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Respect. (from the lat. respectu) n. 1. respect; 2. consideration; high regard; 3. deference; compliance; veneration; 4. honour; worship; 5. relation; refererence...
We believe that everyone should be respected for their work, for their attitudes, opinions and options.
Rigor. (from the lat. rigore) n. 1. harshness; strength; 2.fig., severity; punctuality; accuracy.
There is no "more or less levelled", "more or less upright”, "more or less clean" or "more or less safe", but rather “levelled”, "upright”, "clean” and “safe". The rigour is reflected in our procedures, in time and in the rules to follow. In the light of moral and principles, being severe means being rigorous.
Passion. (from the lat. passione) n. 1. intense and usually violent feeling (affection, joy, hate, etc.) which hinders the exercise of impartial logic; 2. derived from a feeling; 3. great predilection; 4. partiality; 5. great grief; immense suffering...
Under the sign of passion – a text of the Portuguese poet Regina Guimarães – is our icon. Passion is to reveal great enthusiasm for something, favourable encouragement or opposite to something.
It is the sensibility transmitted by an architect or engineer through work.
Passion is the dedication to a project. Passion is a state of warm soul.
Loyalty. (from the lat. legalitate) n. the quality of being loyal; fidelity; sincerity.
Respect for the principles and rules that guide the honour and probity. Faithfulness to commitments and agreements undertaken, staunch character.
To remain loyal to the business partners because we depend on them and they depend on us.
Being trustworthy for being loyal.
Solidarity. (from the lat. solidare) n. 1. the quality of being solidary; 2. reciprocal responsibility among the members of a group, namely social, professional, etc.; 3. sense of sharing another’s suffering.
Being solidary is being a friend, offering our hand with genuine generosity and bringing joy and human warmth to those who, somehow, are marginalized. Being solidary is being more human. A solidary company is recognized as a fair and non-selfish company. A solidary company is a preferred choice in business. It is a more competitive company. Volunteering is a vehicle to solidarity. It is modern, fair, cultured, friend, it is a noble gesture of moral elevation.
Courage. (from the lat. coraticum) n. 1. bravery facing danger; intrepidity; to have audacity; 2. moral force before a suffering or setback; 3. [fig.] to input energy when performing a difficult task; perseverance...
Courage is essential in our life. Courage to face less pleasant situations when complex issues come up, not expecting random resolutions.
It is a value that we must highlight as opposed to the fearful, cowardly and laziness.
The courage to react to criticism not with an attitude of demotivation or sadness, but rather to search for the means and the action to overcome its own reason. This kind of courage, which is also an intellectual courage, is highly recommended.
Ambition. (from the lat. ambitione) n. 1. vehement desire of wealth, honours or glories; 2. expectation about the future; aspiration; 3. lust; greed…
Vehement desire to achieve a particular goal. Ambition not to resign ourselves. Ambition to take the best potential from ourselves. Ambition to deserve ourselves. Ambition to be athletes in our top-level competitive jobs. Ambition to beat our brands. Ambition to get the best deals with the maximum value, due to the high levels of proficiency and efficiency.
Esthetics. ESTHETICS (from the Greek aisthetiké, "sensitive") n.f. 1. Philosophy branch of philosophy that studies the beauty and nature of artistic phenomena; 2. author's own style, time, etc.; 3. harmony of shapes and colors, beauty; 4. set of techniques and treatments that aim to beautify the body.
We decided to build the company's economic foundations under a cultured, cosmopolitan and cool image. Because it is a charming state of being. Good taste because we are sustainable and we respect the planet. Good taste because we are sensitive. Good taste just because.
Responsibility. (from the lat respondere) n. the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; a form of trustworthiness.
We must be certain that, before a choice, we chose what is best for both of us and not just the best for each one. Each employee is responsible for his negotiated activity and co-responsible if the co-worker does not fulfil his own task, thus preventing the common goal. A team is a set of individuals - is a whole. In the business game, as in social or family contexts, everyone must comply with their own relative position and we shall not permit that one of ours fails to be in our team.
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Exhibitions. Dstgroup, the Braga-based business group led by José Teixeira, will be attending the Venice Biennale of Architecture and Triennale Milano. Under the slogan “a new international approach for the construction sector”, the company proposes a building culture inspired by sustainability, inclusion and urban cohesion. In Venice, it is supporting the Holy See’s “Open Work” project, while in Milan, it presents industrial modules as part of the Norman Foster Foundation exhibition “Inequalities”, launching the latest company in the group, zethaus.
The Venice Biennale of Architecture and Triennale Milano: two major cultural events with great significance in the field of architecture and design; two events where dstgroup is appearing with what it describes as a “new international approach for the construction sector”. Beyond simply presenting “technical solutions”, the Braga-based business group led by José Teixeira offers what he calls a “new building culture with the ambition to define a European manifesto inspired by social inclusion and committed to urban, environmental and community cohesion”.
Milan and Venice, two stops on the transformative journey the company embarked on a few months ago. We begin with the latter. The Venice Biennale of Architecture officially launched on 10 May (and ends on 23 November). Here, the group continues its support of the Holy See’s “Open Work” project, commissioned by Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça and presented a few weeks before the death of Pope Francis, from whom it inherits the encyclical “Laudato Si”, calling for renewed collective intelligence about the places we inhabit. The Holy See Pavillion is a symbolic and physical intervention in a working-class neighbourhood of Venice, where the restoration of the former oratory of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice (Our Lady of Help of Christians) provides the starting point for a deeper reflection on “Reuse, sharing and regeneration”.
“Our aim to make this parable/pavilion a concrete architectural representation of the prophetic intuition contained in the ‘Laudato Si’, becoming an active laboratory for collective human intelligence, which brings together reason and sentiment, professionalism and sharing, research and daily life”, explained Portuguese Cardinal José Tolentino Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery of Culture and Education.
In the Pavillion, described as a “building site, an ongoing process where everyone is invited to contribute”, a parable will unfold, “as while the walls and architectural details of the building are repaired, neighbourly relationships and dialogue are also healed, thus simultaneously rebuilding the physical space and the social space”. The Holy See Pavillion is curated by Marina Otero Verzier and Giovanna Zabotti, with architectural design by the Mexican Tatiana Bilbao, working in collaboration with Catalan collective MAIO Architects. The 550-metre square space belongs to Venice Council, who have loaned it to the Dicastery for Culture and Education for four years. Rather than sponsorship, dstgroup views this initiative as a means of advocating for one of the key concepts of its philosophy of construction: “reuse”.
This does not just refer to structures or materials, but also to ideas, spaces, traditions and solutions that enhance what has already been built physically and symbolically. A new urbanism “that restores community values and integrates sustainable industrial practices. This idea is reinforced in Milan with a contribution to the Norman Foster Foundation’s "Inequalities” exhibition. For the exhibition, the group created two industrially built modules, prototypes of the new building paradigm which, in the words of the Braga-based group, “combines the precision of industrial manufacturing with the poetics of architectural auteurism”. Rejecting what it calls depersonalised standardisation, dst is preparing to launch a new industrial construction company, zethaus, which aims to combine affordability and speed with human and aesthetic qualities. “We don’t just erect structures. We create spaces that enhance the human experience while respecting the planet’s limits”, affirms José Teixeira.
The modules were built in the LivingLab at the dstgroup campus in Braga, where they were developed in partnership with Norman Foster.