Feasibility
Site and capacity studies
Programme, bed count, massing, circulation, common areas and planning constraints before a project or acquisition advances.
Architecture · PBSA · Co-living · Advisory
Bernardo Durão Arquitectos.
Architecture practice based in Porto, Portugal, working across housing, PBSA, co-living, adaptive reuse and public programmes.
01 · Practice
Practice
profile.
Bernardo Durão Arquitectos Lda. is an architecture practice based in Porto, Portugal.
The office works across housing, PBSA, co-living, adaptive reuse and public programmes. Its approach combines architectural design with feasibility, development advisory and technical review.
The practice supports private clients, developers, investors and operators from early-stage studies to coordinated architectural design.
—Architecture, housing and public programmes
—PBSA, co-living and development advisory
—Feasibility studies, due diligence and design review
—Based in Porto · Working across Portugal and Europe
Bernardo Durão
Founder · Architect02 · Scope of work
Architecture,
programme and advisory.
Design work and advisory services for clients who need architectural judgement at the beginning, development and review stages of a project.
01
Architecture
Residential, public and mixed-use projects, from concept design to coordinated project development.
02
PBSA & Co-living
Student housing and co-living projects, including layout strategy, room mix, shared spaces, operational requirements and design coordination.
03
Reuse & Housing
Existing buildings, housing and urban transformation, with attention to context, construction and long-term value.
04
Development Advisory
Feasibility studies, site appraisal, technical due diligence and design review for investors, developers and operators.
03 · Selected work
Selected
projects.
04 · Method
A practical
design process.
01
Context
Site, brief, regulation, client objectives and operational requirements.
02
Feasibility
Capacity, programme, planning risk, massing and design potential.
03
Design
Architectural development, coordination and technical integration.
04
Review
Independent assessment of layouts, briefs, risks and opportunities.
05 · PBSA advisory
PBSA architecture and
development advisory.
Support for investors, developers and operators at the earliest stages of PBSA and co-living projects.
Due diligence
Technical design review
Independent review of existing schemes, layout inefficiencies, planning risk, operator conflicts and opportunities for improvement.
Programme
PBSA and co-living strategy
Briefs, room mix, shared spaces, operator requirements and the architectural implications of different business models.
06 · Contact
Contact and
enquiries.
For commissions, feasibility studies, technical due diligence, project reviews or enquiries about PBSA, co-living and housing.
Phone
Address
Tv. Henrique Schreck 62-66, 4450-578 Matosinhos
Working across
Portugal · Europe