Margarida Matos

Backmarket Bordeaux Office, 2021

with Policronica


Backmarket Bordeaux Office, 2021

with Policronica

Backmarket Bordeaux Office, 2021

with Policronica

about

Policronica (former Studio Combo) won the competition to design the interiors of Backmarket’s office in Bordeaux, located in a building in the newly refurbished Bacalan area next to Bassins a Flot. The studio has designed and built the furniture and interior spaces, although not intervening in the building itself. The team designed, built and tested the prototypes of equipment such as tables, bubbles and boxes, using mainly wood and reusing waste materials whenever possible, following Backmarket’s concept of recycling.

Architect and designer, interested in crafting and communicating sustainable futures the built environment through adaptive reuse, heritage preservation and spatial design.

work experience

Spatial designer @ TOYNO studio, 2023-present

Architect @ Policronica,2021-2023

Architect @ Palácio do Grilo, 2020

Exhibition and workshop assistant @ Lisbon Architecture Trienalle, 2019

Research Assistant for Arch. Carlos Mourão Pereira, 2018-2019

awards and nominations

Hôtel Elysée-Montmartre, Building of the Year 2025 Winner in Hospitality, with Policronica.

Hôtel Elysée-Montmartre, finalist of Dezeen Awards 2024 in Interiors, with Policronica.

Palácio do Grilo, Prix de Versailles 2023

 

education

User Experience Design Ironhack, 2023

MsC Architecture ULisboa, 2019

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