Architect Nuno Melo Sousa lives and works in northern Portugal. His work can be briefly characterised as making spaces that provide sensory and emotional experiences. The use and combination of materials, often bare, takes advantage of their textures and tactile and expressive qualities, as does the use of light and shadow, which throughout the day provide different sensory experiences in his works. Each building is an exercise in exploring this relationship between form, light, and materials, which translate into functional spaces that are also capable of engaging us emotionally. This issue is entirely dedicated to his various projects, spread across Portugal and Brazil.