Mara Velden
Noa Anker
Rémi Castelo
ABOUT
PHILOSOPHY
SUSTAINABILITY
RECOGNITION
VARDENOA STUDIO
WORKING PRINCIPLES
THE STUDIO
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FOUNDING PRINCIPAL
DESIGN DIRECTOR
ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT
Founded in Lisbon in 2018, Vardenoa Studio is a small practice with a deliberate focus on quality over scale. We take on a limited number of projects each year to ensure each receives the full attention it deserves.
Architecture, Interiors, and Spatial Direction.
Trained at the ETH Zürich and the Architectural Association, London. Previously associate at a prize-winning practice in Amsterdam.
Studied at TU Delft and worked in Tokyo and Lisbon before joining Vardenoa. Leads material research and interior specifications.
Based in Lisbon. Leads construction delivery and site coordination across European projects.
European Architecture Prize (2026) — Shortlisted, House of Quiet Light
Wallpaper* Design Awards (2026) — Best Private House
Frame Awards (2025) — Interior of the Year, Hospitality
AD Architectural Digest (2025) — AD100, Emerging Practices
We are committed to adaptive reuse as a first principle: before any new build, we ask whether an existing structure can be reimagined. When new construction is necessary, we prioritize low-embodied-carbon materials, passive environmental strategies, and construction methods that can be reversed or repaired.
We prefer locally sourced and certified timber, natural stone, and mineral finishes. We avoid materials with high toxicity, short lifespans, or difficult end-of-life pathways.
We listen before we design. A close dialogue with each client, craftsperson, and consultant is the foundation of every project.
We design for longevity. A building should become more beautiful as it ages, accumulating patina rather than obsolescence.
Good architecture does not announce itself. It creates conditions for life to unfold—moments of compression and release, shadow and brightness.
We work with materials that reveal their own character: stone that holds light, timber that carries the grain of the tree, plaster that records the hand.
MATERIAL HONESTY
SPATIAL GENEROSITY
TEMPORAL SENSITIVITY
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS
