Cristina Guedes
Menos é Mais Arquitectos
Cristina Guedes (Macau 1964) founded the studio Menos é Mais with Francisco Vieira de Campos in 1994 (Oporto Portugal). The ability to do more with less is their greatest asset, seeking to balance the „economy“ of means with the „richness” of the materiality and emotional involvement of the users. Their works are pragmatic responses to specific contexts. This is best typified in the Cable Car complex in the Historic Site of Gaia (shown in the 2016 Venice Biennale underlining the question “is it possible to create public space within a private commission?”), and in the Archipelago Contemporary Arts Centre in the Azores island of S. Miguel (shown in the 2018 Venice Biennale“ Public Without Rhetoric“).
CG teaches in parallel with her practice and she is Invited Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP); the Faculty of Architecture and Arts of the Lusíada University of Porto (FAAULP). She has previously been a Visiting Professor at the USI – Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio (2018-2022) and a Visiting Professor at the Department of Architecture at Autónoma University of Lisbon, Da/UAL (2002–2003).
CG have been invited to conferences, juries, national and international exhibitions and academic critiques at various faculties such as ETH Zurich, Mackintosh School of Architecture, Trinity College Dublin, among others. and was commissary of Portugal at the IX BIAU New Geographies, at Rosario, Argentina 2014. CG was honoured by the Royal Institute of British Architects by becoming International RIBA Fellows.
She recently won the AICA 2023 Award (International Association of Art Critics). She was also distinguished with the “Women in Architecture” award at the 2023 National Architecture Awards “espaço” (Casa da Arquitectura, Porto). Previously, she received the Secil Architecture Award in 2020 (Lisbon), ex aequo with Aires Mateus, the AIT Award in 2020 (Frankfurt), the BIGMAT International Award in 2017 (Luxembourg), the FAD Award in 2016 (Barcelona), and the BIAU Architecture Award in 2016 (São Paulo), 2012 (Cádiz), and 2006 (Montevideo).
Her projects were also nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Prize ( 2019, 2015, 2013, 2009 )
Do 07.05.2026 18:00
HS 07 – Schütte Lihotzky
Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien
Vortag im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe „Made in Portugal“ der Fakultät für Architektur und Raumplanung vom Forschungsbereich Hochbau 2: Hochbau, Konstruktion und Entwerfen.
Vortragende:
- Ricardo Bak Gordon (Bak Gordon Arquitectos) – WS 25/26
- Inês Lobo (Inês Lobo Arquitectos) – WS 25/26
- Ricardo Carvalho (Ricardo Carvalho Arquitectos & Associados) – WS 25/26
- Graça Correia (Correia/Ragazzi Arquitectos) – 23.04.2026
- António Adão da Fonseca (Adão da Fonseca engenheiros consultores) – 30.04.2026
- Cristina Guedes (Menos é Mais Arquitectos) – 07.05.2026
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FORSCHUNGSBEREICH HOCHBAU – KONSTRUKTION UND ENTWERFEN E 253/5
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