Approach

Since 2006 that URBANCORE try to integrate the knowledge of good practices into design and construction of architectural works with particular interest and approach to the results of team studio research in construction methods, bioclimatic architecture and sustainability with the aim to integrate it as a regular basis in office practice.
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​URBANCORE is an office with expertises in bioclimatic and sustainable practices, seeking to improve in their projects those ideas. First as a conceptual rule and second as an integration of their knowledge into the overall strategy of design project.

​We have more than 20 years of professional experience doing architecture, urban planning and interior design, URBANCORE studio have been adding a vast portfolio and extended from single-family houses projects, housing and urban equipment in Portugal to urban, religious and cultural equipments in Africa.

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Who are we (Porto Office)

BRUNO MARQUES
​Phd. Prof. Arch. Founder(Non-exec)

LUIS PESTANA BAPTISTA
​Architecture Coordinator /COO

MANUEL COELHO
​​Architecture Team

RICARDO PINTO
​​Architecture Team

JOÃO FERREIRA
​​Architecture Team​​

Non permanent staff (Porto Office)

José Paulo Lima, ​​Francisco Ferreira, Darlene Júlio

-during 2021 - open new office in Monforte, Alentejo

Mainly dedicated to Research on Vernacular Techniques and Constructions
(Rammed Earth and Adobe, among others)
​and development of the Eco-Resort in Monforte.

Previous staff (Porto Office)

Elodie Marimba + Paulina Dziendziel + João Queiroz Aguiar + Carolina Romeu + António Andresen + Juliana Bento + Paulo Vieira + Marta Sampaio + Angela Correia + Diana Belo Novo + Fabiana Reis + Fernando Saraiva + Rui Abreu + Rita Cunha + Gonçalo Freitas

Our staff (Dubai Office)

FERNANDO VAGUINHO
Arch.
​Partner Founder

ISABEL PALMA
​Interior Design Arch.
​Partner Founder

JOÃO GRENO
​ Arch.
​Partner Founder

BRUNO MARQUES
​Phd. Prof. Arch.
Partner Founder/Non-executive

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