Sarto Almeida
A former alumni of the St Joseph’s School, Bangalore after his return from Tanzania in the 1930’s, and later an alumni of St Xavier’s Mumbai and the famous Sir JJ School of Architecture where he learnt his sketching and drawings and also a former classmate of the famous Mario Miranda, Sarto travelled a long journey before coming home to Goa. He has worked closely with architect B V Doshi in Ahmedabad who’s the brain child behind the IIM Ahmedabad campus and also been an apprentice to Le Corbusier, the brainchild behind planning the city of Chandigarh. The Goa College of Art, the Partagali Matt in Canacona, the Science Block at Carmel College, Padre Conceisao College of Engineering at Verna, the SOS Village for homeless children and the auditorium at Fr Agnel College Verna, the iconic GCCI building at Panjim, Guardian Angel School at Sanvordem, Laxmi Narayan Temple at Veling are a few of the many landmarks that Sarto spend hours of plotting, drawing, sketching and planning across Goa, these buildings that have served humanity, faith and education across Goa.
