Álvaro Siza, "Il "SAAL di Bouça", trent'anni dopo/The "SAAL of Bouça", thirty years later", Casabella 765, aprile/april 2008, "Abitazioni collettive" pp. 29, 100 (26-40, 100-101)
"Fernando Távora, Álvaro Siza", Casabella 700, maggio/may 2002 [Portogallo/Portugal], "Portogallo" pp. 54-69Fernando Távora, Álvaro Siza, "Lavorare "insieme": conversazione tra Álvaro Siza e Fernando Távora sui progetti per Avenida da Ponte", Casabella 700, maggio/may 2002 [Portogallo/Portugal], "Portogallo" pp. 54-57 (54-69)
Alvaro Siza, "Un altro italiano in Portogallo", Domus 738, maggio/may 1992, pp. 25-26 (25-37)
WRITINGS ABOUT THE ARCHITECT
Álvaro Siza. Viagem sem Programa, Red Publishing, Bologna 2012
Carlos Castanheira, Álvaro Siza. Twenty Two recent Projects, Casadarquitectura, V.N. de Gaia 2007
review: Pierre-Alain Croset, "Un maestro sempre capace di rinnovarsi", Il giornale dell'architettura 57, dicembre 2007, "Libri" p. 30
Marella Santangelo (ed.), Gabriele Basilico, Mimmo Jodice (photo), Alvaro Siza e Napoli, Electa, Napoli 2005
Alessandra Cianchetta, Enrico Molteni, Alvaro Siza. Case 1954-2004, Skira, 2004
Rafael Moneo, Inquietud teórica y estrategia proyectual en la obra de ocho arquitectos contemporáneos, Actar, Barcelona 2004tr.en.: Theoretical anxiety and design strategies in the work of eight contemporary architects, MIT Press, Cambridge (MA) 2004
Philip Jodidio, Alvaro Siza, Taschen 2003
Philip Jodidio, Architecture Now!, Taschen, Köln 2001, pp. 312-317
El Croquis 95, 1999/II [Alvaro Siza. 1995 1999] William J.R. Curtis, "Notas sobre la Invención: Alvaro Siza/Notes on Invention: Alvaro Siza", El Croquis 95, 1999/II [Alvaro Siza. 1995 1999], pp. 22-31
Kenneth Frampton, Álvaro Siza. Tutte le opere, Electa, Milano 1999
Pierre-Alain Croset (ed.), Álvaro Siza. Scultura Architettura, Skira, Milano 1999
review: Casabella 660, ottobre/october 1998, "Libri e riviste" p. 91
El Croquis 68-69, 1994/IV [Alvaro Siza. 1958 1994] William Curtis, "Alvaro Siza: una arquitectura de bordes/Alvaro Siza: an architecture of edges", El Croquis 68-69, 1994/IV [Alvaro Siza. 1958 1994], pp. 32-45
INTERVIEWS
"Fernando Távora, Álvaro Siza", Casabella 700, maggio/may 2002 [Portogallo/Portugal], "Portogallo" pp. 54-69Fernando Távora, Álvaro Siza, "Lavorare "insieme": conversazione tra Álvaro Siza e Fernando Távora sui progetti per Avenida da Ponte", Casabella 700, maggio/may 2002 [Portogallo/Portugal], "Portogallo" pp. 54-57 (54-69)
Carlos Seoane, "Intimità e monumentalità/Intimacy and Monumentality", Casabella 678, maggio/may 2000 [L’architetto e la talpa], pp. 26-29 (26-37)
William J.R. Curtis, "Una Conversación [con Alvaro Siza]/A Conversation [with Alvaro Siza]", El Croquis 95, 1999/II [Alvaro Siza. 1995 1999], pp. 6-21
Alejandro Zaera, "Salvando las turbulencias: entrevista con Alvaro Siza/Getting through turbulence: interview with Alvaro Siza", El Croquis 68-69, 1994/IV [Alvaro Siza. 1958 1994], pp. 6-31
Antonio Angelillo, "Santiago e Setúbal: conversazione con Alvaro Siza/Santiago and Setúbal: conversation with Alvaro Siza", Casabella 612, maggio/may 1994, pp. 11-12, 67-68 (4-17, 67-68)
Enrico Morteo, "Alvaro Siza. Il progetto come esperienza/Design as experience", Domus 746, febbraio/february 1993, pp. 17-28
Alvaro Siza. Beyond Architecture, Hangzhou (China), China Design Museum, 8 april / 8 july 2018
Gabriele Basilico (photos), Álvaro Siza (drawings), Matosinhos. Non c’è spazio né architettura senza luce, Reggio Emilia (Italy), Vicolo Folletto Art Factories, 5 may / 9 july 2017
Alvaro Siza. Sacro, Roma, MAXXI, 9 november 2016 / 26 march 2017
Visions of the Alhambra - Álvaro Siza, Toronto (Canada), Aga Khan Museum, 23 july 2016 / 8 january 2017
Francesco dal Co (ed.), “I Modi” di Giulio Romano e i modi di Carlo Scarpa e Álvaro Siza, Venezia, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, 11 march / 15 may 2016
Coin, îlot, quartier, villes. Álvaro Siza à Berlin et à La Haye / Corner, Block, Neighbourhood, Cities. Álvaro Siza in Berlin and The Hague, Montréal, CCA. Centre Canadien d’Architecture / Canadian Centre for Architecture, 24 september 2015 / 7 february 2016
Álvaro Siza. Viagem sem Programa. Disegni e Ritratti, Cervia (Italy), Magazzino del Sale Torre, 6 / 22 march 2020 7 june 2020 Álvaro Siza. Viagem sem Programa. Disegni e Ritratti, Siena (Italy), Santa Maria della Scala, 6 june / 6 october 2019
The travelling exhibition “Álvaro Siza. Viagem sem Programa” opened in Siena on June 6th. It’s curated by Greta Ruffino and Raul Betti and organized by the Municipality of Siena and ProViaggiArchitettura. The exhibition was a side event of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. Previously shown in the cities of Lisbon (2018), Reggio Emilia (2017) Dubrovnik and Zagreb (2013), it is now on display at Santa Maria della Scala until 8 September.
