Paraíso, Hoje. | Space Collectors

The project Paraíso, hoje. critically explores contemporaneity as “paradise”, considering that we live in the best conditions ever, driven by advanced technologies. However, inequality and the rampant exploitation of resources coexist – a paradoxical paradise where evolution and inequality collide. In Portugal, paradise is often symbolized by beaches and coastal landscapes, but this reality includes urban pressures, speculation, and overtourism, while the country’s inland regions face a sharp demographic loss.

05.11.2026—03.01.2027

CCB, Centro Cultural de Belém

10:00am to 6:30pm

Opening 4, 04.11.26

Centro Cultural de Belém
Floor -1

Free admission

Portugal’s Official Representation at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia 2025 now arrives at MAC/CCB. Offering a critical reflection on the relationships between architecture, landscape, and territory in contemporary Portugal, the project adopts the notion of “paradise” as a metaphor through which to think about the present. Situated between utopia and dystopia, nature and construction, reality and simulation, the exhibition brings together an interactive digital installation and an atlas of images and texts exploring different ways of inhabiting, transforming, and imagining the landscape.

Opening
Wednesday, November 4, at the Architecture Centre

7:00pm – Opening of the exhibition
8:00pm – Vinyl Launch + Performance by Jorge Queijo
During the opening, Jorge Queijo, creator of the soundscape for Paradise, Today., presents a performance inspired by the atmospheres and transforming territories that emerge throughout the installation.

Talk
Saturday, November 7 at 4:00pm, at Architecture Centre

Paraíso, Hoje.

Paula Melâneo Curator
Pedro Bandeira Curator
Luca Martinucci Curator
Catarina Raposo Deputy Curator
Nuno Cera Deputy Curator
Space Collectors Executive Production
Francisca Branco Production Coordination
Paolo Piccinin Venice Production
Giovanna Tissi Venice Production
Miguel Côrte-Real Translation and Proofreading
Julia Albani Press Office Coord.
Giovanna Tissi Press Office
Helena César Press Office
Vivóeusébio Graphic Design
Marco Reixa Webdesign

Installation

18—25 Research Studio, Luca Martinucci Digital Art R&D
18—25 Research Studio, Filipe Alves Digital Art R&D
18—25 Research, Raúl Soler del Vas Digital Art R&D
Filipe Alves CGI Coordination
Nuno Cera Video Shooting
Jorge Queijo Sound Design
Space Collectors Technological and Exhibition Project
Luca Martinucci Technological and Exhibition Project
Filipe Alves Technological and Exhibition Project
Panoramah! - Pedro Araújo, Isabel Almeida, Jérémy Pernet Technical Support
Panoramah! - Helder Borges, Gustavo Faria, Paulo Ferreira Construction and Assembly Panoramah!
Space Collectors - Catarina Machado, Iorgos Konstantinidis, Pedro Alves, Rita Ferreira Space Collectors

Atlas

Pedro Bandeira Editor Coord.
Paula Melâneo Editor
Luca Martinucci Editor
Catarina Raposo Deputy Editor
Nuno Cera Deputy Editor
António Guerreiro, Catarina Raposo, Luca Martinucci, Maria Manuel Oliveira, Nuno Cera, Nuno da Luz, Paula Melâneo, Pedro Bandeira Essay Authors
Aurora Carapinha, João Gomes da Silva, João Nunes, Luís Paulo Faria Ribeiro Interviewees
Various authors Architecture Works
Various authors Photography
Various authors Graphic Design

Pavilion of Portugal

Ministério da Cultura, Juventude e Desporto Margarida Balseiro Lopes, Ministra da Cultura, Juventude e Desporto Organisation
Direção Geral das Artes Américo Rodrigues, Diretor-Geral Commissioner
DGArtes Catarina Correia Raquel Monteiro Sofia Isidoro Executive Production and Communication
João L. Moreira Venice Production
Kennis Translations, S.A Translation

Organisation and Commissioner

DGArtes — República Portuguesa

Partner and Main Sponsor

Panoramah!

Production

Space Collectors

Institutional Partners

Casa da Arquitectura
MAC/CCB
Trienal da Arquitectura
Escola de Arquitectura, Arte e Design , Universidade do Minho
CM Matosinhos
AICEP Portugal Global
Compete 2030