Archinect
Pedro Joel Costa

Pedro Joel Costa

Porto, PT

 

About 

Having studied in Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, Portugal, the academic “home” of Pritzker Prizes Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto de Moura, as a young architect I have followed my own personal trajectory, crossing the schoolʼs strong conceptual architecture tradition with emerging sustainable industrial design approaches, always supported by a rigorous and continuous professional development.


I like to define my work as young and innovative both in architecture and industrial design, with a modernist's eye for order, beauty, creativity and social consciousness. It is important to me to think and work with a wide perspective and an environmentalist's awareness about sustainability and long-term thinking. Besides a large professional experience in architecture, I have worked in urban planning and rehabilitation. During these years I assumed leadership in several project’s management and supervision work, also coordinating project spe- cialties. I also studied Project Auditing and Quality, the concept of Re-Architecture and developed my skills with several Project Management workshops and courses. Since 2009, I am a certificated LiderA assessor, the portuguese voluntary system for assessment of sustainable construction.

Employment 

Pedro Joel Costa - Architecture & Design, Porto, PT, Owner and Principal Designer

Sep 2007 - current
 

Arquitectos Aliados, Lda, Porto, PT, Architect - Architecture coordination

Sep 2008 - Dec 2010
 

Paulo Providência Arquitectos, Lda., Porto, PT, Architect - Architecture coordination

Collaborator through Arquitectos Aliados in specific projects and competition projects

Jan 2008 - Dec 2010
 

C. A. Arquitectos, Lda., Porto, PT, Architect

Collaborator through Arquitectos Aliados in specific projects and competition projects

Mar 2009 - Dec 2010
 

NSW – Narud Stokke Wiig Architects & Planners, Oslo, NO, Architect - Architecture coordination

Collaborator through Arquitectos Aliados in competition projects Period

Sep 2009 - Sep 2009
 

BIG Arquitectura - António A. C. Martins Arquitectos, Lda., Braga, PT, Architect

Collaborator in competition projects

Jun 2008 - Dec 2008
 

AVA Architects – Carlos Veloso Arquitecto, Lda, Porto, PT, Architect intern

Collaborator through Arquitectos Aliados in competition projects

Jan 2007 - Dec 2008
 

2ARQ – Carlos Guimarães e Luís Soares CArneiro, Lda., Porto, PT, Architect

Collaborator through Arquitectos Aliados in specific projects

Jan 2008 - Sep 2008
 

Arquitectos Aliados, Lda, Porto, PT, Architect intern

Sep 2007 - Aug 2008
 

Arquitectos Aliados, Lda, Porto, PT, Architecture student intern

Sep 2004 - Aug 2007
 

Atelier B - Porto Vivo SRU - Sociedade de Reabilitação Urbana da Baixa Portuense S.A., Architect intern to Architect

Collaborator through Arquitectos Aliados in urban planning

Jan 2005 - Dec 2007
 

André Campos . Joana Mendes – Arquitectos, Lda, Porto, PT, Architecture student

Jan 2004 - Dec 2005
 

Education 

Universidade do Porto, University of Porto (UP), Portugal, MArch, Architecture

Sep 2011 - Nov 2012
 

Universidade do Porto, University of Porto (UP), Portugal, Masters, Industrial Design

Sep 2010 - Oct 2012
 

Universidade do Porto, University of Porto (UP), Portugal, BArch, Architecture

Sep 2000 - Nov 2007
 

Areas of Specialization