The exhibition includes portraits and travel drawings – created over a period of more than 60 years by the architect Siza who personally chose them – a video-documentary and unpublished contents presented on this particular occasion.
The project originated from the many meetings that the two curators had with Álvaro Siza at his studio in Porto. In addition to highlighting his extraordinary eidetic memory, it narrates his activity as an architect and chiefly the personal side of his life. Beginning with drawings made by Siza during his youth, then the frequent trips to Italy and abroad, the most recent dinners with friends, and relaxing moments free from the burden of work. The narrative is broadened with memories, meetings, ironic notes and views pertaining to that extraordinary "journey without a plan", which is life itself. Hence the creation of a unique, unpublished project, firstly through the digital restoration of the drawings that retrieve the traits and marks of each sketch and then return it to paper – via typo ink print technique with one-ff plate (prints personally authenticated by Siza - 53 works, 1/1 copy) – in order to reveal his technical growth and sensitivity in perceiving reality.
In Siena – a city studied and depicted in his notebooks – Álvaro Siza’s drawings interact with the evocative atmosphere of the Magazzini della Corticella inside Santa Maria della Scala thanks to the installation set up by Dumbo Design Studio in cooperation with Graniti Fiandre (formerly ADI Design Index Selection 2018 in the Exhibition Design category for the show at FAB - Fiandre Architectural Bureau in 2017) which includes varied areas and accompanies visitors on a tour that reveals the most intimate and personal aspect of human nature incorporated with design culture.
Large lecterns – with ceramic-based surfaces and structures designed purposely for this exhibition – present the works of the Portuguese architect and create a highly intimate and welcoming atmosphere. The exhibition also includes two video installations: the interview carried out by the curators in Siza's studio with a background of particularly significant areas of Porto and Lisbon (presented at the Milan Design Film Festival in 2017) and Atelier XYZ’s video-installation that virtually leads the viewer to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean with a view point from the Boa Nova Casa da Cha restaurant (designed by Siza 1958/1963), amid the rock formations of Leça de Palmeira. The exhibition dedicated to Álvaro Siza's drawings also proposes – as already presented in other showings – a wide selection of photographs (here in small analog video frames) chosen from the hundreds of shots taken over the years by the two curators and friends and enthusiasts that narrate the origin of the project to the present and the countless contacts generated, which often go far beyond professional activities.
Álvaro Siza. Viagem sem Programa. Maio em Lisboa, Lisbon [Lisboa], Atelier Aires Mateus, 1 / 31 may 2018Álvaro Siza. Viagem sem Programa, FAB Castellarano, Reggio Emilia (Italy), 9 june / 7 july 2017Álvaro Siza. Viagem sem Programa. The Croatian Experience, Dubrovnik (Croatia), Galerija Umjetnička (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art), 26 april / 26 may 2013Álvaro Siza. Viagem sem Programa, Venezia, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, 29 august / 11 november 2012 [ » read more ]
Álvaro Siza. Disegni e pensieri, Milano, Galleria Jannone, 5 / 30 november 2011
Álvaro Siza. Opere e progetti in mostra, Enna, Castello di Lombardia - Palazzo Militello - Galleria Civica - Torre di Federico II, 15 july/15 september 2011
Álvaro Siza. Von der linie zum raum, Neuss (Germany), Stiftung Insel Hombroich, 18 june 2011 / 4 march 2012 | extended 10 june 2012
Marco Introini (photo), La museografia di SizaBergamo, Atelier Bruno Vaerini, 9 october/9 november 2009Milano, Ordine degli Architetti, 14/30 april 2010Trieste, Sala degli Incanti-Ex Pescheria, 23 july/7 august 2010
Álvaro Siza Architetto, Lecce, Museo Provinciale S. Castromediano - Vernole, Castello di Acaya, 12 july/30 october 2008
La costruzione della Bellezza, Venezia, Sala mostre "Gino Valle", ex cotonificio veneziano, 6 february/28 february 2008
Álvaro Siza, Mendrisio (CH), AAM - Accademia di Architettura, Villa Argentina, 19 september/25 november 2007
Alvaro Siza au Thoronet, Marseille, Maison de l'Architecture et de la Ville PACA, 29 june/31 october 2007
Álvaro Siza, Athína (Athens), Benaki Museum, 19 april/17 may 2007
China [Zhōngguó/Zhōnghuá]
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