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TEAM

  • TEAM

    We are prepared for any challenges!

    We give attention to the development of urban plans, architecture and engineering projects, design, real estate consulting, property valuation, project management and coordination of works with its own team, as well as through other partners in different specialties that, over time, has been consolidating in a stable relationship of cooperation.

    "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration." (Thomas Alva Edison)



  • César Freitas

    ARCHITECT (FOUNDING MEMBER)

    Born in Mindelo – Cape Verde, in 1966.
     
    Degree in Architecture by the “Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa” (Faculty of Architecture of the Lisbon Technical University) in 1992.
     
    Master's Degree in "Real Estate Development", by the Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Faculty of Architecture of the Lisbon Technical University), 2005/2006.
     
    Collaborated with the Municipal Council of Lisbon, in the Department of Urban Conservation and Regeneration, from 1996 to 2006.
     
    Founding member of the FFCB Arquitectos company, in Portugal in 1999 and in Cape Verde in 2006;
     
    Chairman of the Order of Architects of Cape Verde (OAC), since 2010 (www.arquitectos.org.cv);
     
    Vice-President of the International Council of Architects of Portuguese Language (CIALP), since 2013 (www.cialp.org), and Secretary-General of that organization from 2011 to 2013;
     
    Several projects, opinion articles and interviews in magazines, newspapers, radio and television, in Portugal and Cape Verde, Spain, Germany, Angola and Singapore, among others, were published.
     
    In his professional activity are included several co-authored projects, namely with Manuela Fonte from 1993 to 2012, with João Castelão from 1997 to 2010, with Lutz Bruckelman from 2008 to 2002, and was the winner of several awards and honorable mentions in ideas competitions, highlighting:
     
    -The 1st National Innovation Award in Housing Theme, in the category of "research", promoted by the Ministry of Descentralization, Housing and Territorial Planning of Cape Verde, Cape Verde (2010);
     
    -The Honorable Mention in the 1st National Prize for Architecture, in Cape Verde (2007);
     
    -The 1st awards with the projects for the Palaces of Justices of Aveiro (1999), Oliveira do Bairro (2000) and Reguengos Monsaraz (2001) of the Ministry of Justice in Portugal, for the América Latina House (2006), for the Faculty of Law, for the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal (2002);
     
    -The 1st awards with the projects for the social housing "Housing for All" in Palmarejo Grande (140 apartments), in Achada Grande Trás (125 apartments) and in Espargos (60 apartments), promoted by the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Planning of Cape Verde, Cape Verde (2010/2011).