Luis Tavares Pereira

Hi, I'm Luis Tavares Pereira, architect and curator, from Porto, Portugal.

Luís Tavares Pereira born in Lisbon, 1966. Graduated from the architecture school of University of Porto (FAUP, 1991), M.Arch (Princeton University,1996). He is the founding partner of [A] ainda arquitectura, (Porto, 1998) an architecture studio with a relevant practice in collaboration with cultural institutions, including Serralves Contemporary Art Museum, at Porto, Portugal and Georgian National Museum, at Tbilissi. He was Vice-President of the Portuguese Order of Architects – Northern Chapter (OA-SRN), 2008-2010, where he coordinated the development of the new “Norte 41º: Centre for Architecture, Creativity and Sustainability”, and member of the board of OA-SRN co-responsible for Culture Programming, 2005-2007, where he coordinated the “in transit” lecture series, the "Fernando Távora Award", the “reunião de obra (site meeting)” exhibition series, the “Road to Wonderland: young Portuguese architects” lecture/debate series, or the “Art Museums” international Symposium on the occasion of the Siza Museums exhibition at Serralves, and other programs. Luis Tavares Pereira is also a freelance curator  including such projects as "Respect for Architecture, Porto 2012", the Lisbon International Architecture Triennale 2007 for the Guest Countries’ Section and the Conference “The Heart of the City”, “Chain Reaction:Transformations in Hotel Architecture” and  “Toll Free: European Architects in Transit”, Ministry of Economy and Innovation / Portugal Tourism Board / Serralves Museum,  2007/2008; co-curator of “Metaflux: two generations in portuguese recent architecture” for the Venice Biennale, 2004 (by appointment from the Portuguese Ministry of Culture); the multimedia project “Records of a Transformation” on the urban transformation of Porto 2001, and the Prototypo Architecture Seminar “Performing the city”, Porto, 2001, for Porto 2001, European Cultural Capital.   Currently Mr. Pereira is the Chief Curator of "habitar Portugal 2012-14" the 5th edition of the Portuguese Order of Architects' selection of built works from the period, which will tour between February 2016 and December 2017. Luis Tavares Pereira is a member of the European Cultural Parliament,  founding member of Casa da Arquitectura (the future Museum of Architecture at Porto) and was member of the Advisory Committee of the ADDICT (Northern Portugal Agency for the Development of the Creative Industries). more @  http://cargocollective.com/aindaarquitectura-cultural https://www.facebook.com/luis.t.pereira http://www.habitarportugal.org/ https://www.facebook.com/habitarportugal

partner at [A] ainda arquitectura

Princeton University

1994 – 1996

M.Arch

Universidade do Porto

1985 – 1991

B.Arch

Concentration: FAUP (Architecture School)

Activities: Co-editor "Unidade" magazine