Finalists of Portugal's Biggest Competition Ever 'A House in Luanda'

The International Competition A HOUSE IN LUANDA: PATIO AND PAVILION, promoted by the Lisbon Architecture Triennale together with Luanda Triennale, with the goal of selecting the best proposal for the conception of a family unit house in Luanda, was the most participated International Competition of Ideas ever to take place in Portugal, thus showing that the Lisbon Architecture Triennale fulfills its international calling.

The organizers received 599 proposals, 588 of which were accepted to the competition. Architects from 44 countries applied their proposals, coming from all the 5 continents:

EUROPE - Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Scotland, Spain, France, Georgia, Greece, the Netherlands, Hungary, England, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Serbian Republic, Romania, Russia, Switzerland and Ukraine;
ASIA - South Korea, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Oman, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan;
AMERICA - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, United States of America, Mexico and Uruguay;
AFRICA - South Africa and Egypt;
OCEANIA - Australia and New Zealand.

The Competition Jury, Álvaro Siza, João Luís Carrilho da Graça, Fernando Mello Franco, Barry Bergdoll and Ângela Mingas assessed all the 588 proposals, having selected the 30 finalist projects. The authors of the 30 selected projects will develop a presentation scale model of their proposals to be displayed at the Exhibition that is to take place at the Museu da Electricidade from October 28, 2010 through January 16, 2011.

The five winners will be announced during the exhibition.

These are the 30 finalists:

• Alberto de Souza Oliveira – Lisbon / Portugal
• Alvaro Puntoni - São Paulo / Brazil
• Ana Isabel Ribeiro - Vila Nova de Gaia / Portugal
• Arne Petersen - Berlin / Germany
• Aureliusz Kowalczyk – Tokyo / Japan
• Camillo Magni - Milan / Italy
• Carla Conceição Valente - Barreiro / Portugal
• Cristina de Sousa Peres - Matosinhos / Portugal
• Dean MacGregor - Colares / Portugal
• Enrique Flores – Mexico City / Mexico
• Filipe Manuel Neves Saraiva - Ourém / Portugal
• Hugo Proença - Carcavelos / Portugal
• Joana Rita Gomes - Los Angeles / USA
• João Camarinha da Silva - Oporto / Portugal
• João Gomes Leitão - Madrid / Spain
• João Navas - Oeiras / Portugal
• José Daniel Felix - Sermonde / Portugal
• Luís Sequeira Brás - Lisbon / Portugal
• Marco Simões da Silva - Lisbon / Portugal
• Margarida Quintâ - Oporto / Portugal
• Mauro Mariani - Piacenza / Italy
• Nuno Matos Silva - Aveiro / Portugal
• Nuno Miguel Fernandes Silva - Lisbon / Portugal
• Pablo Allen Vizán - Valladolid / Spain
• Pablo Forero - Bogotá / Colombia
• Pedro Reynolds de Sousa - Lisbon / Portugal
• Pedro Sousa - Lisbon / Portugal
• Ricardo Carvalho - Lisbon / Portugal
• Shuichiro Yoshida - Tokyo / Japan
• Verónica Sánchez Carrera - Madrid / Spain

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The International Competition A HOUSE IN LUANDA: PATIO AND PAVILION, promoted by the Lisbon Architecture Triennale together with Luanda Triennale, with the goal of selecting the best proposal for the conception of a family unit house in Luanda, was the most participated International Competition of Ideas ever to take place in Portugal, thus showing that the Lisbon Architecture Triennale fulfills its international calling.