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→ MORABEZA


Open for visits June - November 2025, with a programme of workshops and other activities of activation.


Photos: RAM (1,4,5), José Caldeira (2),  ©ArtWorks – Equipa audiovisual (3)
‘Morabeza’ is a collaboration between NADA NOVO and the Cape Verdean collective RAM for the architecture and art festival FORMA DA VIZINHANÇA curated by Space Transcribers as part of the Braga Portuguese Capital of Culture 2025, joining 7 other national and international teams in creating temporary installations: Manuel Bouzas, Parto Atelier, Patrícia da Silva, Nuno Sousa, Atelier ATA, LIMIT architecture studio e Atelier Local.

Set in a clearing of the picnic park adjacent to the Quinta das Lameiras urban garden, the installation is inspired by the Cape Verdean concept of Morabeza — a way of life rooted in warmth, hospitality, and a strong sense of community.
Among the trees rises a five-metre wooden cube that structures the space and invites the neighbourhood to take ownership of it. Inside, a suspended skin displays repurposed construction materials, inviting for a moment of pause and a unique sensory experience.


Photos: ©ArtWorks – Equipa audiovisual (1-3), mujoatelier (4), José Caldeira (5), RAM (6)
Discarded slats from blinds/shutters dismantled and used to create a three-dimensional ‘skin’, geometrically defined by the original length of the slats and their assembly at different angles.

RE-USE STORY – approximate quantities, modifications, people and time:
- Discarded blades from blinds/shutters (reused, minimal modifications)
63mm x 11mm x various lengths
blades 116-117 = 88 (102lm)
blades 131-134 = 88 (116lm)
blades 175-179 = 176 (of which ~15 were cut from blades originally 192) (309lm)
TOTAL = 352 (527lm) / ~85kg
- Cable ties (new: reversible + reusable)
small 120mm = 528
medium 200mm = 352
large 350mm = 352
TOTAL = 1232
- String 1,2mm nylon (new: reusable)
TOTAL = 1100lm 
- ~79 person-hours / 9 collaborators



Photos: Jonny Pugh / NADA NOVO (1-3,5,8-10), NADA NOVO (4,7), RAM (6, 11-12)

Date:
2025

Architecture:
RAM (Bruno Oliveira, Hugo Lopes, Jakob Kling)

Collaboration:
NADA NOVO (Cláudia Escaleira, Jonny Pugh) and Joaquim Vinagre

Production and assembly:
ArtWorks., RAM, NADA NOVO

Local partnership:
Nuno Flores Arquitetura

Material donations:
MSA Estores

Acknowledgements:
Calvin Middel, Lisa Reis, Rory Ronson, Urban gardeners of Quinta das Lameiras