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2025


> 10th May. CONGERMINAR talk at FOGO LENTO, by Cláudia Escaleira and Jonny Pugh.

> 7th May. Presentation of NADA NOVO at the Construction Workshop of the Visual Arts degree at the School of Architecture of the University of Minho, in Guimarães, at the invitation of André Alves, by Cláudia Escaleira and Rosinda Casais.

> 25th April. Presentation of FORÚM NADA NOVO at Univerza v Ljubljani Slovenia, by Clara Vale.

> 5th to 6th April. Workshops ‘Mini-Ciclo’ (‘Mini-Cycle’) at the CURTO-CIRCUITO 2025 festival, at the invitation of Circolando, by Cláudia Escaleira and Rosinda Casais.

> 3rd April. Presentation of NADA NOVO at the Continuing Education Unit ‘Arquitectura e Sociedade’ (‘Architecture and Society’) of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, by Jonny Pugh and Cláudia Escaleira.

> 19th February. Workshop ‘Towards a redefinition of value: the reuse of materials in artistic practices’ at the 3rd Coriolís Meeting, at the invitation of the Academia Contemporânea do Espectáculo (ACE) and Circolando, by Cláudia Escaleira, Jonny Pugh and João Martins.

> 14 February. Workshop ‘Values under Construction’ at ESALA (Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture), as part of the MArch ‘Radical Harvest’, at the invitation of Simone Ferracina, by Jonny Pugh and Cláudia Escaleira.

> 13 de fevereiro. External critics of student work at ESALA (Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture), as part of the Undergraduate ‘Tectonics’, at the invitation of Rachael Hallett Scott, and lecture within ARCSOC's ‘The Horizons of Architecture’ lecture series, by Jonny Pugh and Cláudia Escaleira.

> 12th February. Presentation and panel discussion ‘DEEP RE-USE: Will you still want me when I’m nothing new?’ at the London School of Architecture. Jonny Pugh (NADA NOVO) with Eddie Blake (Studio Weave), Cristina Monteiro (DK-CM), Nana Biamah-Ofosu (YAA), moderated by Ruth Lang (LSA).

> January - May. Design of the architectural element ‘Pele’, in collaboration with RAM (Cape Verde), as part of the ‘Formas de Vizinhança - Horta Urbana da Qt.ª das Lameiras’ within the framework of the BRAGA, Portuguese Capital of Culture 2025 programme.

2024


> 18th December. Presentation ‘Reutilização de componentes de construção: O papel social e ambiental’ @ DOMUS SOCIAL (state housing provider), Municipality of Porto. 

> 3rd December. ​​MASTERCLASS for 1+2nd year students of Gabriela Vaz Pinheiro @ Master of Art & Design for the Public Space, Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto (FBAUP).

> 30th November. Presentation of the work of NADA NOVO at the event ‘The next step is circular’, at the MatterPieces brand launch, Espaço Mitra, Lisbon.

> 22nd November. Presentation ‘Reutilização na construção: mapear as “minas” para o nosso futuro’ at the 31st edition of CONCRETA, Exponor, Porto.

> November. NADA NOVO joins the national initiative Circular Economy Portugal as one of their growing network of ‘Circular Pioneers’.

> 18th October. OPEN TALK: THE ETHICAL CITY. Co-organisation and participation in event at FAUP, Porto with students and staff of the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow.

> 11th October. ‘TORRE ABERTA’, organised by Paredes Meias. NADA NOVO presentation and participation with Fernando Almeida of PELE in conversation with artistic residents at LABTORRE, Quebrantões, Porto.

> 11th September. Exhibition design for ‘What are we doing?’, a shortlisted application to represent Portugal at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 curated by Joana Pestana Lages, Paulo Moreira, Gonçalo Folgado.

> 20th - 26th July. Inauguration and conversation, RE-EXHIBITION | Peças Desgarradas: a origem dos materiais (Stray Pieces: the origin of materials), and  EXHIBITION | Peças Resgatadas: práticas conceptuais e construtivas (Rescued Pieces: conceptual and constructive practices), ADEGA - PELE, Azevedo, Porto.

> 20th July. FÓRUM NADA NOVO FINAL EVENT, ADEGA - PELE, Azevedo, Porto. Conversations, exhibitions and mini-workshops marking the end of the FÓRUM NADA NOVO Project.

> 17th - 20th July. MINI WORKSHOPS, ADEGA - PELE, Azevedo, Porto.

> 4th - 17th July. WORKSHOP | Peças Resgatadas: práticas conceptuais e construtivas (Rescued Pieces: conceptual and constructive practices). ADEGA - PELE, Azevedo, Porto.

> 4th June. INTERMÉDIOS contract with Direção-Geral das Artes (Portugal) within the scope of support for Creation - Architecture.

> June. ‘Deep Re-use’ is published within the book 'The Pedagogies of Re-Use' by Routledge (UK). Co-authored by Jonny Pugh, co-founder NADA NOVO, the chapter shares a number of the conceptual themes being explored by the association.

> 31st May - 1st June. Participation and lecture ‘Reuse in construction: mapping the “mines” for our future’ in the festival ‘Gentler Futures’, Lisbon. Coordination: By The End of May

> 3rd May. Parallel activity of the FORÚM NADA NOVO project at Garagem Avenida, Guimarães: O percurso do Namalet: Mapear para a urgência de reutilização no contexto de ruínas da guerra (The path of Namalet: Mapping for the urgency of reuse in the context of war ruins). Sarah Shrbaji.

> May. NADA NOVO joins the European organization for circular construction: Circular[x]Change, and participates online in the annual event of 2024 ‘How will the circular transition transform architectural practice’.

> 19th April. Inauguration and conversation, RE-EXHIBITION | Peças Desgarradas: a origem dos materiais (Stray Pieces: the origin of materials), Gallery of Garagem Avenida, Guimarães.

> March - May. Workshop to support the production of NEROVNOST-ACE, ACE-Escola de Artes, Porto.

> 22nd March. Inauguration and conversation, EXHIBITION | Peças Desgarradas: a origem dos materiais (Stray Pieces: the origin of materials), INSTITUTO, Porto.

> 11th March. Organization and moderation of the lecture by Victor Meesters (ROTOR): From Spolia to Opalis, Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP).

> 22nd February. Video conference for the Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon [PRAXIS] 7.º Ciclo de Vídeoconferências. (video recording here ).

> 24th January - 1st February. WORKSHOP | Peças Desgarradas: a origem dos materiais (Stray Pieces: the origin of materials). Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP), Porto | School of Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho (EAAD), Guimarães.

2023


> 10th November. FÓRUM NADA NOVO contract with Direção-Geral das Artes (Portugal) within the scope of support for Creation - Architecture.

> 29th September. Participation + moderation (Cláudia Escaleira), in the 1st edition of the International Seminar Shift – Arquitetura e Sustentabilidade, under the theme ‘Arquitetura Material’ (Material Architecture). Casa da Arquitectura, Matosinhos, curated by architect Paulo Moreira.

> July. ‘No Original’ proposal developed for ‘open call’ by the CIRCULAR BUILDINGS COALITION (Europe).

> 5th June. Foundation of the NADA NOVO association, on World Environment Day.