[套書]EL Croquis: Aires Mateus set(一套2本) 2002-2025

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EL Croquis: Aires Mateus 2002-2018 Hb

Bringing together material published on the Portuguese architect duo of Aires Mateus from 2002 until the present, this special volume features more than 40 exemplary buildings and projects. From the Lisbon Central Library and Santa Maria Lighthouse Museum, to an Islamic Centre in Bordeaux, multipurpose building in Dubai, Santo Tirso call centre, thermal baths in Serra da Estrela, and numerous residences and homes, it covers a broad range of scales and typologies. In addition, the publication includes two interviews with Aires Mateus by fellow architects Ricardo Carvalho (RCJV Arquitectos) and Emilio Tuñón, and essays by Juan Antonio Cortés and Luis Martínez Santamaría.

 

Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus were born in Lisbon in 1963 and 1964. They also graduated from Faculdade de Arquitectura / U.T.L with one year difference in 1986 and 1987 respectively. They started collaborating with the Architect Gonçalo Byrne in 1983 and started developing their own projects as authors in 1988. The office Aires Mateus was established independently although it was housed in Gonçalo Byrne’s studio in the first years.

The increasing scale of work made them establish a larger and autonomous space to fulfill the demands. Since then the scale and the amount of projects have been prolific, resulting in several national and international awards. The visibility of their work has made them being invited and accepting lecturing and teaching at several institutions like the Graduate School of Design in Harvard, The Accademia di Architettura in Mendrísio as well as several others in Portugal. The structure right now spans through two studios both based in Lisbon, having several partnerships with local studios for international works.

 

EL Croquis 229: Aires Mateus 2018-2025

With over 30 years of experience, Aires Mateus is a Lisbon-based architecture studio led by brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus. Their work spans from urban masterplans to intimate interior designs, always grounded in collaboration—with engineers, landscape architects, economists, and community stakeholders. Each project evolves through close dialogue, from concept to completion, reflecting their belief that architecture must never be decontextualized. With a team of nearly 60, their studio structure allows for focused, dedicated project development. This issue explores their philosophy, process, and enduring commitment to architecture as a cultural and social act. Featured are key projects such as House in Monzaraz, Clichy-Batignolles, Pateos Guest Houses, Refurbishment of Variedades Theatre, L’Elysée and MUDAC Museums, and more—each revealing the studio’s rigorous yet sensitive approach to form, place, and meaning. A conversation with Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa gives insights into the evolution of Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus’ architectural thought.

 

Aires Mateus has over 30 years of experience in architectural design, urban planning, and the rehabilitation of historic buildings. The studio is led by brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus . Their work ranges from large master plans to the design of small projects, covering every scale in between. Aires Mateus is involved in all phases of a project, from the initial steps to the delivery of the building to the client. Therefore, in their regular practice, they collaborate with various experts in the fields of engineering, landscaping, architecture, and economics, with contractors and developers, always maintaining a close and productive relationship with public agencies and community interest groups.

The relationship between design acts is intimately linked to all the information that orbits them. It cannot behave as a decontextualized discipline, because lasting architecture is not born from one’s own hands, but from a broad and precious complicity of diverse wills. This means that Aires Mateus is in constant contact with consultants throughout the different phases of a project, a way of working that ensures all the key people on his team benefit from their information.

This is the fundamental act of design, as well as, when developing a project, sharing and resolving concerns anticipated by the developer or future end users of a building.

Aires Mateus’s work is closely linked to academic activity and research. He addresses and develops diverse themes close to his heart, such as architectural quality, construction as a cultural act, the social importance of public space, the poetic role of spatiality, beauty as a force capable of capturing the desires of the human condition, and architecture’s ability to reconcile the paradoxes between construction and abstraction, while embracing its vocation as a container and support for the life that unfolds within it. With nearly 60 collaborators, including architects, designers, artists, landscape architects, and engineers, Aires Mateus’s practice is based in different studios with specific profiles and skills. The scale of the studios ensures that each project is developed in a context of proximity, concentration, demand, and dedication.