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Podcast Bombarda - Pequenos Negócios Contra Grandes Ameaças
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Podcast Bombarda - Pequenos Negócios Contra Grandes Ameaças
No coração de Bombarda, os pequenos negócios continuam a ser muito mais do que espaços comerciais — são lugares de encontro, de cultura e de resistência.
Neste episódio, mergulhamos nos bastidores de quem enfrenta os desafios de um território em transformação acelerada.
Com Hélder Moura (Xau Laura) e Pipa Pinto do Souto (Viga Studios), com moderação de Daniel Pires (Maus Hábitos), a conversa percorre temas como gentrificação, turismo em massa, sustentabilidade e reinvenção dos negócios locais.
Entre histórias reais e estratégias de adaptação, emerge uma visão de futuro onde permanecer é também um ato criativo — e onde resistir é reinventar.
Porquê ouvir?
O episódio Pequenos Negócios Contra Grandes Ameaças reflete sobre os desafios enfrentados pelos projetos independentes de Bombarda num contexto de mudança constante.
A conversa revela como cafés, estúdios e lojas locais desenvolvem estratégias de resistência e adaptação, afirmando-se como núcleos fundamentais de identidade, cultura e comunidade no bairro.
Sobre o Podcast Bombarda
O Podcast Bombarda é uma série criada pela equipa do Bombarda Digital que dá voz a quem constrói o Quarteirão no dia a dia — entre arte, comércio e comunidade.
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Bombarda Podcast – A Real Neighborhood in a Digital Extension
In the heart of Bombarda, the digital does not replace the territory — it extends it.
In this episode, we explore how a neighborhood can integrate technological innovation without losing its identity, preserving the human relationships that define it.
With António Ponte (Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis), José Carlos Mota, and Tânia Santos (Associação Quarteirão Criativo), and moderated by Elisabete Monteiro (Porto Digital), the conversation explores themes such as belonging, heritage, neighborhood life, and collaboration across institutions, artists, and community.
Through reflections and lived experiences, a vision of the city emerges where the digital acts as an extension — not a replacement — of community life.
Why listen?
The episode A Real Neighborhood in a Digital Extension reflects on the balance between community, territory, and technology in a context of digital transformation.
The conversation reveals how Bombarda is shaping a path between the real and the virtual, establishing itself as a living, inclusive, and collaborative ecosystem — where innovation and identity coexist.
About Bombarda Podcast
The Bombarda Podcast is a series created by the Bombarda Digital team, giving voice to those who shape the neighborhood on a daily basis - across art, commerce, and community.
Each episode explores different dimensions of this creative territory, uncovering stories, practices, and perspectives that help imagine the future of Bombarda.
Bombarda Podcast – A Digital Survival Guide for Creatives
In the heart of Bombarda, being creative today means navigating between artistic practice and the demands of the digital world.
In this episode, we explore how artists and creative entrepreneurs balance creation, communication, and technology in an increasingly demanding context.
With Ana Pina (Tincal Lab) and Ana Oliveira (Coletivo Besta), and moderated by Patrícia Soares da Costa, the conversation explores topics such as websites, storytelling, social media, artificial intelligence, and chatbots — tools shaping contemporary creative practices.
Through shared experiences and insights, a grounded and honest perspective emerges on what it means to create in the 21st century — where digital tools do not replace creativity, but expand it.
Why listen?
The episode A Digital Survival Guide for Creatives reflects on the balance between artistic creation and digital presence in an increasingly technological world.
The conversation reveals how creatives in Bombarda turn technology into an ally, finding ways to communicate, sell, and grow without losing their identity — a true survival guide for today’s creators.
About Bombarda Podcast
The Bombarda Podcast is a series created by the Bombarda Digital team, giving voice to those who shape the neighborhood on a daily basis — across art, commerce, and community.
Each episode explores different dimensions of this creative territory, uncovering stories, practices, and perspectives that help imagine the future of Bombarda.
In the heart of Bombarda, there are spaces that are more than just one thing — shops that are also galleries, coworkings that become stages, creative hubs that connect people and ideas.
In this episode, we dive into this new ecosystem of hybrid spaces that are reshaping the city’s creative economy.
With Miguel Ferreira (CRU Creative Hub) and Ana Muska (Circus Network), and moderated by João Vasconcelos (Canal180), the conversation explores topics such as curation, community management, and the balance between business and culture.
Through real stories and shared challenges, a vision of the future emerges — one where collaboration and creativity intertwine, and where spaces become living organisms in constant transformation.
Why listen?
The episode The New Creative Hybrids follows the evolution of Bombarda as a territory of experimentation, where models emerge that combine creation, exhibition, and collaborative work.
The conversation reveals how these spaces — between shop, gallery, and studio — foster new forms of collaboration, sustainability, and belonging, establishing themselves as key elements in transforming the neighborhood’s creative economy.
About Bombarda Podcast
The Bombarda Podcast is a series created by the Bombarda Digital team, giving voice to those who shape the neighborhood on a daily basis — across art, commerce, and community.
