Pedro Bandeira (1970), architect (FAUP 1996), is Associate Professor at the School of Architecture of the University of Minho and researcher member of Lab2PT. Author of several publications in the field of architectural culture and is also co-editor of the Fascículos de Fotografia series of the Pierrot le Fou publishing house. As a curator he collaborated with institutions such as the Casa da Arquitetura, the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, the Porto City Council or the CIAJG. In 2015 he was awarded the Architecture Critics Prize of AICA / Fundação Carmona e Costa. Represented Portugal in the architectural biennials of Venice (2004) and São Paulo (2005). His latest project for a Rotating House in Coimbra was nominated for the 2019 EU Mies van der Rohe Prize. / 18:25 Empreiteiros Digitais

Founded in 2010 in Lisbon, as a laboratory for the construction of architecture images, it is currently driven by architects Luca Martinucci (1976, Bergamo, IT) and Filipe Alves (1979, Cascais, PT). The studio maintains an active research on the simulation processes and methods of representation related with architecture. 18:25 has presented their work recently in the exhibition “What is Innovation in Architecture?” at Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, in Lisbon.

Paradise was initially conceived for the Utopia / Distopia collective exhibition held at the MAAT Lisbon in 2017, curated by Pedro Gadanho, João Laia and Susana Ventura.