About us
domusrehabita is a Lisbon-based office focused on the development and innovation of the built environment, architecture and urbanism. Founded in 2004, the office’s unique approach is shaped by the experiences of over 60 projects to date. Our projects range from small buildings to 1 000 hectares master plans.
We collaborate with a diverse client base: public sector parties, institutions as well as companies and private clients. Other strategic development projects include 27 urban regeneration strategies in Portugal (including urban rehabilitation strategy of Lisbon 2011-2024). At domusrehabita, the multidisciplinary team shares one vision – to produce high-quality and innovative solutions.
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Resident Team
Partner/CEO
Catarina Antunes
With a degree in Architecture, she has 24 years of experience in architecture and urban planning, having collaborated also in the "Analysis of Financial, Fiscal and Parafiscal Instruments that can be used in relation to the scope of the Land Law" and in the preparation of the "Code of Real Estate Appraisals". She was part of the working group that created the "Lines of Reference for Advanced Urban Management for Municipal Land Policies, with Methodologies for the Achievement of a Fair Value of the Land, Real Estate and Urban Support Infrastructures", and also for the "Legal Regime of Urban Rehabilitation" in Portugal. It is part of the multidisciplinary teams that have drawn up various "Municipal Tax Regulations" for a several municipalities. She is the author of about 30 Urban Rehabilitation Strategies in Portugal and more recently she is part of the coordination team of the project "Almada Innovation District".
e-mail: catarina.antunes@domusrehabita.com
Education
UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA
Architect, 1999
FACULDADE DE ARQUITECTURA DA UNIVERSIDADE TÉCNICA DE LISBOA
M.D. in Rehabilitation of Buildings and Urban Areas, 2004
Activities & Affiliations
Specialist in Heritage Rehabilitation and Recovery, Diagnostic Methodology and Intervention Strategies, and Management and Monitoring in Urban Environment.
Graduated in Rehabilitation and Recovery of Architectural Heritage from the American Institute of Architects, University of Oklahoma - USA, under the guidance of the Portuguese Architects Association.
World Monuments Fund, Member
INTABAU – Internacional Network for Tradicional Building, Achitectura & Urbanism, Member
CECI – Centro de Estudos Avançados para a Conservação Integrada, Member
Association of Portuguese Architects, Member
Partner
Carlos Lobo
Professor at the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law, Edit or various publications in the areas of Tax Law, Economic Law, Public Finance, Environmental Law and the Organisation of Territory and the Community, as well as various teams of government assessment projects.
He has a PhD, a M.D. and a Law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and was Secretary of State for Tax Affairs between 2008 and 2009, Assistant to the Minister of Finance's Office between 1995 and 1999, Adviser to the Minister of Finance's Office until 2001, and Deputy Rector of the University of Lisbon until 2012. Tax Partner at EY.
e-mail: carlos.lobo@domusrehabita.com
Education
FACULDADE DE DIREITO DA UNIVERSIDADE CLÁSSICA DE LISBOA
Ph.D., Law and Economics, University of Lisbon, 2008
LLM, Law, University of Lisbon, 1998
B.Sc., Law and Economics, University of Lisbon, 1994
Activities
• Over 28 years of experience across the civil service, academia, politics, and the private sector
Expert in Tax Policy, with multiple appointments in advising tax policy across the private and public sector
Teacher at Law School at University of Lisbon since 1993
Vice-Rector of University of Lisbon - 2009-2015
Tax Lead Advisor to the Minister of Finance - 1995-2003
PROJECT MANAGERS
José Ferreira, senior civil engineer
José Ferreira graduated in 2005 from the Faculty of Engineering of the Lusófona University in Lisbon. He has more than 14 years of experience in the development and elaboration of projects for planning, preparation and management of construction works, having dedicated a large part of his professional activity to urban planning, being responsible for the management and implementation of the "Advanced Model of Application of Compensatory Mechanisms" in urbanistic plans. He joined the team in 2005.
e-mail: jose.ferreira@domusrehabita.com
Paulo Viegas, senior architect
Since 2003, when he graduated as architect in the Faculty of Architectre of the Lusíada University in Lisbon, he has regularly developed his activity as an architect in the field of Architecture, Planning and Urban Rehabilitation, monitoring the entire execution process, from the feasibility study to the implementation of projects. On the project side, it also develops three-dimensional visualization models, through the construction of virtual environments and images appealing and strongly characterized, enabling the end customer to early promotion of their investment. He joined the team in 2007.
e-mail: paulo.viegas@domusrehabita.com
Catarina Martins, junior architect
She's "our youngest". Catarina has a degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon since 2016 and has an integrated M.D. since 2018. She joined the team in 2019 and after doing her internship with us, she gained experience and is now our junior architect.
e-mail: catarina.martins@domusrehabita.com