Each episode explores different dimensions of this creative territory, uncovering stories, practices, and perspectives that help imagine the future of Bombarda.
Between classes, workshops, digital content and the creation of pieces, her work reflects an approach where making by hand becomes a creative tool, a learning space and a form of well-being.
“Sewing solves many problems — both in everyday practicality and on a psychological level. It’s not therapy, but it is therapeutic.”
Q: How did your creative journey begin and what led you to found Riera Alta?
A: After returning from Barcelona, where I worked as a psychologist, I started making jewellery and bags as a hobby. I took part in a few markets and the project kept growing, until I decided to open the shop.
For about two years, I tried to balance both paths, but eventually chose to leave Psychology behind. When I founded Riera Alta, I wanted people who sew to feel part of a creative community — not isolated in a domestic activity.
Q: Has sewing always been part of your life?
A: No — I actually discovered it quite late. I grew up watching my mother sew, but only later decided to try it myself.
Q: Has your background influenced the way you teach and create?
A: My background in Psychology and my experience as a trainer have deeply shaped the way I teach.
I see sewing as a tool for autonomy, self-esteem and well-being. I like to guide each person to find their own rhythm, rather than following a rigid model.
Q: How would you describe your creative process — between making, teaching and inspiring others?
A: I often create from practical needs — when I need something, when someone asks for a specific piece, or when a new fabric arrives. But there’s always a constant: I think about the usefulness of the piece.
Q: What challenges do you see in teaching and valuing handmade sewing today?
A: The biggest challenge is overcoming the idea that sewing is just a hobby. In reality, it’s a language — a way of thinking and producing with meaning. Teaching sewing today is also about teaching resistance and awareness: valuing time, detail and reuse.
Q: How do you see the role of workshops and education in your work?
A: I feel that people are increasingly drawn to remote solutions. Even though I offer online classes — which are great for those far away — I try to encourage those nearby to join in person.
Being together matters. And having a manual activity that disconnects us from daily routines is incredibly beneficial. During the pandemic, it became even clearer how important it is for our mental health to create something with our own hands.
Q: What does Miguel Bombarda represent to you?
A: Bombarda is the creative heart of Porto — a place where the handmade and the contemporary intersect. Riera Alta was born and grew within that spirit: between tradition and innovation. The neighbourhood brings energy, diversity and a community that continues to inspire our work every day.
Portfolio
Riera Alta’s practice combines authorial creation, functional design and education, exploring different techniques and approaches within textile arts.
The piece “Patchwork Coat – Riera Alta” shown in the image below explores the reuse of fabrics and manual construction, combining a contemporary aesthetic with traditional techniques.
Patchwork Coat — Riera Alta The Patchwork Coat emerged from a long and careful process, marked by countless combinations, cuts and adjustments. A project Cláudia fell in love with from the beginning, which later became the basis for her dedicated workshop: “Patchwork Coat”.
Riera Alta Shop Interior — Porto
A space dedicated to fabrics, textile materials and sewing tools, where a rich variety of colours, textures and patterns inspires both Cláudia Andrade’s work and those who visit the shop in search of creativity and new projects.
“Furnas” Backpack — Riera Alta
The Furnas Backpack stands out for its colourful wave patterns that give it movement and personality. It is one of the signature workshop projects at Riera Alta, where participants learn to build the piece from scratch — from structure to fabric combinations — exploring composition, rhythm and craftsmanship.
Workshop Space — Riera Alta
A classroom designed to host Cláudia Andrade’s workshops, where sewing machines, materials and tools are organised to create an environment for learning, experimentation and the development of creative sewing techniques.
How to collaborate
Riera Alta brings together a shop, atelier and an ongoing programme of training in creative sewing, patchwork and textile design.
In addition to in-person workshops, the brand shares free content through its YouTube channel — the first sewing channel in European Portuguese — and has published two books with Editora Leya.
If you’d like to learn, develop your skills or start a new textile project, you can enrol through the website or directly at the shop.
Contacts:
Shop / Atelier – Rua do Rosário, 110 R/C — Porto | Phone – +351 220 964 702
Creatives In Bombarda - Conceição Mestre and Maria Amarante
Led by architects Conceição Mestre and Maria Amarante, the studio works closely and collaboratively with clients, partners and construction teams, following every stage of the process — from concept to execution.
Across rehabilitation, new builds and urban interventions, their practice reflects a vision where architecture, sustainability and context evolve side by side.
“We would like to see a more accessible public space in Bombarda — with fewer architectural barriers, more pedestrian areas, more greenery and, definitely, fewer cars.”
Q: How do you define the distinctive qualities of Cirurgias Urbanas as an architectural studio?
A: We are a small, dynamic and versatile team that values proximity — with clients, with the construction process and with everyone involved.
This direct and continuous relationship allows us to follow each project closely, ensuring solutions that truly respond to real needs. We believe that this attention to detail, combined with involvement in every phase of the process, is one of the key elements that defines our studio.
