Overview
Overview
Jorge Carvalho
Arch. Professor
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Faculty member at 2022 Iberia
Jorge Carvalho (b.1964) graduated in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of Porto University in 1990. In 1991 he started, with Teresa Novais, the studio aNC arquitectos (www.anc-arquitectos.com). Their work has been recognized in several occasions: it received an Honorable Mention for the 2019 João de Almada Award, it was nominated for the Gubbio / National Association of Historic and Artistic Centres (Italy) with the House in the City 5, it was winner of the Iberian-American Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism in 2014, it was nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award 2011 with the Leça do Balio School, it was selected for Respect for Architecture Porto 2012 with Gosho restaurant, it won the P.A.U.M.A. He was awarded in 2006 with the Support and Maintenance Centre for Motorways in Aveiro, and was awarded the silver medal in the European Architecture Award Luigi Consenza 2002 with the House in the Countryside 1. aNC participated as local atelier in Casa da Música, a Rem Koolhaas - OMA project in Porto. The office has been invited to present its work in lectures in Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland Croatia, Bulgaria, Algeria, Sri Lanka and Argentina and its projects have been published in countless specialized publications, Portuguese as well as European or Asian.
Within the scope of the debate on the conditions of production of contemporary architecture, the selection for the FAD Awards of Thought and Criticism with the book Power/Architecture (Portugal and Zurich, Switzerland: Casa da Arquitectura and Lars Müller, 2017), in co -authorship with Pedro Bandeira and Ricardo Carvalho, stands out, in addition to publishing articles, curating exhibitions and organizing, moderating and participating in debates.
Jorge Carvalho is Guest Professor at the Architecture Department of Coimbra University. He has been a guest critic and external examiner in several architecture schools. He is host and curator during the second week of Moving Boundaries.
