About
Jaime Magalhães Júnior.
Architect, creator of worlds and founder of TECNOFABRUM. Barcelona · Porto.
Biography
Architect, creator of worlds.
Jaime Magalhães Júnior is an architect, a creator of worlds and the founder of TECNOFABRUM. Based in Barcelona and Porto, he builds across architecture and urban planning, children’s coloring books, the science fiction of World of Venter, and 3D printing.
TECNOFABRUM is the system that gathers his worlds — made to improve human life through technology. His coloring books are listed on the Books page.
Career
- Education
- Master in Architecture (M.Arch), Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP), 2008–2016; exchange at UNAM (Mexico), 2012–2013; postgraduate studies at EAPA, 2014–2015; doctoral research at FAUP, 2018–2021.
- Professional body
- Member of the Ordem dos Arquitectos (Portugal) since September 2017, member no. 25311.
- Practice
- RDLM Arquitectos, 2017–2020; VHM, 2020; independent architecture practice since 2020.
- Other work
- Take Free Tours in Porto (free walking tours), 2020–2022; architect and sales in the projects department at ICÓNICO since 2023.
- Company
- Founder of TECNOFABRUM — architecture and urban planning, children’s coloring books, the science fiction of World of Venter, and 3D printing. Based in Barcelona and Porto.
Manifesto
An entity that creates worlds.
TECNOFABRUM is a system within a galaxy: a small one, with one purpose. Every world in it is made to improve human life through technology.
Technology in service of people.
Tools, materials and ideas matter when they make daily life better.
Optimism, with both feet on the ground.
We look at what is possible and what can be built. No hype, and no promises we cannot keep.
Curiosity first.
A good page, a good building and a good object all start with a question: why, or what if?
Better lives, through technology.
TECNOFABRUM is optimistic about technology. We work, step by step and at human scale, so that tools help people live better.