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YEAR ALVARO SIZA SPACE STRUCTURE EXPRESSIVENESS SITE
1992 METEOROLOGICAL CENTRE, BARCELONA Introverted space; spaces are facing an internal court. The windows are facing this space; cut out windows. Pedestrian route through the building, ramped route Structural walls MONOLITH PANOPTICON Mix of materials that change the perception of scale (exposed concrete, painted brick) Urban context preserves pre-existing pedestrian routes to cross the building
1993 CGAC, SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Flexible box space External piazza Covered portico Ramped route Skylights Structural walls, metal beams MONOLITH HOMOGENEOUS FLOATING LIKE Contrast interior/exterior Integrated into the local city image; local materials, used innovatively
contrast sacred/profane contrast texture/colour
1993 SETUBAL, PEDAGOGICAL CENTRE Introverted space U-shaped patio Two level porticoes Ramped route Skylights Structural walls, concrete columns FRAGMENTATION ORTHOGONALITY Cloister layout for the classrooms; plays with symmetries and asymmetries Adapted to the local topography; open to the landscape
1994 VIERIA DE CASTRO HOUSE Introverted/extroverted spaces Interconnected spaces Structural walls FRAGMENTATION Directed view, framed perspectives Adapted to the local topography; open to the landscape
1996 SANTA MARIA CANAVESE CHURCH New interpretation for a religious space Indirect natural light Indirect light for the altar New interpretation for the bell tower Interior/exterior relationship. Honesty of the exterior along a Modernist tradition. Structural walls MONOLITH Mix orthogonal and curb orthogonality + curb, inverted apses, subtle play with symmetries and asymmetries sacred/profane contrast Integrated in the local topography; brings in the exterior landscape image sacred/profane landscape
1996 FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE PORTO Spaces concentrating circulation connecting independent volumes. U and L-shaped internal courtyards Zenith light Route Structural walls FRAGMENTATION ORTHOGONALITY Modernists quotes: horizontal windows, horizontal concrete sunshade Integrated in the local topography “minimum earth movement was required”(Cremascoli, 2013, p. 35) The rhythm of volumes mirrors the city building typologies (see photo in Curtis, 2000, p. 107)
1997 EXPO '98 PAVILION LISBON Exterior covered ceremonial piazza U-shaped patio Two level porticoes STRUCTURE AS ARCHITECTURE Concrete Pre-stressed concrete for the roof. Detailed anchorage (eng. Cecil Baldmond) FLOATING ORTHOGONALITY The rigour of the ceremonial fascist architecture; the scale of a covered urban space = scale that expresses power Relation with the landscape; facing the ocean
1998 ARCHITECTURE OFFICE, PORTO U-shaped patio Structural walls Reinforced concrete MONOLITH One volume clone of Faculty of architecture; identical architectural language. Neutral
1999 CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM SERRALVES FOUNDATION, PORTO Flexible box space Interconnected external spaces/gradual transition, two U-shaped courts, outside shady portico spaces organised around atrium zenith light, walking roof terrace route Structural walls Basement: columns and beams FRAGMENTATION HOMOGENEOUS Interplay with symmetries and asymmetries, cantilevered window directed view, framed perspectives Integrated with the park landscape
2000 (2003) PAVILION PORTUGAL DE LA HANOVER, COIMBRA (2003) [Designed together with Eduardo Souto de Moura] Flexible box space L-shaped building which determines an external piazza Zenith light Metallic structure, ventilated façade MONOLITH Roof as topography peculiar façade material “contemporary plasticity.” (Figueira, 2008, p. 28) Neutral: can be moved; reference to local materials: cork, azulejos.
2003 VAN MIDDLEM HOUSE New L-shaped building + existing building = U-shaped patio Brick structural walls MONOLITH Three simple, archetypal grouped volumes “criticizing the banality of the modernist glass house.” (Figueira, 2008, p. 29) Integration by using the scale and cross section of the existing building.
2004 TERRAÇOS DE BRAGANÇAS The top terraces faces the ocean Volume organised along a linear inner court. Determined by the ruins discovered on site Own internal museum Reinforced concrete THREE MONOLITH SPLIT Integration with the slope of the site and with the surroundings. Finishes suggesting local materials. Exhibits the ruins.
