ALDA JESUS

Born in Lisbon, Alda graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon in 2003.

Her studies included a brief period in the Escuela Tecnica de Arquitectura Del Valles, Barcelona, Spain with an Erasmus Grant. Following an internship in Promontório Arquitectos in Lisbon she worked as an Architect in Erick Van Egeraat architects in Rotterdam, Holland, from 2004 to 2007. Between 2007 and 2010, working in the Architectural practice of Rafael Viñoly, in New York, USA and in London, UK as a Project Architect, Alda participated in various international projects, culminating in the coordination of the refurbishment project of the Battersea Power station, a Grade l Listed building in London. From 2010 to 2017 she joined the major international practice of Foster+Partners, and as an Associate Architect she participates in several projects including a museum, mixed used developments, an educational building, and The flagship store for Apple in London’s Regent Street. In late 2017 she began a collaboration in the practice of Pedro Campos Costa in Lisbon, coordinating the project for the Municipal Market of the City of Quarteira in the Algave Region.

More recently, in partnership with Marta Onofre and Enrica Mazzon, Alda founded Laboratório Mediterrâneo.