The architect is always the first to enter and the last to leave.
Before the building takes shape. Before the building comes to life. From conception to construction, at pmc there is a continuous quest for rigor and control of all stages of the creative process.
Depending on the future use of each building, the scale and the context in which it is inserted, and the vision of each client, each project springs from a sensitive analysis of the variables that define it. Ideas become sustainable objects.
Our working method is thus very personalized and adapted to every new project, guided by our aim to present and implement unique proposals, which, based on the specific needs of each client, might transcend them.
During this process, we value teamwork and work closely with experts in many fields, with whom we have an intense collaboration and who decisively contribute to the coherent materialization of the project and to its full functionality.
Attention to detail, which is ultimately revealed in the work’s degree of sophistication, and our commitment to accompany each step of the construction phase, are essential to warrant the intended constructive quality. These projects are designed to last, where integration in the surrounding is always paramount, the relationship with the client, fundamental, and attention to detail a true commitment.
Founded in 1993 by the architects Carlos Sousa Coelho and Miguel Passos de Almeida, PMC acts in different fields of architecture, with a special emphasis on renovation, new projects and offices.
It all started with a project for public housing in Almada.
As recent graduates by FAUTL, the young architects presented their idea for the complex, winning an international competition. This was pmc’s inaugural project.
Between 2000 and 2011, architect Leonor Duarte Ferreira joined the founders and developed some of the most iconic and unique projects by the office, such as Casa no Penedo or Casa na Aroeira. In 2015, it was Gorka Goitia’s turn to join the group, after 8 years of close collaboration.
A pioneer in the architectural renovation segment, the office continues to contribute, through its accumulated experience, to the development of an area of such importance to the architectural and economic renewal of the urban landscape. More recently, the practice has been involved in other fields, such as hospital architecture, by developing strategic partnerships, in public competitions, with other architectural offices, such as MM concept and Openbook.
With several projects featured on architecture books and magazines, the Spazio compound, in Estoril (1º prize Imobiliário magazine 2006, Housing categoria), the Logowines winery in Évora, the regional headquarters of EDP in Penafiel and the complex L’Orangerie in Vilamoura, are among the most celebrated works by PMC.
1986
Graduates in Architecture from Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
1993
Joins Carlos Tojal de Sousa Coelho and creates the studio pmc arquitectos
1990/1993
Collaborates at the studio Arqui lll, with the architects João de Almeida, Pedro Ferreira Pinto and Pedro Emauz
1988/1990
Collaborates at the studio Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Lda., with the architects Luís Casal-Ribeiro and José Sá da Bandeira
1985
Graduates in Architecture from Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
1993
Joins Miguel Passos de Almeida and creates the studio pmc arquitectos
1986/1993
Collaborates at the studio Arqui III with the architects João de Almeida, Pedro Ferreira Pinto and Pedro Emauz
1983/1986
Collaborates at Tomás Taveira S.A.
2000
Graduates in Architecture from Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (E.T.S.A.M.)
2008
Starts working at pmc arquitectos
2007/2007
Collaborates at Augusto Vasco Costa Arquitectos
2005/2007
Collaborates at Excepto Lda.
2003/2005
Collaborates at SVAM Arquitectos, Madrid
2003/2005
Collaborates at ÁTICA Arquitectos, Madrid
1983
Graduates in Interior and General Equipment Design, from IADE
2006
Starts working at pmc arquitectos
1989/2004
Works with several national and international publicity agencies
1984
Collaborates at Tomás Taveira S.A.
2016
Finishes a Master Degree in Architecture at Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade de Lisboa
2018
Starts working at PMC arquitectos
2018
Collaborator at Jacques Ferrier Architecture
2017-2018
Collaborator at Aboim Inglez Arquitectos
2016-2017
Collaborator at Nuno Montenegro Arquitectos
2016
Collaborator at Amb-Arquitectos
1993
Graduates in Architecture, specializing in Urban and Architectural Rehabilitation, from Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa
2006
Starts working at pmc arquitectos
1995/2005
Collaborates at Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Lda.
2001
Graduates in Architecture from Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa
2015
Starts working at pmc arquitectos
2012/2013
Collaborates at Muto – Arquitectura e Engenharia
2004/2011
Collaborates at BMM Concept Arquitectos
2003/2004
Collaborates at Bauwerk Architekten, Münster
2002
Collaborates at ARA Arquitectos Associados
2016
Finishes a Master Degree in Architecture at Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade de Lisboa
2017
Starts working at PMC arquitectos
2016-2017
Collaborator at Nuno Montenegro Arquitectos
2002
Finishes a Complementary Course in Architecture, at Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
2000
Graduates in Interior Architecture from Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
2002
Starts working at pmc arquitectos
2000/2001
Collaborates at Studio architectuur & interieurarchitectuur, Amsterdam
1997/1999
Collaborates with the architects Ricardo Silva Pinto and José Costa Pina
2015
Finishes a Master Degree in Architecture at Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa
2015
Starts working at pmc arquitectos
1992
Graduates in Architecture from Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
2009
Finishes a PhD in Architecture at Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, with Carlos Lameiro (FAUTL, Lisboa) and Xavier Monteys (ETSAB-UPC, Barcelona)
2017
Starts working at pmc arquitectos
1996/...
Works as a professor on the Architectural Design Department, at Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
1996
Creates his own architecture studio
1992/1996
Collaborates with the architect Vítor Figueiredo
2004
Graduates in Architecture from Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa
2007
Starts working at pmc arquitectos
2006/2007
Collaborates at Eduardo Trigo de Sousa Arquitectos
2005
Collaborates at SPINARQ- Arquitectura e Projectos SA
2003/2004
Collaborates at Eduardo Trigo de Sousa arquitectos
2006
Graduates in Architecture from Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
2015
Starts working at pmc arquitectos
2008/2014
Collaborates at BMM Arquitectos / Balonas & Menano, Lisboa
2007/2008
Collaborates at Agi Architects, Madrid
2005/2007
Collaborates at Mendaro Arquitectos, Madrid
2010
Graduates in Arts and Multimedia from Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa
2005
Finishes a Master Degree in Construction at Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, with the thesis: “Flexibility Strategies in Collective Housing – the dutch case”, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Architect Teresa Valsassina Heitor
1997
Graduates in Architecture from Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
2015
Starts working again at pmc arquitectos
2007-2015
Works as a scenographer in several plays by Gonçalo Amorim and Teresa Faria
2002-2015
Works as a freelancer and collaborates with António Cassiano Neves, Maria Ana Castro Caldas, Nelson Magro, Pedro Diaz-Bérrio and Pedro Iglesias
2001-2002
Collaborates at pmc arquitectos
1997-2000
Collaborates at Van Sambeek & Van Veen, Erick Van Egeraat and Claus & Kaan, Amsterdam
2013
Finishes a Master Degree in Architecture at Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade de Lisboa
2018
Starts working at PMC arquitectos
2014-2018
Collaborator at Costa Lopes Arquitectos
2013
Collaborator at Moreno Arquitectos