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.”
The speed of utopia: a Visual Essay.
Duarte Belo
“We walk through the streets of any Portuguese city. There are buildings from various historical eras. We take photographs of space and time. It is not easy to interpret the reality.”
Lisbon: Resilience and Vulnerability. Reflections on the post-25 April 1974 city. Introduction to the dossier.
RICARDO CARVALHO & INÊS LOBO
“The city is the place where culture and technology, man and nature, come together to create a possibility for the common good. Nowadays, it is a site of potential and confrontation, of cohesion and protection, but also of instability and exclusion. What always prevails is its enormous potential and capacity for improvement.”
The post-25 April city. A conversation with geographers Margarida Pereira and Gonçalo Antunes
FILIPA RAMALHETE, MARGARIDA PEREIRA & GONÇALO ANTUNES
“Urbanisation and the accompanying intensification of economic extraction models, changes in family dynamics and social norms and widespread uncertainties surrounding housing, employment and lifestyle choices are global phenomena, particularly pronounced in several European countries.”
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, laws and institutions over the last 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. “
City and Society. Reflections and episodes of urban change in 50 years of democracy in Portugal
ANA BRANDÃO
“Based on the link between city and society, the text goes through the profound changes that took place during the democratic period, following the different urban policies designed and implemented at each moment and the dynamics of territorial transformation that took place due to or despite the existing policies.”