Plano Humano Arquitectos

Plano Humano Arquitectos was founded in Lisbon in 2008 by architects Helena Vieira and Pedro Ferreira. Both founders were born in Lisbon and continue to lead the practice with project manager Vítor Sá and a wider team of architects and designers. Its work extends across Portugal and abroad, covering residential, cultural, religious, educational, commercial and community programmes.

The studio investigates how materials, techniques and construction systems can define space together, with timber and other natural materials recurring throughout its work. Construction is not treated as a technical layer applied after form has been determined; patterns of use, structural rhythm, maintenance and environmental context shape the architecture from the outset. Mata do Paraíso Scout Park continues this approach through an economical timber frame, translucent enclosures and open colonnades calibrated to collective life in the forest.