# WALLNUT Design+Build

> WALLNUT is a premium architecture, engineering, and design-build firm based in Lisbon, Portugal, with offices in São Paulo, Brazil. Founded in 2016. Specializes in high-end residential, hospitality, wellness, and professional spaces. Full BIM workflow with integrated reality capture (laser scanning, photogrammetry, drone surveys) and immersive visualization (VR walkthroughs, AR on-site).

## Core Services

- Architecture and interior design (full BIM, Revit)
- Structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering (in-house since 2022)
- Construction management and design-build delivery
- Consultancy: feasibility studies, cost analysis, project planning
- Reality capture: laser scanning, photogrammetry, Matterport 3D tours
- Immersive visualization: VR walkthroughs, AR on-site, high-end architectural renders
- HVAC and environmental control design
- BIM coordination and clash detection

## Key Facts

- Founded: 2016
- Headquarters: Rua Nova do Almada 59, 3º, 1200-288 Lisboa, Portugal
- Brazil office: Av. Paulista 1374, 11º Andar 104, 01310-100 São Paulo, Brazil
- Team size: ~22 employees (architects, civil engineers, mechanical engineer, electrical engineers, BIM coordinator, 3D specialist, brand lead)
- First €1M invoiced: 2021
- In-house engineering: since 2022
- Brazil expansion: 2024
- 57% of projects from repeat clients
- 50 hours/week invested in R&D
- Operating entities: Inwall Lda (NIPC 514200421) + Hard Wall Lda (NIPC 515809098)
- Design methodology: Full Building Information Modeling (BIM)
- Technology stack: Revit, AutoCAD, Matterport Pro 3, DJI drones (Matrice 350 RTK, Mini 4 Pro), LiDAR scanning, Sony A7R V, Insta360 X4, Meta Quest 3 VR headsets

## Construction Zones

### Residential and Signature Properties
- Luxury condominiums and apartments
- Exclusive villas and mansions
- Penthouse suites
- Restored heritage properties
- New builds and full rehabilitations

### Professional and Adaptive Spaces
- Modern office fit-outs for hybrid work
- Industrial complexes
- Co-working and collaboration hubs
- Research and development facilities

### Hospitality and Wellness Complexes
- Sustainable resorts with integrated wellness centres
- Hammams and thermal retreats
- Boutique hotels and contemporary aparthotels
- Exclusive retreats and private lodges

## Design philosophy

- Architecture-led: each project starts as a design problem, not a construction quote. The brief, the site and the light come before the budget.
- Restraint and material honesty over decoration; the design is resolved in full BIM before anything is built.
- One studio, one contract: the team that designs a project also builds it, so the design reaches handover intact instead of being value-engineered away.
- Proven across scale and typology, from a 650 m² Douro quinta restoration to an 11,000 m² hospitality complex.

## Selected Projects

- Hotel Umay: wellness hotel, Melides (Comporta coast), 11,000 m²
- Hotel Oasis: hotel in the historic centre of Oeiras, 1,000 m²
- Villa Ninho d'Águia: private residence, Albufeira, 2,000 m²
- Villa at Costa Terra: private residence, Comporta, 1,200 m²
- Villa Figueira: private residence, São Paulo (Brazil), 800 m²
- Casa do Paço: quinta restoration, Paços de Gaiolo (Douro), 650 m²

## Specialized Capabilities

- Specialised controlled-environment and industrial facility design and construction (large-scale complexes built in Portugal)
- Hotel and hospitality turnkey delivery
- Controlled-environment and agro-industrial facilities
- Full reality capture to BIM pipeline
- Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) methodology

## Geographic Focus

- Primary market: Portugal (Lisbon, Algarve, Alentejo, Porto region)
- Secondary market: Brazil (São Paulo, Campinas)
- Design services available internationally

## Related Companies

- Kannaplan (kannaplan.com): specialised controlled-environment facility design and compliance
- Hivewall: Property development
- Carpingloria: Carpentry and LSF/wood frame construction
- rhizologic (rhizologic.com): Biotechnology and soil microbiome research

## Contact

- Website: https://wallnut.pt
- Email: info@wallnut.pt
- Phone: +351 212 071 122
- Instagram: @wallnut.pt
- LinkedIn: WALLNUT Design + Build
- Facebook: wallnut.pt

## Links

- Home: https://www.wallnut.pt/
- Services: https://www.wallnut.pt/services
- Work/Portfolio: https://www.wallnut.pt/work
- About/Team: https://www.wallnut.pt/about
- Contact: https://www.wallnut.pt/contact