With its epicenters in Lisbon and Tokyo, AVS—Alexandre Vicente Studio is an architecture and design practice engaged in private and public projects, from houses to art installations. We approach each project carefully, analyzing each factor, which allows us a broad vision of the challenges at hand so that, in the end, we can provide the best user experience to our clients.
Alexandre Vicente
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born in 1985
2010 - collaborator at RC + JV Arquitectos
2011 masters in architecture by Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa
2011 - Collaborator at CHP Arquitectos
2011 - Collaborator at BARBINI Arquitectos
2013 - Ryuichi Ashizawa architects & associates
2015 - Sou Fujimoto
2015 - Architect at Hideyuki Nakayama
2017 - Founder at AMALGAMA atelier
2018 - Project Architect at Nikken Sekkei
2021 - PhD candidate at Kyoto University
2023 - reboots AMALGAMA atelier as Alexandre Vicente studio
Alexandre Vicente has been invited as guest critic and lecturer at multiple universities and events
Awards
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2010 - 1st prize at the Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa 2010 - Lets Talk About Houses
2010 - SECIL Universities Award 2010 - jury short listed
2011 - Archinews Stand Concept Competition - finalist
2011 - 1st prize - NU KRE Project - Idea Competitions "Change the Neighbourhood"
2012 - 1st prize SECIL award
2012 - Honour award for outstanding performance - UAL
2013 - Archiprix Protugal 2013 - Finalist
2019 - 3rd Woody Contest (Wooden House) in Kyoto - Selected work
2024 - ISAIA KYOTO 2024 - best academic paper "
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Exhibitions
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2011 - The Thin Red Line” – Architecture, Competition Panels and Model, Exhibited in Let’s Talk About Houses: Competitions of Lisbon Triennial of Architecture Second Edition, at Museum of Electricity, Lisbon, Portuga
2011 - “ArchiNews Stand” – Architecture, Competition Panels and Model, Exhibited in ARCHINEWS STAND CONCEPT | TEKTÓNICA 2011 - Competition Exhibition, at FIL, Lisbon, Portugal
2013 - “A Museum in Juromenha ” – Architecture, Slideshow of Master’s Thesis Dissertation, collective exhibition, in collaboration with DA/UAL (Lisbon, Portugal) and the Academy of Architecture of Mendrisio (Mendrisio, Switzerland), Exhibition in Museum of Contemporary Art of Juromenha Exposition, at Forum Cultural Transfronteiriço do Alandroal, Alandroal, Évora, Portugal
2013 - Archiprix Portugal 2013 - project exhibition with the project "Museum in the Line of Defense of Juromenha"
2017 - open exhibition in Juromenha Castle, Portugal
2019 - 3rd Woody Contest (Wooden House) in Kyoto - Selected works exhibition
2023 - mistranslations at the Nipponbashi House, Osaka
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Publications & Press
Mistranslations - Gooood
Mistranslations - Archello
Housing building in Almada - Divisare
The Tower, proof of humanity's Ingenuity - Illustrarch
LID Miami - RTF - Rethinking the Future
Exhibition in the Fortress of Juromenha - Divisare
Echibition in the Fortress of Juromenha - Archello
Vigilância e Fronteira – Museu na Segunda Linha de Defesa de Juromenha - published book
Arquitectura Beta – Desafios Urbanos 2012
Estudo Prévio – Numero 7
Arquitectura Beta – Juromenha
Archiprix Portugal 2013 Edition
Da/UAL – Museum in the Line of Defense of Juromenha
Da/UAL – The Thin Red Line - Arqa magazine nº 86-87 – Let’s Talk About Houses: Competitions of Lisbon Triennial of Architecture - Casabella speciale web – Let’s Talk About Houses: Competitions of Lisbon Triennial of Architecture Falemos de Casas : Concursos | Let’s Talk About Houses: Competitions – Book publised by Lisbon Architecture Triennal regarding the competition projects
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