Architect and master builder, Arroios
Studio
Two trades under one roof
Vasse was set up in 2019 in a former print shop in Arroios. We are an architect and a master builder, and we share every drawing.
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Arroios, Lisbon
The drawing room, cleared for a client visit.
How we work
01
Survey
We measure the room by hand over two or three visits, at different hours, and draw what we find before proposing anything.
02
Drawing
Plans, sections and every joint at full scale. You see the drawings as they are made and can change them at any point.
03
Building, then returning
We build with a small group of trades we have known for years, and come back a year later to see how the room has aged.
The people
Marta trained as an architect in Porto and spent eight years restoring churches before starting the studio.
Rui is a master builder. He runs the workshop downstairs and is on every site, every day.
Around them, a joiner, a plasterer and a stonemason they have worked with for years.
Marta Reis
Architect
Draws every room by hand before it is built.
Rui Vaz
Master builder
Runs the site and the workshop in Arroios.
From the site
Lisbon & Alentejo
It starts with a visit
Shall we walk through your rooms together?
Tell us about the place, the people who live there and what is not working. We reply within three working days.