Project name: Portfolio Vinhos Office
Office: studium
Architect: Sérgio Miguel Magalhães
Collaborators: Catarina Rodrigues, Hugo Martins, Miguel Barbosa, Tiago Nogueira
Location: R. Terços, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Conclusion year: 2020
Build Area: 873,28 m2
Client: Portfolio Vinhos
Photographer: Ivo Tavares Studio / @ivotavaresstudio
The Portfolio Vinhos Office by Studium Creative Studio explores how architecture can embody both the tangible and intangible values of a company rooted in wine culture. Instead of resorting to clichés like mission statements on walls, the design creates an emotional and spatial narrative that allows visitors and employees to experience the essence of wine through space, light, and atmosphere.
A Promenade of Experiences
The office is designed as a continuous journey, where each space flows into the next like a promenade. This architectural gesture stretches the available floorplan, making every transition meaningful. Public areas and private spaces are carefully sequenced to balance accessibility and intimacy. Views, shadows, and materials are orchestrated to create an evolving atmosphere—calm, textured, and deeply immersive.
Wine as a Sacred Narrative
At the heart of the Portfolio Vinhos Office lies its most striking feature: a space conceived almost as a chapel. This central room elevates wine beyond product, transforming it into a subject of reverence. Carefully detailed and meticulously designed, the chamber feels both ceremonial and intimate. It encourages reflection, appreciation, and connection—between people, and between humanity and nature’s gift of wine.
Materials, Shadows, and Atmosphere
Shadows play a key role in shaping the architecture. Rather than relying on decorative statements, Studium Creative Studio used light and darkness to compose a rhythm across the interiors. Natural textures, strong yet elegant materials, and carefully framed views connect the office to its broader context and to the cultural weight of winemaking itself.
A Holistic Design Philosophy
The Portfolio Vinhos Office is more than a workplace. It is an architectural essay on reciprocity—what people bring to space and what the space, in turn, gives back. Every corner was designed not simply to serve a function but to evoke emotion, invite contemplation, and strengthen human connections. This holistic approach transforms a potentially ordinary program into an extraordinary architectural experience.
