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Impressions of the Siza Exhibition
02.12.2024
Impressions of the Siza Exhibition02.12.2024
…at ENAC/EPFL (ALICE lab). I had been researching through the DM Catalogue—being a guardian of part of Siza’s archives—drawings of Siza for my lectures, some of which were also present…
Dating Siza: The Malagueira ‘Cupula’
23.07.2020
Dating Siza: The Malagueira ‘Cupula’23.07.2020
…dome in front of the aqueduct… Álvaro Siza (1933), page 2, from Caderno 39. DMC 2533.2. Álvaro Siza (1933), page 7, from Caderno 39. DMC 2533.7. …hesitation… Álvaro Siza (1933),…
Álvaro Siza: SAAL Bouça Housing, Porto
10.02.2025
Álvaro Siza: SAAL Bouça Housing, Porto 10.02.2025
– Manuel Montenegro, Helen Thomas and Ellis Woodman
…Porto were converted into communal and social spaces. This perspective is the key to understanding Siza’s intention. Álvaro Siza (1933), SAAL Bouça Housing I, Porto, 1973. Ink of envelope, 275…
The Real and Imagined Worlds of Álvaro Siza
26.06.2020
The Real and Imagined Worlds of Álvaro Siza26.06.2020
Álvaro Siza (1933), page from Caderno 77, March, 1981. DMC 2541.18. Inside the cover of Álvaro Siza’s sketchbooks, there is a whole world: the real and the imagined. In his…
Álvaro Siza: Sense Making
22.09.2017
Álvaro Siza: Sense Making22.09.2017
Álvaro Siza (1933), Shatwell Farm Columns Sketchbook, 2013. Pen and ink on paper, 210 × 295 mm. DMC 2618. Álvaro Siza’s influence begins with the move of the Drawings Collection…
Siza and the Limits of Representation
25.09.2018
Siza and the Limits of Representation25.09.2018
…mm. DMC 2514.24. Álvaro Siza, from Caderno 13, page 25, 1977. Pen on paper, 300 × 210 mm. DMC 2514.25. Álvaro Siza, from Caderno 13, page 27, 1977. Pen on…
Álvaro Siza: Fast and Slow Lines
20.10.2021
Álvaro Siza: Fast and Slow Lines20.10.2021
Álvaro Siza began working on the ‘Quinta da Malagueira’ project in 1977. In his sketchbooks, he would doodle iterations of the proposal over and over, together with other observational scenes,…
Álvaro Siza: Drawn Closer
11.06.2020
Álvaro Siza: Drawn Closer11.06.2020
…× 210 mm. DMC 2503. Álvaro Siza (1933), early sketches for Quinta da Malagueira, Évora, 1977. Pen and ink, 295 × 210 mm. DMC 2503. Álvaro Siza (1933), early sketches…
Álvaro Siza: A Vertical Dream
21.06.2023
Álvaro Siza: A Vertical Dream21.06.2023
– António Choupina and Álvaro Siza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or1k8ellebs In this short video, António Choupina and Álvaro Siza discuss a sketch for an imaginary skyscraper from Caderno 32 (1979), now in the Drawing Matter Collection. Siza describes his…
About Malagueira: Siza’s Poem on Page 27 of Sketchbook 01
20.02.2023
About Malagueira: Siza’s Poem on Page 27 of Sketchbook 0120.02.2023
The following translation proposed for Álvaro Siza’s writings on page 27 of his sketchbook 01 in Drawing Matter Collections is part of an ongoing investigation into the Malagueira project at…
Gowan & Siza: Housing and the City
11.03.2017
Gowan & Siza: Housing and the City11.03.2017
…and Manuel Montenegro, in collaboration with the Architectural Association and with the generous support of Hauser & Wirth, Somerset. The exhibition Gowan & Siza: Housing and the City was devised…
Álvaro Siza: In/discipline
18.09.2019
Álvaro Siza: In/discipline18.09.2019
…one of the children of Siza’s creative method, this exhibition shows how this approach was adapted and refitted to different projects throughout his career. Álvaro Siza (1933), plan, Bouca, Porto,…
Siza at Sixteen
10.07.2020
Siza at Sixteen10.07.2020
