Filipa Castelão
Architect

Filipa graduated as an Architect from Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa in 2008. Under the Erasmus program, completed part of her master degree at Institut Supérieur d’Architecture de la Communauté Française La Cambre – Brussels. In 2010, concludes in Lisbon her master thesis entitled: “THE VIRTUALITY: A NEW POTENTIAL FOR ARCHITECTURE”, where she suggest rethinking the tools of develop spatial strategies, taking in consideration concepts that recombine impermanent architecture and the transformation of the space into a symbiotic, hybrid and cybernetic that conjugate physic and virtual, real and unreal in the characterization of contemporary activities in the urban society.

After her studies she decides to gain international experience in Belgium doing an Internship at JDS architects where is establish the first contact with international competitions at a bigger scale, including a rugby stadium in Paris, a cultural center in Rio and a sustainable Pavilion_General electrics for the Olympic games in London 2012.

In the beginning of 2011 she takes the decision to work in Beijing, to understand how Emerging Markets are answering and reshaping the Innovation Architecture of Global Firms. Working at Spark Architects, her contact with retail, housing and office programs develops.

In 2014, she moved to Portugal and join JCFS Architects where she collaborates with architect Jorge Castelão in several projects and is responsible for the communication and strategy of the office.