Amag PT 09 - Ricardo Carvalho

Ricardo Carvalho established his studio in 2018 and is among the few Portuguese architects who consistently maintains a design practice alongside critical reflection and the dissemination of architecture. The works presented here are exemplary in both the programmatic challenges they address and the ways these are tackled, despite the limitations inherent to architectural practice in Portugal. It is a profession with few opportunities to intervene in the city or public space, and is often faced with contradictory administrative constraints. Yet Carvalho manages to root his projects in the local while realising the potential of the context. With a text by Manuel Aires Mateus.