– Manuel Montenegro and Álvaro Siza
Álvaro Siza (1933), study of Rodin’s ‘Weeping Burgher’, 1949. Pencil on paper. Courtesy of the architect. In the Summer of 1949, Siza was preparing for the admission exam in the…
Álvaro Siza: Seven Early Sketchbooks
22.11.2021
Álvaro Siza: Seven Early Sketchbooks22.11.2021
– Niall Hobhouse, Manuel Montenegro and Álvaro Siza
https://vimeo.com/299042204 These films were made over four hours on the afternoon of Sunday 25 March 2018 in Álvaro Siza’s studio in Rua do Aleixo outside Porto. I had flown to…
Alternative Histories: Murmuur Architecten on Álvaro Siza
08.07.2019
Alternative Histories: Murmuur Architecten on Álvaro Siza08.07.2019
Murmuur Architecten, Álvaro Siza’s study sketch for SAAL Bouça Housing, 2018. Cast plaster, soldered brass, painted wood, paper, cardboard, 350 × 430 × 300 mm. Álvaro Siza (1933), study sketch,…
Alternative Histories: NoAarchitecten on Álvaro Siza
30.07.2019
Alternative Histories: NoAarchitecten on Álvaro Siza30.07.2019
noAarchitecten, Álvaro Siza’s elevation and plan of B-FFH ASE 06, 2018. Wood, paint, 270 × 320 × 55 mm. Álvaro Siza (1933), Elevations and site plan, Bouça housing project, 1973….
Siza
17.05.2024
Siza17.05.2024
Photo: Pedro Pina. 17 May – 26 August 2024, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon Curated by Carlos Quintáns Eiras Siza is an exhibition dedicated to the work of architect Álvaro Siza Vieira,…
Álvaro Siza — An ‘Amoral’ Architect
27.03.2023
Álvaro Siza — An ‘Amoral’ Architect27.03.2023
The fact that Álvaro Siza did not write about his work or about architecture is a conscious gesture, which goes beyond the mere neutrality of city walls. What is important…
Alternative Histories: Schneider Türtscher on Álvaro Siza
28.02.2019
Alternative Histories: Schneider Türtscher on Álvaro Siza28.02.2019
Schneider Türtscher, Álvaro Siza’s sketch for SAAL Bouça Housing, 2018. Grey cardboard, corrugated cardboard, spruce sticks, pencil, glue, acrylic paint, clear lacquer, 230 × 200 × 120 mm. Álvaro Siza…
Workshop: On Siza’s March ’77 Sketchbook
22.06.2022
Workshop: On Siza’s March ’77 Sketchbook22.06.2022
https://vimeo.com/722879260 This audio recording documents a workshop on Álvaro Siza’s Malagueira sketchbook delivered by Manuel Montenegro to Masters students from the School of Engineering and Architecture, Fribourg, and their tutors…
Archive Politics
21.04.2023
Archive Politics21.04.2023
– Pedro Baía and Carlos Machado e Moura
…Sérgio C. Andrade, ‘Álvaro Siza: “For the archives, I wanted independent institutions, with autonomy”‘, Público, 5 August 2014. Álvaro Siza, quoted in Sérgio C. Andrade, ‘Álvaro Siza’s archive may end up…
Houses of Work and Play
30.03.2020
Houses of Work and Play30.03.2020
Álvaro Siza (1933), Faculty of Architecture at the University of Porto (FAUP), Portugal, 1985. Ink and pencil on paper. © Álvaro Siza Archive – Fundação Serralves, Oporto, Portugal. The Faculty…
The Difficulty of Designing Furniture
07.11.2019
The Difficulty of Designing Furniture07.11.2019
…Siza (1933), Caderno 206 (June), 1985. Biro on paper, 297 × 210 mm. DMC 2547. Álvaro Siza (1933), Caderno 206 (June), 1985. Biro on paper, 297 × 210 mm. DMC…
Álvaro Siza: The Adoration of the Magi
19.01.2022
Álvaro Siza: The Adoration of the Magi19.01.2022
– António Choupina
…holiday greetings. His somewhat precarious nativity scene, charmingly set upon Álvaro Siza’s yellow columns, reminded me of Sandro Botticelli’s Adoration of the Magi (1478–82). Left: Siza’s columns exhibited at Hauser…
DMC sketch plan housing