Weak Modernity: Egle Trincanato. Venezia Minore and the INAIL Headquarters in Venice
SOFIA PINTO BASTO
“The theoretical and practical work of Egle Trincanato represents a nuanced variant of the strong ideology championed by the modernist movement.”
The Pools of Bellinzona. Landscape | Architecture | Infrastructure
MARIA ANA CASTRO CALDAS DE ABOIM INGLEZ
“It is important to highlight the designation given to the project by the authors: Il Bagno. More than just “pools,” the Italian word Bagno refers to a single element, a singular action.”
The third bank of the river: residence for the Portugal embassy in Brasilia
DELIA IOANA SLONEANU
“For Ricardo Bak Gordon, the only place where ideas arise is inside our head. They are then elaborated and investigated using the many tools architects have at their disposal.”
MORE SEA: Eduardo Anahory’s floating-beach-pool
VICTOR BEIRAMAR DINIZ
“Anahory’s universe thus represents a transatlantic meeting between modern perspectives that departs from Brazil Builds to arrive at the Verdes Anos.”
Culture in ecology – a revolutionary tradition
MARIA MATOS SILVA & ANA BEJA DA COSTA
“Over time, our relationship with the natural systems we are part of has changed. Individual and community experiences and memories have created collective memories, shaping different cultures, different ways of being and acting in the world in which we live.”
City and Democracy. Reflecting on the Constitution, general laws and institutions in these 50 years
PEDRO TROVÃO DO ROSÁRIO
“I have demonstrated that democratic means have evolved, alongside the expansion of decentralization, which in itself brings political power closer to citizens but without affirming the “city” as a public entity, or a territorial legal person. “
Hans Döllgast. Reconstruction, permanence and change
RITA AGUIAR RODRIGUES
“Döllgast’s practice was based on a mastery of graphic techniques, of different scales and typologies, from watercolor to construction detail drawing, including typography.”
Aires Mateus. The House in Alenquer as a Process
JOÃO MIRANDA
“The House presented a ‘unique process’ that has become a crucial and reference point in the career of the Aires Mateus studio. The House ‘remains’ in memory, being a ‘foundational’ research.”
THE TIMELESS AND VALIDITY CONCEPT OF THE SUBURBS
What type of landscape would we draw if we were invited to draw the suburbs? Which people, houses, streets would be part of that drawing…? How would they be placed in space? How far would they be…
DESIGNING PUBLIC SPACE IN REBUILDING THE CITY WITHOUT A PLAN
The issue or problem that is addressed in this paper relates mainly with recognizing the importance of public space in (re) building the contemporary city “without form” that, in general, is associated with urban peripheries…