Q: Is there a project or client that has marked your recent practice?
A: The affordable housing project in Lousada has undoubtedly been a milestone in our recent work.
It was a particularly challenging project, both in terms of programme complexity and technical and contextual constraints. It resulted from a very positive partnership and, in 2023, was awarded first place in the design competition promoted by IRHU and the Municipality of Lousada.
The construction is expected to begin soon and represents, for us, a clear example of how architectural quality, sustainability and social impact can be combined.
Q: Do you have any rituals or habits that are part of your daily work routine?
A: Our daily ritual happens at lunchtime, in our courtyard. It’s the perfect moment to relax, enjoy some sunlight and exchange ideas — or simply talk with colleagues, strengthening team spirit.
Q: Is there any personal trait or approach that influences your work?
A: We tend to resist the idea of strict “specialisation”. We prefer to engage with projects of different scales and typologies, as we believe this diversity constantly challenges and enriches our work.
Q: What ideas for public and urban space would you like to see reflected in Bombarda?
A: We would like to see a more accessible public space in Bombarda — with fewer architectural barriers, more pedestrian areas, more greenery and, definitely, fewer cars.
A place where people can move freely and enjoy the city and its shared spaces in harmony with nature.
Portfolio
Cirurgias Urbanas II works across different scales and typologies, from the rehabilitation of existing buildings to the design of new projects, always with a focus on sustainability and contextual integration
Title:Comércio do Porto Building
Project type: Residential / Rehabilitation
Title:Comércio do Porto Building, Porto
Photography: Alexander Bogorodskiy
Title:Manteigaria Shop, Alvalade
Project type: Commercial / Refurbishment
Photography: Alexander Bogorodskiy
Title:Hans Isler Housing Complex, Lousada
Project type: Residential / New Build
3D Visualisation: Diogo Paixão
Title:Boavista Apartment, Porto
Project type: Residential / Refurbishment
Photography: Alexander Bogorodskiy
Title:Carlos Mardel Apartment, Lisbon
Project type: Residential / Refurbishment
Photography: Alexander Bogorodskiy
How to collaborate
Cirurgias Urbanas II — Architecture and Rehabilitation provides services in architecture, rehabilitation and construction, supporting projects from concept through to execution. The studio also develops work in interior design, furniture design, environmental certification and consultancy in sustainability and energy efficiency.
Services:
Architecture, Project Management and Construction Supervision
Interior Design and Decoration
Furniture Design
Environmental Certification of Buildings
Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Consultancy
Contacts:
Address: Rua do Rosário, 147 — Porto | Phone: +351 222 000 152
Hema Kasi-Patel, founder of Alma Nova Porto, brings together design, sustainability and craftsmanship in the transformation of second-hand furniture into unique, contemporary pieces.
“More than restoration, I give new life to old stories.”
Her work is driven by a clear intention: to challenge the idea that “new” is always better, highlighting the potential and the history of existing materials.
Each piece begins with what already exists, carefully reinterpreted with attention to detail, purpose and durability. Through the reuse of materials, she develops bespoke projects that combine aesthetic sensitivity with environmental responsibility.
More than restoration, her practice seeks to give new life to old stories — transforming discarded objects into pieces with meaning and continuity.
Q: How did your journey into furniture restoration and redesign begin?
A: My journey began during a difficult period in my life — I had just lost my job and the pandemic was starting.
I needed to stay active and feel that I still had a purpose. Seeing discarded objects in bins made me realise I could bring together two things I’ve always valued: caring for the environment and expressing creativity.
Q: How would you describe your creative process?
A: I don’t follow a fixed process, because each piece has its own story. Before starting, I observe its condition, style and potential. I always aim to highlight the best in each piece — improving it without losing its essence.
Q: How do you see your work evolving in the coming years?
A: I see Alma Nova Porto becoming a pioneering and inspiring brand in reused furniture design — a reference in Porto and across the country.
Q: What impact would you like to achieve with your work?
A: I want to help change the stigma around second-hand furniture. Many people still see it as something inferior, when in reality many of these pieces have history, character and are made from high-quality materials. My creations are personalised, unique and handmade with care — and I truly believe that makes all the difference.
Q: Why did you choose Bombarda as the location for your studio? A: Due to the nature of my work, it was essential to have a functional studio with some outdoor space. Many options were beyond my budget, until I found this one. Although it doesn’t have direct street access, it is located in the heart of the artistic district — an area I know well and strongly identify with.
Portfolio
All the pieces presented result from the transformation of original second-hand furniture, redesigned through sustainable processes and handcrafted practices.
How to collaborate
In addition to redesigning and selling unique pieces, Alma Nova Porto offers a range of personalised services — from in-person consultations to helping find the right piece for each home. If there is already a piece of furniture to be renewed, the work is developed in close collaboration with the client, transforming it according to their taste and personal story. She also leads creative workshops and is open to collaborations with individuals and organisations that share the same vision: sustainability, reuse and design with purpose.
