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Álvaro Siza: The Adoration of the magi

Álvaro Siza: The Adoration of the magi

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…

Dating Siza: The Malagueira ‘Cupula’

Dating Siza: The Malagueira ‘Cupula’

Manuel Montenegro

…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),…

The Real and Imagined Worlds of Álvaro Siza

The Real and Imagined Worlds of Álvaro Siza

Bruno Silvestre

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

Álvaro Siza: Sense Making

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

Siza and the limits of representation

Niall Hobhouse

…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

Álvaro Siza: Fast and Slow Lines

Lok-Kan Chau

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

Álvaro Siza: Drawn Closer

Álvaro Siza

…× 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

Álvaro Siza: A Vertical Dream

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

About Malagueira: Siza’s Poem on Page 27 of Sketchbook 01

Rodrigo Lino Gaspar

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…

Álvaro Siza: Seven Early Sketchbooks

Álvaro Siza: Seven Early Sketchbooks

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…

Siza at sixteen

Siza at sixteen

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…

Alternative Histories: Murmuur Architecten on Álvaro Siza

Alternative Histories: Murmuur Architecten on Álvaro Siza

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

Alternative Histories: NoAarchitecten on Álvaro Siza

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….

Álvaro Siza — An ‘Amoral’ Architect

Álvaro Siza — An ‘Amoral’ Architect

Eduardo Souto de Moura

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…

Workshop: On Siza’s March ’77 Sketchbook

Workshop: On Siza’s March ’77 Sketchbook

Manuel Montenegro

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…

Alternative Histories: Schneider Türtscher on Álvaro Siza

Alternative Histories: Schneider Türtscher on Álvaro Siza

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

Archive Politics

Archive Politics

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

Houses of Work and Play

Patrick Lynch

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

The Difficulty of Designing Furniture

Álvaro Siza

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…

Mystery as Ground

Mystery as Ground

Andrew Clancy

…ink on paper, 295 × 210 mm. DMC 2618.4. Álvaro Siza (1933), Patio to Bouca housing estate, 1972. Pencil and ink on paper, 503 × 752 mm. DMC 2397. Siza’s…

Learning From Machine Learning, on designer trees and architectural historiographies of the digital

Learning From Machine Learning, on designer trees and architectural historiographies of the digital

Sylvia Lavin

Siza, CCA. Gift of Alvaro Siza. © Álvaro Siza. The tool reinforced the dominance of certain architects who have already been identified as important to the history of architecture. Because…

Espelho Álvaro

Espelho Álvaro

Mário Botta

…of his architecture. I believe that it is possible, simple, easy and obvious to talk of Siza through this object. A mirror is an object created for man. Siza takes…

Quinta da Malagueira

Quinta da Malagueira

Pier Vittorio Aureli

…the work of Álvaro Siza in the Essay Revisiting Siza: An archeology of the future for The Architectural Review, and later republished during the Álvaro Siza: in/disciplina exhibition at Serralves….

The Birth of the Column

The Birth of the Column

Álvaro Siza

…as a whole. Álvaro Siza (1933), Royal Academy Columns Sketchbook, 2013. Pen and ink on paper, 295 × 420 mm. DMC 2618. Álvaro Siza (1933), Royal Academy Columns Sketchbook, 2013….