ABOUT US
With over 20 years of experience, Cirurgias Urbanas II – Architecture and Rehabilitation, Lda. is dedicated to architecture, building rehabilitation, and construction, with a strong focus on sustainability and the preservation and enhancement of built heritage.
We develop projects across a wide range of scales, from renovation and adaptive reuse of existing spaces to the design of new buildings, always offering solutions tailored to each context, program, and available resources.
Our team, led by architects Maria Amarante and Conceição Mestre, works closely with a trusted network of specialized collaborators, ensuring an integrated approach from concept to construction. As a licensed building contractor, we provide effective project management, realistic timelines, and a close connection between client, design, and execution.
SERVICES
Architecture
Constructive Feasibility Study
PIP – Prior Information Request
Licensing Project
Execution Project
Project Coordination and Management
Supervision and Management of Private Construction Works
Interior Design and Decoration
Furniture Design
Building Environmental Certification Service – LiderA
Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Consulting
OUR HISTORY
Created in 2003 by three young entrepreneurs, the company Cirurgias Urbanas stood out through its own distinctive style, developing the activities of architecture, design, arboriculture and landscape architecture in an integrated and interdisciplinary way. This synergy allowed the atelier to take a global approach to the project in its various scales, from the landscape to the garden and tree and from the city to the building and object, in a symbiosis between the natural and the built space.
In 2012, given the variety of services it provided, the company decided to split into two: Cirurgias Urbanas I – Arboriculture and Landscape Architecture and cirurgias Urbanas II – Architecture and Rehabilitation, continuing to share the same space and values and working in close collaboration.
OUR TEAM
At the head of the company are the architects Maria Amarante and Conceição Mestre who work in collaboration and co-authorship, manage and coordinate all the work developed in the office, with great dynamism and total dedication. Always in dialogue with the client, Cirurgias Urbanas provides a continuous service and support throughout the construction work.
The team has several collaborators, both inside and outside the company, working permanently or occasionally, in addition to numerous partnerships with colleagues and professionals from complementary areas, which allows them to create flexible work teams adapted to each project.
, Arquitect
mariaamarante@cirurgiasurbanas.com
Born in 1976 in Oporto, Portugal, where still lives and works.
Since 2012 she has developed her main professional activity in Cirurgias Urbanas II – Arquitectura e Reabilitação Lda, of which is a managing partner, performing projects in co-authorship with the architect Conceição Mestre.
In 2008/09 she attended the Postgraduate Course in Rehabilitation of Built Heritage, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP)
She co-founded the company Cirurgias Urbanas at 2003, together with the architect Marta Campos, the engineer Daniel Magalhães and the architect Tiago Delgado, with whom she developed a series of projects in co-authorship.
She is an advisor on the “Environmental Certification of Sustainable Construction – Líder A” and the Thermal Comfort project designer, within the scope of the Specialization Course – Qualified Experts within the scope of SCE_ Novo RCCTE.
She began her professional experience as an architect, still a student, collaborated in the architecture studio Rodapé Arquitectos and in 2002 she collaborated in the Atelier Caldeira Figueiredo Arquitectos.
Graduated in Architecture in 2001, by the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto.
She was a scholarship holder of the Embassy of the Republic of Angola, a scholarship awarded in the scope of her final degree, for the study on “Musseques de Luanda”. In the academic year 2000/01 she was a Fellow of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto during the preparation of the internship at the F.A.U.P (C.E.F.A.) Study Center. In the academic year 1999/00, she attended the Erasmus Program at the École d’Architecture Paris La Seine, Paris, France.
, Arquitect
conceicaoomestre@cirurgiasurbanas.com
Born in 1978 in Marinha Grande, Portugal, currently lives and works in Oporto.
Since 2012 she has developed her main professional activity in the company Cirurgias Urbanas II – Arquitectura e Reabilitação Lda, of which is a partner, carrying out projects in co-authorship with the architect Maria Amarante.
From 2010 to 2016 she was Rapporteur for Disciplinary Procedures for the Northern Regional Section of the Portuguese Institute of Architects (Ordem dos Arquitectos).
In 2006 she began working with the Cirurgias Urbanas – Arquitectura, Arboricultura e Paisagismo, Lda. office in Porto.
Completed her Post-Graduation in Conservation and Rehabilitation of Buildings in 2006, by the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies of the University of Coimbra.
Between 2003 and 2006, she worked at Drena – Estudos e Projectos, Lda. office in Lisbon.
Completed her internship in 2002 at Cidades Invisíveis – Arquitectos, Lda. office, in Lisbon.
Graduated in Architecture in 2002, by the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon.
ARCHITECTURE//Nuno Lobão, António Louro (FURO), Gabriela Barbosa, Camille Torres, Jorge Louro, Catarina Dias, Joana Dias, Rita Almeida, Claudia Campos, Paulo Martins, João Boaventura, Kati Rusanen, Alexandre Tehmurasp, Carolina Carmo, Paula Rainha, Filipe Almeida, Jorge Garcia Pereira, Adriana Floret, André Camelo, Gisela Monteiro, Nelson Ferreira, Bernardo Amaral, Hugo Dourado, Raquel Martins, Tiago Pinto Carvalho, Tiago Delgado, Raquel Fortuna, Marta Campos
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE // Daniel Magalhães, Alea Soares, Inês Sá
ART AND DESIGN// Daniela Barbosa, Sandra Roda, Rui Furtado, Cristina Furtado, Pedro Gomes, Catarina Campos
3D IMAGES// Diogo Paixão, Hope Pictures, Fusão 3D, Helder Ferreira
PHOTOGRAPHY // Fernando Guerra , Alexander Bogorodskiy, Antonio Lourenço
ENGINEERING // ASL & Associados , GEAF , Tiago Ilhargo, André Correia , DAJ – Engenheiros Associados, BestProject, STUCCO, Portilame, ICON