Alternative Histories: NoAarchitecten on Álvaro Siza
30 July 2019
Alternative Histories: NoAarchitecten on Álvaro Siza30 July 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….
Workshop: On Siza’s March ’77 Sketchbook
22 June 2022
Workshop: On Siza’s March ’77 Sketchbook22 June 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…
Alternative Histories: Schneider Türtscher on Álvaro Siza
28 February 2019
Alternative Histories: Schneider Türtscher on Álvaro Siza28 February 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…
Archive Politics
21 April 2023
Archive Politics21 April 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 March 2020
Houses of Work and Play30 March 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
7 November 2019
The Difficulty of Designing Furniture7 November 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…
Learning From Machine Learning, on designer trees and architectural historiographies of the digital
11 July 2023
Learning From Machine Learning, on designer trees and architectural historiographies of the digital11 July 2023
…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
15 January 2020
Espelho Álvaro15 January 2020
…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
11 August 2023
Quinta da Malagueira11 August 2023
…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
7 April 2016
The Birth of the Column7 April 2016
…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….
Álvaro Siza — An ‘Amoral’ Architect
27 March 2023
Álvaro Siza — An ‘Amoral’ Architect27 March 2023
– 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…
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