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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.
Diário do Minho
Various architects attended the presentation of the second edition of the Manuel Graça Dias Award.
Yesterday, the dstgroup and the Portuguese Architects’ Association presented the second edition of the Manuel Graça Dias dst Award at a ceremony held in the Vítor Aguiar e Silva Auditorium at the company’s campus in Braga. Among those present were Eduardo Souto de Moura, who praised his “great friend” Manuel Graça, who passed away in 2019 and who had a “very different” vision of architecture from him.
“We greatly respected each other. I admired him even though he had a completely different language,” explained the man who designed the Braga Town Hall.
Before Souto Moura spoke, Manuel de Oliveira performed two beautiful songs: one dedicated to his 23-year-old daughter and the other to the Nicolinas. Afterwards, Souto de Moura told the story of the process that led him to “plan the architecture” of the quarry in delicious detail, some of which had never been previously disclosed. He also told us, but in a “shorter” presentation, about the project that is already underway on the dst campus, (one part of) which he designed, with the other part by Siza Vieira.
Applications for the award can be submitted from yesterday until 15 January 2025, and the winner will be announced by 28 March 2025.
The ceremony was also attended by the chairperson of the awarding jury, Egas José Vieira, along with the head of the Portuguese Association of Architects, Avelino Oliveira, the member appointed by dst to sit on the awarding jury, José Manuel Carvalho Araújo, and the councillor for Urban Planning, among other portfolios, from Braga Municipality, João Rodrigues, along with the chairperson of the dstgroup, José Teixeira.
In an emotional and well-prepared speech, he said it was “an honor” to be launching “the second edition of the Manuel Graça Dias dst award,” adding that he believes “in architecture very much” and in what it “can do for the health of those who live in cities or villages.”
“Beautiful things work better and biology distinguishes beauty from ugliness,” he stated, recalling that architecture has “enormous economic value and enormous significance to the happiness of communities.”
The award, entirely financed by the dstgroup, is worth €20,000 and will be awarded to the winner on 11 April 2025, the date of Manuel Graça Dias’ birthday.
After praising Manuel Graça Dias, stating that “I was attracted and seduced by his vision and ability to generate empathy and the way he spoke about beautiful things. It was only afterwards that I learnt about his work.” He tried to look to the future – “How to avoid insularity in cities is an answer that has to be given by urban planners, geographers, designers, architects and psychologists” – and then he launched a challenge.
José Teixeira called for a “paradigm shift.”
“Architecture has had its modernist and its post-modernist and neo-post-modernist movements. But the paradigm is the same as pre-modernism. It is an art in which there has been no paradigm shift,” he added, and called for action from the new architects.
“The architecture profession is one of those that can invent the future, but to do so it has to have power,” he added, ending, as always, with an “elaborate” phrase.
“Everyone has opinions on everything, even if they have never studied on a course or read a book on the subject, and their opinion has the same value as someone who has studied and thought about that all their life. That is life. But it is with this awareness that we launched” (this award) “in the hope that a paradigm shift will begin, just like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, which grew into a tree and where the birds of the air rest in its branches,” he concluded.
Head of the Portuguese Association of Architects praises the “quality of the architects” from Braga and the “architecture of Braga.”
The head of the Portuguese Association of Architects (OA), Avelino Oliveira, praised the “quality of the architects” from Braga and also the "magnificent architecture" of Braga.
He then revealed that more than 50 per cent of the members of the OA are “under the age of 40.” “We are a young professional class and architects are also an example of virtue and strength in Portugal. What we wish, and this is what we are striving for, is to continue promoting quality work. And to do that we need everyone’s co-operation,” he stated.