SUMMARY is an architecture practice based in the Science and Technology Park of University of Porto.
Seeking the balance between pragmatism and experimentalism, SUMMARY develops building systems assuming the optimization of time and physical resources as the core theme of its practice.
Team
- Samuel Gonçalves_architect | founder
- João Meira_architect | project manager
- Vicente Spínola_architect | project manager
- Pedro Penalva_architect
- Luca Sabbadini_architect | VR programmer
Awards
- 2017 Red Dot Award – winner
- 2018 Serralves Itinerant Pavilion – among the 3 selected projects
- 2018 Yap Maxxi – shortlisted
- 2018 40 under 40 European Design Award – winner
Exhibitions
- 2016 La Biennale di Venezia – 15th International Architecture Exhibition (Italy)
- 2017 Red Dot Design Museum of Singapure
- 2018 Serralves Foundation – Work in Progress (Portugal)
- 2018 Maxxi National Museum of 21st Century Arts – Yap Maxxi (Italy)
- 2018 Mirabilia – Le Città Invisibili di Italo Calvino– Antilia Gallery, Bari (Italy)
- 2018 NLA – Factory-made housing: a solution for London?, NLA galleries, London (UK)
- 2019 MAM – Mês da Arquitetura da Maia – Fast Forward, Maia (Portugal)
- 2018 Curatorial Project: The Reasons Offsite – Tirana Architecture Week, POLIS University – Tirana (Albania)
- 2019 Curatorial Project: The Reasons Offsite – Boston Society of Architects/AIA – Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
- 2019 Projeto Curatorial – The Reasons Offsite – University of Edinburgh (Scotland, UK)