Architecture office based in Porto

Practice

Architecture and spirit aren’t concrete entities, but ideal concepts: architecture is to building as spirit is to living.
Human beings formulated these concepts for the pursuit of emancipation from the transience of life. We human beings yearn for absoluteness since our science doesn’t give us absolute answers.
Architecture has materiality and a spirit.

Alessandro Pepe Arquitecto is located in Porto, Portugal. Our work is constituted by 70% of residential projects. 50% of our commissions include the restoration of existing buildings. Our influences mostly originate from historical European architecture (prominently from Italy that is the place where we started our activity) and contemporary architecture, mostly from Portugal.

Alessandro Pepe worked with Balkrishna Doshi in Ahmedabad (India) and Álvaro Leite Siza Vieira in Porto (Portugal) before opening his own practice. He studied Architecture at Politecnico di Torino (Italy) concluding his training with Luigi Snozzi in Monte Carasso (Switzerland), and he is a member of both the Northern Portugal Architects Association (OASRN) and Italian Architects Association of Turin (OAT). His work has been recognized by several national and international publishing organizations such as Público, Archdaily, Anteprojectos, Divisare, Plataforma Arquitectura, Espaço de Arquitectura, Archello and Dezeen within others

Practice

Collaborators: Loredana Iacob, Andrei Răzvan Tasi, Andreea-Daniela Placinta, James Christopher Oraa