Diogo Aguiar Studio

Diogo Aguiar Studio (DAS) is a Portuguese architecture and art practice established in Porto in 2016. The studio operates at the intersection of art and architecture, designing small buildings and interiors as well as temporary or fixed spatial installations for public space. Its work is characterized by a strong geometric, volumetric and material identity, often exploring dichotomies such as new versus existing, interior versus exterior, light versus shadow, rationality versus emotion, ethereal versus material, and repetition versus innovation. The practice describes its interests as lying in the material and sensorial exploration of immersive architectural or artistic spaces, whether archetypal or ready-made, through geometric, abstract and elementary compositions. DAS has received several international award nominations, including Prémis FAD 2018, the BigMat Prize 2019, the Europe 40 under 40 Prize, and the Mies van der Rohe Prize 2022. In 2023, it was selected as one of the 25 global practices in ArchDaily's New Practices. The studio is led by founder Diogo Aguiar, who graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of Porto (FAUP) in 2008 and was a two-time winner of the ArchDaily Building of the Year award early in his career.

Diogo Aguiar Studio (DAS) was established in Porto, Portugal, in 2016. The studio was founded by Diogo Aguiar, who was born in Porto in 1983 and graduated as an architect from the Faculty of Architecture of Porto (FAUP) in 2008. At the beginning of his professional career, Aguiar became a two-time winner of the ArchDaily Building of the Year award. The studio operates across the fields of art and architecture, designing small buildings and interiors, as well as temporary or fixed spatial installations destined for the public space. Its dual practice is seen as informing and boosting the work undertaken, functioning as a speculative and spatial investigation. The studio's interests lie in the material and sensorial exploration of immersive architectural or artistic spaces, whether archetypal or ready-made, through geometric, abstract and elementary compositions. These present themselves as formal systems aware of the simultaneous experience of a space's emptiness, seeking to reclaim the relevance of the shaping of space in architecture. With a strong geometric, volumetric and material identity, the collection of projects built by the studio is described as a synthesis of dichotomous relationships that balance the conceptual development of the projects: between the new and the existing; between interior and exterior; between light and shadow; between rationality and emotion; between ethereal and material; between repetition and innovation; between unified and the whole. In recent years, the practice has been awarded several nominations for international prizes, namely Prémis FAD 2018, BigMat Prize 2019, Europe 40 under 40 Prize, and Mies van der Rohe Prize 2022, among others. Recently, Diogo Aguiar Studio was selected as one of the 25 global practices in ArchDaily's New Practices of 2023.

• 2023

  Selected as one of the 25 global practices in ArchDaily's New Practices of 2023.

• 2022

  Nominated for Mies van der Rohe Prize 2022.

• 2019

  Nominated for BigMat Prize 2019.

• 2018

  Nominated for Prémis FAD 2018.

• 2016

  Diogo Aguiar Studio established in Porto, Portugal.

A dual-practice architecture and art studio producing speculative and spatial investigations with a strong geometric, volumetric and material identity.

• Small buildings

• Interiors

• Temporary spatial installations

• Fixed spatial installations for public space

1. 1Diogo Aguiar Studio official websitediogoaguiarstudio.com
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