HBC Member Profile -MVS Architects

Business Questionnaire

• How did your business start?

My business started naturally because of a passion for architecture. I was doing my degree at ESAD University of Lisbon, and my master’s in architecture at the Lusiada University of Lisbon. Thereafter I opened a small Design and Architecture Office to contribute to the cost of studying. From then on, I never stopped. I had the opportunity to be involved in projects in Portugal, Germany, France and more recently in Morocco, Angola, Mozambique and in South Africa.

• Why did you choose architecture?

As a little boy, I observed my father (he was a master mason in construction) I always wanted to be just like him. As a child, I always walked about the family home with a hammer in my hand and was constantly digging and hammering which drove my parents completely crazy! Later in school, I developed design techniques and my interest in design led me to architecture.

• What make your business different from your competitors?

My business focuses on problem solving, concern for environmental, innovation and discovery!  My focus grew out of my academic training with a first degree in Industrial Design followed by a master’s degree in Architecture. The possibility of comprehensive solutions from these two scientific areas, helped me add technical and conceptual value to my projects.

• What are the areas of experience you fall back on in your business?

The design of residential, commercial, industrial and healthcare buildings are projects we have been part of round the world. Interior and industrial design plus project management also remains the backbone of our service offered.

• What are the biggest challenges in your industry?

In the construction process the industry is examining Innovation in materials to create more effective environmental protection and is also focussed on discovering new production processes. New habits of living and people’s relationship to living space because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It generated questions around new solutions for a lifestyle that seeks to be cleaner, simpler, and greener. More natural buildings and building practises that require less consumption and lead to less waste resulting in healthier lifestyles is the current trend.

• What advice will you give to people in the same work industry as you?

Create more open and free space, create in a more sustainable way, create simpler, make things less complex, make less objects, do more with less and give something back.