NUNO MELO SOUSA
NUNO MELO SOUSA
Nuno Melo Sousa
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.
