ECHO - RESONANCES FROM OUR PRACTICE
Exhibition ‘The Future is Now‘ Portuguese Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka ^ September, 2025
Circunflexo is part of the exhibition ‘the future is now’, which will be presented at the Portuguese Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka in September 2025. Curated by Andreia Garcia (Architectural Affairs) and produced by Canal 180, the exhibition brings together 23 studios led by architects with recent practices. Each studio shares, in an interview, a vision of the future illustrated by a built or unbuilt project.
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1st Prize in the Public Tender of buildings in Lordelo do Ouro, Rua do Ouro (with Clanet & Brito Lda) ^ January, 2025
Circunflexo, in partnership with Clanet&Brito, was awarded 1st prize in the public tender for the refurbishment of the buildings at 278-282 Rua do Ouro, in Lordelo do Ouro, Porto. Promoted by IHRU - Instituto da Habitação e da Reabilitação Urbana (Housing and Urban Rehabilitation Institute), the tender provides for the creation of affordable housing units totalling 9 dwellings.
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Exhibition “Arquitects of Our House” ^ October, 2024
Circunflexo was part of the ‘Architects of Our House’ exhibition with a poster that illustrated its professional practice at the time. The inauguration took place at Casa das Caldeiras in Coimbra on 26 October 2024.
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Exhibition ‘What would you change about the RGEU?’ ^ April, 2024
FAUP Edgar Brito & Ana Pontes
On the 8th of January 2024, the Mais Habitação simplex decreed that ‘the RGEU will be revoked with effect from the 1st of June 2026’ - Decreto-Lei nº 10, 8th of January, Diário da República.
The exhibition ‘What would you change about the RGEU?’ seeks to analyse the legislative scenario in advance, taking into account the repeal of the RGEU in June 2026. It gathered ateliers from different generations to launch a debate on a new Construction Code and encourage academic and professional reflection on future architectural standards.
Circunflexo was one of the studios invited to take part in the graphic debate ‘What would you change about the RGEU?’. Our proposal was centred on the issue of aesthetics, based on the question ‘What is this aesthetic?’, questioning articles 121 and 122 of the RGEU. The poster is a visual exercise and a form of questioning, leaving open the debate on the ambiguity of aesthetics.
