I’m the co-founder of Mae Office, a communications agency focused on architecture, design, and our built environment.

I’m also an independent architect and freelance journalist based in Lisbon with a particular interest in architecture and diplomacy.

Quinzena’21
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Quinzena’21

I am the curator of Quinzena’21, a mini-festival on architecture, urban culture and spatial practices, in Instituto, Porto.

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Apartamento Moçambique
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Apartamento Moçambique

Tactical renovation of a 1930s apartment in Lisbon’s Art Nouveau neighbourhood, celebrating original features and Portuguese materials.

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The Architecture of Rewilding
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The Architecture of Rewilding

I wrote an essay about the widening agency of architecture and Norway’s effort to restore large swathes of land back to nature, in Faktur, a journal that celebrates research as the source of architectural imagination.

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Landscape Healing
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Landscape Healing

I produced a cinematic documentary following the largest act of rewilding in Norway, by BAFTA-nominated film director Richard John Seymour.

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Freelance journalism
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Freelance journalism

I am a regular contributor to Wallpaper* Magazine and The Spaces, as well as DOMUS, Metropolis, CNN Style.

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Migrant Journal
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Migrant Journal

I co-founded an independent publication exploring the circulation of people, goods, information, fauna and flora around the world and the transformative impact they have on space.

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