Margarida Matos

The harvest house - Happy Homes 2020

with Agnieszka Szklarczyk​

The harvest house

with Agnieszka Szklarczyk

The harvest house

with Agnieszka Szklarczyk

about

A competition project for a caring home for people and pets, with the goal of fighting depression and promoting wellbeing. The building follows the sun exposure of the site and is in the center of a community-supported agricultural practice – thus its’ direct connections to the land. The triangular shapes were thought as protective volumes around an open core, the living room, which is the main big social space. The circle on the kitchen wall allows direct passage of food. The common space is surrounded by the pets’ areas; windows and holes are open in the interior living room walls so the pets can circulate and interact with the guests.

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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