
Rita Bessa Studio
Rita Bessa
Rita trained as an architect in Porto and spent ten years designing in Rio de Janeiro, from housing in the favelas to luxury homes. At MoveIn she leads every style alongside Paz Braga, working in strong lines, quiet detail and materials you want to reach out and touch.
- Elegant
- Harmonious
- Full of soul
Selected work



Bio
Rita Bessa took her master’s in architecture at FAUP, in Porto. Soon after finishing she moved to Rio de Janeiro and stayed for ten years, designing across the whole span of the city, from housing in the favelas to luxury homes. Since 2019 she has been based in Porto again, where her studio, Rita Bessa Arquitectura, carries her authored work across Portugal. She is known for rehabilitation and interiors built on strong lines and a spare, precise sense of construction detail, paired with furniture chosen to keep a space both functional and in harmony with itself.
Philosophy
For Rita, a home has to hold two things at once: the practical business of living and the soul of the person living there. She designs towards that with a careful, authored hand, mixing lines, forms, materials and textures until a room settles into harmony and ease.





























