Get to know CURO,
our history and mission
In a world of lines, geometries and shapes, CURO it's a creative refuge. Here we delve into the personal stories of those who dream of having their project, transforming spaces, not just into built volumes, but into places that echo your individuality.
Behind each design stage, there is always someone to guide and help you throughout the process.
I invite you to get to know me and connect with my story.
At CURO, it is assumed that Architecture is not a luxury, it is a right. CURO has its space, its way of being, social care and its impulse to give something to the community.
At CURO there is sharing, expansion of your story and drawing new paths every morning.
Founded in 2021, the studio was the escape valve to materialize projects that were hidden in drawers. The core of CURO is to rethink the act of dwelling, making houses, objects and projects a possible idea.
Serious, colourless and soulless architecture finds a healing space here.
Ana was born an architect. She acquired a Master's degree from the Universidade de Coimbra and the Università degli Studi Roma Tre and is currently a PhD student at Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto (FAUP), but she's an architect since she was little: as a child, she created dreams, played with colours.
As a young adult, she devised plans to get to where she is today and, now, she devises paths to go further. This because: Being an architect is like being a poet: inherent to the human being.
A happily immutable role, a welcome sentence. Ana says: 'the architect is a creator and the work is born from his/hers first thought'.
That creation is life. It's like A(i)R-chitecture.
(2011) Light Challenge – Honorable Mention
With: arch.ª Andreia Janela
(2017) Cyclops – Honorable Mention
(2018) Chashitsu Finalist
(2018) Ursula – Honorable Mention
(2019) Selene Finalist
(2020) Think small, design even smaller – Honorable Mention
(2021) Forest Finalist
(2023) Deference Finalist
With: arch. Nide Santos + arch. Samuel Leite
(2023) de profundis – 3rd Place Public Competition
With: arch. Nide Santos + arch. Samuel Leite
(2024) Ethereal – 2nd Place Private Competition
