.- “The Portuguese identity: Architecture in context. / Invitation made by Architect Ina Valkanova.
2015 – 8th Edition of Remade in Portugal. With the theme “In utilities”
Invitation made by EDP Porto for the creation and production of an ecodesign object. PILGRIM NEST
2013 – Interactive Tourism Shop at Sá Carneiro Airport BLoft exhibition with Júlio Torcato
2013 – th Edition of Remade in Portugal. With the theme "Travel"
Invitation made by EDP Porto for the creation and production of an ecodesign object. ESQUIF
2008 - "10A" Collective exhibition commemorating 10 years of the profession. Company House. Youth Foundation
2008 - "10A" Commemorative exhibition of 10 years of profession. Trofa Culture House
1997 – "Fragments of an Expedition" Organization (b) and participation in an exhibition and reflection on academic paths and projects in architecture. ESAP Gallery. Harbor
1996 – UIA Barcelona 96. (a) Participation with the project in a competition selected at the XIX Congress of the International Union of Architects. Spain.
1993 – Exhibition commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Escola Superior Artística do Porto / Housing Project – individual housing unit. ESAP Gallery
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Portfolio
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ED&JO house
2014-2017
The project was to demolish a single-family dwelling and build another one in its place in the centre of V. N. de Famalicão. The house has a 367.20 m2 footprint and a gross area of 408.90 m2 on two floors.
The proposal is on a triangular urban plot of land covering an area of 940.80 m2. The topography includes a 7.60 m slope down from west to east, so the elevations in the corner converge with those on the surrounding roads.
Photography｜João Morgado -
HORA bistro
2019-2020
There was a buffet with tradition at lunchtime there. A pleasant little square, parodaxally surrounded by modest housing, with balconies ornamented by the prosaic habits of the locals, shared by Chef Miguel Reis. A landscape of habits is not enough for the restless spirit and the aspiration of the food lovers - to welcome, to serve and delight.
We found two uncharacteristic commercial spaces, cleaned in white, with a rectangular plant. Thus, animated by half a dozen bucolic motives. Only a diagonal extension hid the toilets. Empty, devoid of intention, this is the image I retain of it. As in food, the intense taste of simple things. One taste at a time. The tradition was renewed.
Photography｜ Arménio Teixeira -
MAMI house
2011-2016
The plot was shaped a bit like a slice of pizza placed in a corner, and the flat topography did not accompany the slope of the road towards the west. In order to meet the limited budget, we identified the most expensive components of work:
1. Limited the number of bathrooms (two for two floors, one with a bath).
2. Chose energy efficiency rather than finishing materials. We designed a mini-bunker: a reinforced concrete structure, bare on the inside, covered with 8 and 10 cm ETICS on the outside.
3. The same austerity was used in rationalising the available area. In the middle of the ground floor, a 5.2 x 3.7 m block contains the kitchen, the toilet, the stairs (storage space in the garret) and the living room bookcase. The rest of the space was divided without using partitions.
Photography｜João Morgado -
QST house
The house rises from broad blocks of blue granite into the wilderness, like a fortification, indistinct from the supporting walls at the edge of the street. It backs up the old farmland, now transformed into a garden.
Above the entrance, tended towards the east, a wooded room painted in the colour of the gate, of the eaves and of the window frames lay suspended.
The building was cleaned up of picturesque motifs, sheds, shutters and loose exoticism. On the inside, we redesigned each and every constructive piece; the stripped reality was reinvented.
Photography｜João Morgado -
RPFV house, 2018
The pre-existing construction was composed of a house, a threshing floor in the south, and a granary. The house was built with thick schist walls, the upper floor and threshing floor were covered in slate; we then demolished the upper floor, keeping the slabs of slate intact from the lower floor and threshing floor. Just like the old house, the new construction merges into the morphology of the land. The proposal began solving the main plan of the house as a continuous path from the road; that consisted in locating the garage street side, putting an access corridor in the north for access/service from the garage to the storage area and the kitchen. In the south, the access from the street has some steps and an open corridor to the heart of the house, the patio where the entrance is found.
Photography｜Fernando Guerra -
TROFA TOWN HALL
2016 – ONGOING
Rehabilitation and expansion of the former facilities of ‘Indústria Alimentar Trofense’ to house the central municipal services.
The site is located in the south of the urban centre, on the edge of the now-closed railway line route – an area where the city loses density and where the discontinuity of the urban fabric is visible. The site covers 6,200.85 m2. The long, narrow geometry runs parallel to the old railway line and ends in an arch shape pointing northwards.
Photography｜Ricardo Cardoso
