Aires Mateus Architecture是一家位於葡萄牙里斯本的建築事務所，由創始人Manuel Aires Mateus和Francisco Aires Mateus兩兄弟成立於1988年。該事務所旨在對建築保持開放性的理解，實現建築的核心本質，以打造當代葡萄牙引人深思的建築。

Aires Mateus Architecture is an architectural practice based in Lisbon， Portugal， founded in 1988 by two brothers， Manuel Aires Mateus and Francisco Aires Mateus。 The firm aims to maintain an open understanding of architecture and realize its core essence in order to create thought-provoking architecture in contemporary Portugal。

Manuel Aires Mateus， 1963年出生於里斯本，1986年畢業於里斯本大學建築學院。1983年，他開始與建築師Gonalo Byrne合作，1988年開始與他的兄弟Francisco一起開發專案。工作規模的擴大使得他們建立了一個更大、更自主的空間來滿足需求。

Manuel Aires Mateus， born in Lisbon in 1963， graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon in 1986。 He began working with architect Goncalo Byrne in 1983 and began developing projects with his brother Francisco in 1988。 The increase in the size of their work has led them to build a larger， more autonomous space to meet demand。

Aires Mateus的專案一直在處理記憶和知識的作用，以及物質世界和文化世界之間的關係。該作品試圖反映涉及他們的每一個尺度，喚起設計的意願。它在時間的連續性中尋找形狀和物質的永恆狀態。他們的空間解決方案是明確和正式定義的，同時強調抵抗和永續性是建築的核心品質。

The Aires Mateus project has been dealing with the role of memory and knowledge， as well as the relationship between the physical and cultural worlds。 The work attempts to reflect every scale involved in them， evoking the will of design。 It looks for shapes and eternal states of matter in the continuity of time。 Their spatial solution is clear and formally defined， while emphasizing resistance and permanence as core qualities of architecture。

為了實現抽象的形式，他們的專案通常是基於實體和空間之間的精確平衡。在這些建築中，立面的定義是透過從主要形式中減去體量，賦予空間形狀。Aires Mateus展示了他們對空間的理解，這是“加減法，建築挖掘”的結果。

To achieve abstract form， their projects are often based on a precise balance between physical and spatial。 In these buildings， the facade is defined to give shape to the space by subtracting volume from the main form。 Aires Mateus showed their understanding of space as a result of “addition and subtraction， architectural excavation”。