Virgínio Moutinho — Na Oficina do Arquitecto
Virgínio Moutinho is an architect, collector, and toy maker.
Virgínio Moutinho — In the Architect’s Workshop is a temporary exhibition that brings together a vast collection of toys and constructions produced over the past four decades. Among handcrafted toys, mechanisms, collected books, and auteur films, the collection reveals a complex universe — childish, playful, at times sensual, deeply personal, and simultaneously universal.
The design of this exhibition is based on the use of cardboard platforms at different heights to evoke the movement in Virgínio’s artwork and the bustling atmosphere of his workshop. The more than 500 pieces on display have been grouped by formal similarities into clusters of vibrant colors that highlight the pieces and divide them by theme. The author’s sketches serve as the graphic basis for the color bands and communication materials. The visual identity of the communication is based on a saturated palette from which some of the exhibited pieces emerge.
In the Galeria da Casa, the central installation invites visitors to wander freely and immerse themselves in the author’s universe. In the Espaço Ferreira Alves, the workshop is evoked as a territory open to experimentation, where toys continue to be conceived and where workshops and public events take place.
client
Casa da Arquitectura
Centro Português de Arquitectura
year
2025
location
Matosinhos, Porto
artworks
Virgínio Moutinho
exhibition curator
Marco Ginoulhiac
production
Casa da Arquitectura
design
united by
Daniela Teixeira
Margarida Ferreira Silva
Miguel Palmeiro
Pedro Sousa
contractors
Agente — Meios de Publicidades
ESAG — Estúdio de Artes Gráficas
Fernando Reis Lda.
JLima & Pires
photos
Ivo Tavares
2025 © united by
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Virgínio Moutinho — In the Architect’s Workshop is a temporary exhibition that brings together a vast collection of toys and constructions produced over the past four decades. Among handcrafted toys, mechanisms, collected books, and auteur films, the collection reveals a complex universe — childish, playful, at times sensual, deeply personal, and simultaneously universal.
The design of this exhibition is based on the use of cardboard platforms at different heights to evoke the movement in Virgínio’s artwork and the bustling atmosphere of his workshop. The more than 500 pieces on display have been grouped by formal similarities into clusters of vibrant colors that highlight the pieces and divide them by theme. The author’s sketches serve as the graphic basis for the color bands and communication materials. The visual identity of the communication is based on a saturated palette from which some of the exhibited pieces emerge.
In the Galeria da Casa, the central installation invites visitors to wander freely and immerse themselves in the author’s universe. In the Espaço Ferreira Alves, the workshop is evoked as a territory open to experimentation, where toys continue to be conceived and where workshops and public events take place.
client
Casa da Arquitectura
Centro Português de Arquitectura
year
2025
location
Matosinhos, Porto
artworks
Virgínio Moutinho
exhibition curator
Marco Ginoulhiac
production
Casa da Arquitectura
design
united by
Daniela Teixeira
Margarida Ferreira Silva
Miguel Palmeiro
Pedro Sousa
contractors
Agente — Meios de Publicidades
ESAG — Estúdio de Artes Gráficas
Fernando Reis Lda.
JLima & Pires
photos
Ivo Tavares
2025 © united by
next project