Tiago do Vale born in 1978 and educated in the University of Coimbra’s Architecture School. Founded in 2008 Tiago do Vale Arquitectos, a small architectural studio, based on the north of Portugal, with a worldwide scope. With a restricted but very specialized team of architects, this practice understands Architecture in the traditional sense, as a wide but interconnected and inter-referenced field, with a portfolio ranging from urban planning to industrial design.
This team has focused in teaching, health and tourism facilities (as well as the obligatory themes of sustainability and energy efficiency) while of lately amassing a sizable curriculum in urban rehabilitation and building preservation, restoration and reconstruction.
Their designs revolve around light, well-being, function, cultural context and meaning, shapes and textures, ergonomics and the human scale: a clear architecture that tells a recognizable story.
All in all, Tiago do Vale Arquitectos’ underlying thread is on the rigor and quality of the built work, from technique to esthetic, regarding an architectural project as an absolutely global, encompassing and interdisciplinary piece, achieved in dialogue with both the client and all the parts involved in translating drawing to reality.
