Behind its lively yellow walls, the building assembles seventy of these start-ups businesses.

It has affirmed their presence in the town and offers them a scalable work space at a reduced rent where they can finalize their creations, live out the first moments of their existence and recognize their early development.

South of Portugal, Algarve, Tavira. Here the ocean peeks, while the 400 olive trees surround the house.

n old building has to give place to a new one, keeping the twovolume-footprint in the soft topography.

The House of the Arts (Casa das Artes) in Miranda do Corvo expresses the meeting between two identities, rural and urban, in a landscape marked by the Lousã Mountains.

More than a building, the House of the Arts intends to be an iconic landmark, celebrating the place where people meet, where culture and art happens, a space capable of promoting and stimulating creative activity, increasing the population quality of life.

In this 1923 year old house renovation project, the architect Ricardo Moreno was faced with one of the most difficult tasks an Architect may have, to develop the design and construction of its own home. 

This work was a challenge and intent to understand the techniques and materials of the time, mandatory in this kind of construction. 

The intentional vivid color scheme of the elevation, making the building visually surprising to the public, calls attention to the idea of the blood donation. 

The geometry is inspired by the function of the blood center, the clash of biology with technology. Rounded elements represent biology, straight represent technology.