Guinea Bissau 2009
The work in Guinea Bissau was a preparation for the Portuguese Official
representation at the 8th Architecture Exhibition of the São Paulo Biennial
(October 2009). The objective was: identify a real location for a primary
school and present a architecture project with a low construction cost
envisaging a future concretization.
General coordination: Jorge Barreto Xavier
Executive coordination: Manuel Henriques
Curator: Manuel Graça Dias
Architect: Pedro Maurício Borges
Production: Direção-Geral das Artes
Local assistance: Portuguese Ambassy
Pedro Maurício Borges (1963)
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Degree in Architecture from the
Faculty of Architecture of Lisbon
Technical University (FAUTL, 1986).
Doctorate in Architecture in the
area of Architecture Theory and
History from Coimbra University,
with dissertation on “The Design
of Territory and Construction of
Landscape in São Miguel, Azores, in
the Second Half of the 19th Century,
through One of its Leading Figures”
(2008).
Project I and Project III teacher in
the Architecture Department of the
Faculty of Sciences and Technology
of Coimbra University (FCT-UC)
since 1991.
Ex-aequo Revelation Prize in the
National Architecture Awards, First
Works, 1998, for the project for the
Pavilion of the Regional Secretariat
for Agriculture and Fishing, 1988
Azores Fair, Santana, São Miguel,
Azores. 2002 Secil Prize for the
Pacheco de Melo House project, São
Vicente Ferreira, São Miguel, Azores.