area 101 – álvaro siza
presentazione/introduction Álvaro Siza testo François Burkhardt editoriale/editorial Le ragioni di mettere insieme luoghi e forme testo François Burkhardt scenari di architettura/architectural scenario Tea House and Boa Nova Restaurant/Leça da Palmeira …
le ragioni di mettere insieme luoghi e forme
From the presentation of works which Alvaro Siza designed in North Portugal on occasion of the Europe-America exhibition, at the International Venice Biennale of Art in 1976 up until today, the interest in his work of critics throughout the world has c …
Tea House, Boa Nova Restaurant
The projects on the Atlantic coast north of Porto have been and still are one of the undertakings Siza is most fond of. Right from the beginning of his career he had plenty of opportunities to work in this region, a place close to his heart, where he s …
de Marés Swimming Pool
In all of Siza’s projects dating back to this period, great care is taken in integrating the constructions with their surroundings. In this particular case Siza took this to an extreme, by paying meticulous attention to two fundamental aspects of the p …
Pinto & Sotto Mayor Bank
Between 1969 and 1974 Siza was asked to design two projects for two different banks, finished in the same year. The first one was at Vila de Conde, 30 km north of Porto, the second at Oliveira de Azemeis, 70 km south of Porto. The two plans shared some …
Beires‘ House
This single family house was built at the time of the Carnations Revolution (1974), just before the period when Siza was dealing with issues related to council homes. During those years his idea was to ensure that a living space had an intimate atmosph …
Malagueira District Complex
The Malagueira district at Evora, 185 kilometres south west of Lisbon, between the capital and the Spanish border, represents one of the largest operations of low density, council housing of the post-war period. There are 1200 houses built on 27 hectar …
Social Housing in Bouça
The district of Bouca represents the second experiment in building with the participation of the inhabitants, following a specific SAAL program. The first experience had been the residential estate of Sao Victor (1974-79). Bouca comes before the Evora …
Terraços de Bragança Residential and Commercial Comple
In 1988 the council administration of Lisbon instructed Alvaro Siza to plan the rebuilding of the Chiado quarter, damaged during the fire of 1986, and the building of a commercial and residential estate called Terracos de Braganca, not far from Chiado. …