Weaving
Under the Skin transforms discarded women’s tights into a spatial, woven sculpture. Once a material worn close to the body, it becomes a carrier of hidden stories in which identity and femininity are made visible.
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Lärchenplatz Campus, Magglingen
Zahlensalat is a spatial intervention developed in collaboration with the HGK and inspired by the project for the further development of SFISM Magglingen.
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Upycling Project
An old steel chair was reinterpreted using woven electrical cables, creating a link between craft-based learning and contemporary design.
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Spatial Intervention
with António Mesquita, Jérôme Philipp, and Sofie Arvidsson
Land Art Festival, Sever do Vouga
MiraVouga is a spatial intervention that opens a dialogue between analog and digital perception. Using augmented reality, a personal image is created in which reality and virtuality merge.
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Sculpture
Porto
Social Metamorphosis addresses the act of breaking out of social cocoons. The work describes a transformation from the real to the unreal—a process in which the self is released from predefined roles.
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After several years working in architectural practice in Basel, her interest in hands-on and experimental processes led her to the field of Textiles and Technical Design (TTG). She is currently completing a Master’s degree in Didactics of Textiles and Technical Design at the University of Teacher Education Bern (PH Bern). Through internships at PH Bern, PH Schwyz, ETH Zurich, and Archijeunes, she has developed strong didactic and research-based skills in architectural and design education.
Based in Basel, she teaches Textiles and Technical Design and Visual Arts at lower secondary level, creating open and experimental learning environments that foster curiosity, creativity, and self-confidence.
2018
2017
2012
Master’s degree in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture Porto (FAUP)
Exchange semester, Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio
Diploma in Textile Arts, Arts High School, EASR, Porto
2025
since 2024
2023-2024
2023
2022-2024
2021-2022
2018-2021
2017-2018
2017
2016
Internship, Archijeunes
Teacher of Textiles and Technical Design & Visual Arts, Lower Secondary Level (Sek I), Basel-Stadt
Research Assistant, Commoning ländliche Baukultur
Internship, PH Bern, Seminar TTG 1
Architect, Beer Merz Architects, Basel
Architect, Atelier Ba.le, Basel
Architect, Rahbaran Hürzeler Architects, Basel
City Guide, Porto
Internship, Beer Merz Architects, Basel
Internship, Charles Pictet Architecte, Geneva
Portuguese Architects Association
since 2022
Project Lead: Natacha Pinheiro & Claire Février (PH Bern)
Project Duration: February 2024 until January 2026
Commoning ländliche Baukultur – Die Baukulturexpert:innen von morgen
Project Lea: Lea Weniger & Prof. Dr. Gila Kolb (PHSZ),
Project Duration: June 2022 until May 2024
Competition for an installation at the Land Art Festival, Sever do Vouga, 2021
1. Prize – There Is Something Gold in Existing
Competition for an installation at the Faculty of Architecture, Porto, 2018
1. Prize – The Road Less Travelled
Competition for an installation at the Faculty of Architecture, Porto, 2017
Pinheiro, Natacha (2018). Entrelaçar/Cestaria Portuguesa: intersecções entre artesanato e arquitectura. Porto: Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto.