murmuro

João Caldas (Braga, 1981) is the co-founder, with Rita Breda (Estarreja, 1981) of the office murmuro, working from Braga and Porto, in Portugal. They have started their joint path while still at the university, having graduated from DARQ-FCT, University of Coimbra. As Erasmus students, at the NTNU and the Fine Arts Academy in Trondheim, Norway, they had the opportunity to taken part of an interdisciplinary and collaborative program for architecture and art students, pivotal in their education. The success of some of their projects led to the foundation, in 2015, of the office murmuro, where they develop projects regardless of their scale, program or budget. We highlight the multifamily housing project Doze Casas, in Braga, shortlisted for the FAD Awards 2016 and the VII Enor Award 2017, the selection for The Europe 40UNDER40 award with a broader work sample and the 2nd Prize on the Serralves Foundation’s Pavilion competition.