Nuno Melo Sousa (1988) lives and works in
Penafiel, northern Portugal.
Attended the Porto School of Architecture - FAUP and did an Erasmus programme at the TUDelft and Balkrishna Doshi’s International Studio in Ahmedabad, India.
He has briefly collaborated with [a] ainda arquitectura and Nuno Brandão Costa.
Since 2012, Nuno has been working at his atelier where he draws and sometimes paints too, but he mostly draws: on walls, on papers and on tables as the slowness of the act of building leaves him yearning for the immediate. Some of these drawings have been exhibited around Europe - most recently at Premio Lissone 2024.
Nowadays, the atelier plays either noisy or silent compositions with Diogo Veiga's meticulousness and Ana Dias' s subtle precision.
Nuno has taught at INDA - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, at the Porto School of Architecture - FAUP and at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio.
He has led workshops like Porto Academy and lectured at several universities and venues.
His works have been published in a wide range of printed publications and selected for various prizes and awards - Nuno and Hugo Ferreira won the 2023 BigMat International Architecture Award for small scale with casa no Tâmega.
Writing and playing music is a therapy and Nuno plays drums and synth with Muay, a non-stop feeling of relentless sleeping-bag tours and half-empty shows. He likes listening to albums (or live sessions) from beginning to end.
Nuno likes to sit alone at the building site and prefers to draw on-site rather than in CAD.
PUBLICATIONS
EN BLANCO 32 - Nuno Melo Sousa, Catedra Blanca, Valência 2022
AMAG PT07 - Nuno Melo Sousa, AMAG publisher, Porto, 2024
EXHIBITIONS
MAM 24 - Mês da Arquitectura da Maia, co-curator with Ana Resende. Maia, 2024.
MAC XI Edizione Premio Lissone 2024, Exhibition and in-situ artwork, Lissone, 2024.
Diskusiv.xys nº2 Colors, Exhibition. Graz, Austria, 2023.
Junge Portugiesische Architektur, Exhibition, Stadtmuseum Dusseldorf, 2023.
“Fpoetics - CUMPLICITIES”, Collective exhibition, Casa das Artes, Porto, 2021.
AWARDS
Prémio Jovens Arquitectos, Casa no Tâmega, 2024.
BIGMAT international architecture award, Casa no Tâmega, winner for small scale, 2023.
Prémios ENOR 2023, Casa no Tâmega, selected, 2023.
Prémis FAD, Casa no Tâmega, finalist and special mention, 2021.
![Tâmega, Marco de Canaveses, 2014-22. Photo ©José Campos, Tiago Casanova]()
![Harambee, Florianópolis, 2021-23. Photo ©Nuno Melo Sousa]()
![Quintel, Panafiel, 2019-22. Photo ©José Campos]()
![Corcet, Panafiel, 2021-24. Photo ©José Campos]()
Attended the Porto School of Architecture - FAUP and did an Erasmus programme at the TUDelft and Balkrishna Doshi’s International Studio in Ahmedabad, India.
He has briefly collaborated with [a] ainda arquitectura and Nuno Brandão Costa.
Since 2012, Nuno has been working at his atelier where he draws and sometimes paints too, but he mostly draws: on walls, on papers and on tables as the slowness of the act of building leaves him yearning for the immediate. Some of these drawings have been exhibited around Europe - most recently at Premio Lissone 2024.
Nowadays, the atelier plays either noisy or silent compositions with Diogo Veiga's meticulousness and Ana Dias' s subtle precision.
Nuno has taught at INDA - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, at the Porto School of Architecture - FAUP and at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio.
He has led workshops like Porto Academy and lectured at several universities and venues.
His works have been published in a wide range of printed publications and selected for various prizes and awards - Nuno and Hugo Ferreira won the 2023 BigMat International Architecture Award for small scale with casa no Tâmega.
Writing and playing music is a therapy and Nuno plays drums and synth with Muay, a non-stop feeling of relentless sleeping-bag tours and half-empty shows. He likes listening to albums (or live sessions) from beginning to end.
Nuno likes to sit alone at the building site and prefers to draw on-site rather than in CAD.
PUBLICATIONS
EN BLANCO 32 - Nuno Melo Sousa, Catedra Blanca, Valência 2022
AMAG PT07 - Nuno Melo Sousa, AMAG publisher, Porto, 2024
EXHIBITIONS
MAM 24 - Mês da Arquitectura da Maia, co-curator with Ana Resende. Maia, 2024.
MAC XI Edizione Premio Lissone 2024, Exhibition and in-situ artwork, Lissone, 2024.
Diskusiv.xys nº2 Colors, Exhibition. Graz, Austria, 2023.
Junge Portugiesische Architektur, Exhibition, Stadtmuseum Dusseldorf, 2023.
“Fpoetics - CUMPLICITIES”, Collective exhibition, Casa das Artes, Porto, 2021.
AWARDS
Prémio Jovens Arquitectos, Casa no Tâmega, 2024.
BIGMAT international architecture award, Casa no Tâmega, winner for small scale, 2023.
Prémios ENOR 2023, Casa no Tâmega, selected, 2023.
Prémis FAD, Casa no Tâmega, finalist and special mention, 2021.
