
My creative practice spans several artistic disciplines: installation, design, scenography, performance, illustration and drawing, editorial and writing, photography, video and music.
At the foundation of all these areas is architecture.
I am graduated with a master’s degree in architecture and I currently work as an architect, co-founder of LIMIT architecture studio.
I see each of these disciplines as tools I can combine to serve a particular purpose, even when that purpose doesn’t fit into a specific category.
This purpose often emerges in response to stimuli, desires, reflections, and expressions, whether personal or rooted in social and political contexts.
A recurring feature in my artistic work – whether in public space or gallery environments, and across different formats – is interactivity with the audience.
I believe interactive artistic interventions are powerful catalysts for happiness.
And by “happiness,” I mean connection, reflection, change, provocation, integration, and the freedom to form and share opinions.
Art and Architecture: two passions I bring together in my work.
DISTINCTIONS & AWARDS 
Bienal de Cerveira
Winner of the acquisition prize on the XXII Cerveira International Art Biennial | Vila Nova de Cerveira, 2022
Prémio A Arte Chegou ao Colombo
Finalist for the competition A Arte Chegou ao Colombo – Museu Coleção Berardo | Lisbon, 2021
Young Architects Program
Invited by MAXXI in partnership with MoMA to participate in the international competition YAP (Young Architects Program), among other 4 short-listed participants | Rome, 2018
VIARTES
Winner of the competition VIARTES | Porto, 2017
PRESS 
Archdaily
Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide
Project: Mahjong
Divisare
Atlas of Architecture
Projects: Fábrica de Sonhos; Mahjong
Prosuming Public Space: the UNPark project
Book
Project: Mahjong – referenced in the publication | 2023
Braga 25
Capital Portuguesa da Cultura 2025
Video: Parar para falar com Tomé Capa e Joana de Carvalho e Silva | 2022
Marketeer
Magazine
Article: ViaCatarina Shopping transformado em Fábrica de Sonhos | 2017
Público
Newspaper
Article: Tomé Capa criou um “manual de instruções” para salvar o circo | 2015
LECTURES, WORKSHOPS & TEACHING 
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
BA Sustainable Design
Masterclass | Art and Architecture | Vila Real, 2026
Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto
MA Art and Design for the Public Space
Workshop | Interactive Interventions as Catalysts for Happiness | Porto, 2026
SRH Hochschule University
MA Architecture
Workshop | Hand Drawing and Urban Sketching | Heidelberg, 2022
WRITINGS 
Defacto
Magazine of the Alberto Sampaio School Group (AESAS)
Article: Uma Casa Portuguesa | 2026
Future Architecture Platform
Architecture Museums, Festivals and Producers.
Article: Happiness Generators | 2018
Ócio
Online Cultural Platform
Columnist (several articles) | 2017
Plica
Architecture Magazine
Co-founder and co-editor of the magazine (several articles) | 2013-2016
CONTACT 
Phone
+351 912 379 125
info@tomecapa.com