Housing. From the highest number for all
“A product of its time and of the post-war housing problem, Pantera Cor-de-Rosa lies between the problem of the “Greatest Number” and “housing for all”
The number TWENTY-ONE of the magazine EP – Estúdio Prévio begins with a very special interview, carried out with the architects from the Escola da Cidade de São Paulo and UNA collective, Cristiane Muniz and Fernando Viégas. The interview was carried out in two different moments, by the architects João Belo Rodeia and Bárbara Silva: it started with a conversation at Da/UAL, in October 2021, when Cristiane and Fernando participated as tutors in the Vertical Studio held annually with all students from the Department of Architecture at UAL, and continued later, by zoom, to finish some aspects we thought should be developed. Since Escola da Cidade is a project with similarities with the Da/UAL course, it is very interesting know it better. It is also very rich to be able to hear professional experiences from a context as different from ours as Brazil is.
This issue has four articles and a critical review. All articles offer innovative, sometimes even provocative, readings of architects and works that, despite being well-known by the public, are still largely under-researched. We are talking about two international architects (Rem Khoolhaas and Sverre Fehn) and the Portuguese Gonçalo Byrne. These last two result from PhD research projects. Thus, we seek to contribute to a richer theoretical discussion in this field. The review visits the book written a decade ago by the Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa “The Eyes of the Skin. Architecture and the Senses”, where the author proposes an approach that explores buildings in a multisensory way, beyond the vision of the object.
We worked on it very intensely and it influenced us because we had to search for many teachers, interview many people, publish a lot of projects. It opened up a world of possibilities, of meetings and dialogues, which we knew would be important for the rest of our lives.
About our experience with Caramelo magazine, I would like to add that, besides thinking, reflecting about architecture, it gave us the opportunity to experience collective action
“A product of its time and of the post-war housing problem, Pantera Cor-de-Rosa lies between the problem of the “Greatest Number” and “housing for all”
“Attraverso una serie di storie, casi studio e dati, Koolhaas cerca di sensibilizzare il pubblico su temi importanti per il futuro del pianeta come l’eccessiva urbanizzazione e il riscaldamento globale, mostrando la campagna come unica alternativa.”
“El carácter crítico de Sverre Fehn, lo ha llevado a desarrollar, paralelamente a su obra arquitectónica, una serie de reflexiones teóricas mediante manuscritos, que pretenden posicionar su pensamiento y dar a su arquitectura un grado de inteligibilidad.”
“In 1972, while still a student, Rem Koolhaas moved to New York with artist and wife Madelon Vriesendorp. At the same time, Madelon Vriesendorp was producing what would be her New York Series, a collection of paintings illustrating her impressions of the city”
“the author emphasizes the importance of the sensory dimension, and believes the human senses are essential elements to perception and to fully understand spaces.”
Revista estudoprévio . biannual publication . http://www.estudoprevio.net/ . estudoprevio@ual.pt
Propriedade e financiamento: Cooperativa de Ensino Universitário - Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
Editor: CEACT|UAL . Diretor: Filipa Ramalhete e João Quintela . Editorial Production: Rodrigo Lino Gaspar
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ERC: 126 150 . ISSN: 2182-4339