Aleksandrina Rizova | Luca Rizzi Brignoli | Amanda Bate | Linda Hagberg | Richard Beckett | Leonhard Clemens | Wendy Teo

A new façade for the Ermida N.S.Conceição, Lisbon 2010

This is an ongoing project for a new façade for the Ermida N.S.Conceição, which is an old chapel recently reconverted into a prestigious cultural centre in Lisbon. Being a small but historically relevant chapel, the building is dwarfed by its proximity to the famous Jeronimous Monastery and also due to its unremarkable outer presence. During the Great Lisbon Earthquake it was strongly damaged, having lost its Baroque interior and also some of its outer decorations.
Consequently, the aim is to re-establish the dignity of the chapel with a grand new outer façade. The construction of this is due in December 2010.


Aleksandrina Rizova is a Bulgarian student who is currently a 4th year student in Diploma Unit 20 at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL. She took her Bachelors degree at Kingston University, having been awarded the Komfort Award at RIBA President's medals in 2008.
Amanda Bate is English with a mixed Chinese background. She is currently a 4th year student in Diploma Unit 20 at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL.
Leonhard Clemens is a German student who was taught at the State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart (AdBK) and worked for Graft Architects Berlin before moving to London. He received the Rudolf Lodders-Prize in 2009 and since 2008 he is a scholarship holder of the Deutsche Studentenförderung of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. He is now a 4th year student in Diploma Unit 20 at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL.
Linda Hagberg is Swedish. She took her BSc studies in architecture at the University of Westminster and RMIT, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, before joining the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL where she is currently in her 4th year.
Luca Rizzi Brignoli is an Italian student who trained in architecture and urbanism at the POLITECNICO DI MILANO before joining the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL where he is currently a 4th year student. He worked for Jacobs Webber in London, Aarstiderne Architecter in Copenhagen, and DP Architects in Singapore. He won the second prize in a competition in Milan, Italy (AAA Architetti Cercasi).
Richard Beckett is an English student who previously trained at the University of Westminster. He is currently a 4th year student in Diploma Unit 20 at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL.
Wendy Teo is a Chinese Malaysian architectural designer who graduated from FengChia University and National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. Her work was awarded several international prizes, including the 1st Prize in Holcim Sustainable Architecture Competition (Next generation category) and Distinction work in Revit Cup Architectural Competition of China in 2008. She is currently a 4th year student in Diploma Unit 20 at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL.

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