principals

The focus of our work is on Joy, on the Good Life. We believe that a good building should be:

- good for everyone - designers, planners, clients, users, material producers, suppliers, demolishers, etc - involved with it in all phases of its life,

- a nurturing environment that improves the quality of lives inside and around it, and

- a providing system for a local/broader community that feeds instead of burdening commodities-networks.

To do so, we revisit traditional knowledge through the lens of latest scientific research in order to assess suitable solutions for each context. We work with natural materials as much as possible and we source them from the closest location possible, making each project an exercise of radius.

services

We offer architecture design services, construction and design consulting.

founder

Francisco Moura Veiga was born in Viseu and grew up in Lisbon.

He is an architect, editor, and independent researcher.

Before focusing on his academic career he worked as an architect in Basel, Switzerland at Christ und Gantenbein, Trinkler Stula Partner and Burckhard Partner (2008-2018).

Between 2018 and 2026, he worked as a teaching and research assistant at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland. He has been a visiting professor at the ISCTE Lisbon and a tutor of the EdX seminar at the EPFL.

He is founder of the design and research office A Forschung, of Publishing in Architecture and of CARTHA Magazine. With CARTHA, he has been part of a dynamic editorial board for 10 years and engaged in the publication of a large number of online articles, a series of books, and organised exhibitions and installations inserted in architectural events such as the Venice Biennale and the Lisbon Triennial.

He is the creator of the When Socrates was an Architect and the DISCORD podcasts, two shows focusing on architectural pedagogy and critique.

He is the curator of the upcoming Engaging Maneuvres exhibition, opening on the 5th of November at the Lisbon Architecture Triennale.