2005 SERPENTINE GALLERY [Designed with Souto de Moura.] Flexible, multiple directions STRUCTURE AS ARCHITECTURE lamellar wood MONOLITH HOMOGENEOUS The façade as a mix of transparent and translucent materials Sustainable approach, sensitive to its position in a park
2006 ZAIDA BUILDING, GRANADA Three independent volumes Reinforced concrete THREE MONOLITH SPLIT Plays with symmetry and asymmetry Integration in the urban and historic context. The ruins of the patio house are assimilated in the new building
2006 COMPLEX SPORTIVE RIBERA SERRALLO Exterior piazza edged on two sides Peculiar inner court Transitional spaces, centred spaces Skylight, ramps External shaded portico Honesty of the exterior along a Modernist tradition. Reinforced concrete, exposed concrete Roof truss structure HOMOGENEOUS Horizontal composition with parallelepiped and semi-circular volumes. Horizontal slit windows “the search of compatibility between rationalist language and natural landscape.” (Figueira, 2008, p. 77) Neutral
2006 CRAMA ADEGA MAYOR Hermetical closed space with one opening towards the landscape External transition space Structural walls MONOLITH Directed view, framed perspectives Dialogue with the landscape. Inserted in agricultural landscape
2006 PAVILION AN-YANG [Designed with Carlos Castanheira, Jun Sung Kim.] Transitional exterior spaces (covered, portico) Amoebic shape interior space with no clear centre Flexible space Honesty of the exterior in relation with the interior, along a Modernist tradition. Structural walls SCULPTED MONOLITH HOMOGENEOUS Directed view, framed perspectives “pure plasticity” “continuous movement” (Figueira, 2008, p. 122) Open towards the landscape
2007 GONDOMAR, SPORT CENTRE Transitional exterior spaces Spaces with clear centre Skylights; Ramps Honesty of the exterior in relation with the interior, along a Modernist tradition. Reinforced concrete, exposed concrete Roof truss structure HOMOGENEOUS (same external colour and texture) composition with three volumes Neutral
2007 VIANA DO CASTELO LIBRARY Exterior patio; new typology: suspended patio Reinforced concrete, metal truss, bridge-like structure FLOATING ORTHOGONALITY Horizontal slit windows Opens the perspective to the ocean, external public space
2007 HOUSE IN MAJORCA Introverted/extroverted space Access in the house at an intermediary level Connected spaces Structural walls FRAGMENTATION Directed view, framed perspectives Dialogue with the landscape. Fragmentation of the land transferred to the volume. Perspective towards the water
2007 ARMANDA PASSOS HOUSE, PORTO Introverted space Skylights Patio Structural walls FRAGMENTATION HOMOGENEOUS Closed towards the town like a citadel
2007 ALEMÃO SINTRA HOUSE Spaces directed towards the landscape, interconnected Spaces connected with the exterior at different land levels Structural walls FRAGMENTATION Seems like a collection of small dwellings with individual private terraces. “pure fragmentation” (Figueira, 2008) Dialogue, integration, openness to the landscape
2008 HOTEL SPORTIVE, PANTICOSA Transitional exterior spaces covered or not. Series of internal courtyards. Hierarchy of the interior spaces. ramps Reinforced concrete HOMOGENEOUS Roof as topography. Horizontal slit windows. “... that links the mountain and becomes a connecting member that links the mountain and the more urban elements of the spa town.” (Figueira, 2008)
2008 IBERÊ CAMARGO FOUNDATION, BRAZIL [In 2005 Alvaro Siza lectured at Ion Mincu University of Architecture in Bucharest where he introduced this project, under construction at the time.] Flexible sculpted space Atrium organising other spaces. The ramped museum (reference to Guggenheim NY) Route Elevated patio Reinforced concrete SCULPTED MONOLITH HOMOGENEOUS Directed view, framed perspectives “the form of the building mirrors the undulating shape of the slope against which it is built.” (Figueira, 2008)
2009 MIMESIS MUSEUM Amoebic shape interior space with no clear centre Flexible space Honesty of the exterior in relation with the interior, along a Modernist tradition. Skylight Reinforced concrete SCULPTED MONOLITH HOMOGENEOUS Directed view, framed perspectives “This museum is a cat” arch daily
2009 LLEIDA UNIVERSITY L-shaped public space Ramps Skylights, atrium Reinforced concrete HOMOGENEOUS ORTHOGONALITY Introverted because of the sunshades Related to existing building and pedestrian routes in campus
2010 CULTURAL CENTRE MANZANA DE MEDELLÍN Perimeter edged urban piazza following the medieval trait of the city. Independent volumes. Zenith light in the auditorium Reinforced concrete FRAGMENTATION Directed view, framed perspectives, horizontal slit window, horizontal concrete sunshade Inserted in harmony with the historical town
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