How do many voices make one architecture?

Studio

Rooted in Porto, we practice architecture in dialogue with context— renewing what is there while opening what is next. Over fifteen years, we’ve grown from a written twoperson pact into a studio defined by method, not signature: observe, orient, experiment, decide, act. Every commission is a careful rehearsal of tomorrow—local intelligence, global reference.

Design from learning loops, not straight lines
Scenario planning early; decision gates aligned to value; readiness to recalibrate. Prototyping challenges assumptions and explores experience—with tangible outcomes. Steps, not leaps.
Strategy in motion
OODA’s ideological and methodological principles within a regional and global architecture aim to challenge and change the traditional architectural model, leading to a more contemporary approach to the way of practice and promotion of architecture.

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Team
Horizontal by choice, collaborative by nature. Open crits, model culture and fast prototyping keep decisions informed and adaptable. Porto, Lisbon and Tirana keep us global in reach, precise to place. 60+ architects, 10+ nationalities, five partners. Open critiques, model culture, and codesign sprints structure a studio that learns fast and delivers precisely. “Together, we know more.”
Partners
Established in 2010, OODA came about as a result of the reunion between Diogo Brito and Rodrigo Vilas-Boas. Francisco Lencastre joined the office in 2011, initially based in the historical city centre of Porto. In 2018 João Jesus and Julião Pinto Leite joined to expand OODA to five partners.

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Milestones

We measure impact by use, resonance and learnings. Recognition tends to follow work that works—awards, publications, lectures and invited competitions that have marked our journey so far.