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 arrow

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 arrow

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 arrow

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

 

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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 arrow

Phone

+351 912 379 125

 

Email

info@tomecapa.com

Studio

Porto and Braga, Portugal


Follow me

@tomecapa

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