Guided tours: Visual Spaces of Change Exhibition Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

 

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Guided tours: Visual Spaces of Change Exhibition
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

On the 16th and 22nd of October, Pedro Leão Neto gave two guided tours aimed at students of the curricular units of Projeto de Arquitetura Assistido por Computador e Fotografia 1º Ciclo and Fotografia de Arquitetura, Cidade e Território 2º Ciclo, on the facilities of FAUP where the Visual Spaces of Change Exhibition is as the moment.

With several types of mobile structures for the communication of contemporary photography projects on architecture and city spaces, this Exhibition also presents a prototype of the proposal of the winning structure of the International Competition of Ideas: Exhibition and Mobile Projector – authored by Sérgio Magalhães, studium - creative studio – built with the support of Jofebar and located in the "pool” between FAUP’s towers.

At the momento, the Spaces of Change Exhibition can be visited in the FAUP spaces and the interested public can schedule a guided tour through prior booking and thus be accompanied and benefit from an explanation about the contents of the Contemporary Photography projects on display, as well as the new Exhibition structure that was awarded with the first prize in International Competition of Ideas: Exhibition and Mobile Projector which aims to allow the public to perceive and enjoy public space and architecture in an innovative and pedagogical way.

The contents of the exhibition are online on the VSC platform and the exhibition experience is registered purely for research purposes, being analyzed in the context of the ongoing VSC research project.

This project is developed by the research group Arquitectura, Arte e Imagem (AAI) of the Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo (CEAU) da Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (FAUP), by Lab2PT (Escola de Arquitectura) and by the Centro ALGORITMI (Escola Superior de Engenharia) of the Universidade do Minho. 

Pedro Leão Neto is the PI of the project, which is structured according to scientific contributions: i) the Information and Communication Technologies component, is coordinated by the project's Co-PI, Luis Gonzaga Magalhães (Centro ALGORITMI) and Pedro Bandeira (Lab2PT); e ii) the Scientific Component (Arts and Photography), is coordinated by Pedro Leão Neto of AAI/CEAU, alongside with the researchers José Barbedo (AAI/CEAU), Miguel Santos (AAI/CEAU), Eduardo Silva (AAI/CEAU), Rita Silva (AAI/CEAU) and Né Santelmo (Directora de Arte).

Visual Spaces of Change 
Visual Spaces of Change proposes a visual communication strategy based on the development of contemporary photography projects that reflect on the different dynamics of urban change to open up new horizons for public intervention in the public space. These projects are conceived as “visual narratives” of these dynamics, intentionally interfering with the metropolitan territory in a self-reflective representation of its own process of change, reducing the distance between the objects of investigation (landscapes, places, public and collective spaces) and the their representations.

Collaborative structire
Visual Spaces of Change brings together a diverse set of institutions and researchers, architects, curators, photographers and authors of visual arts, in an exercise of joint reflexivity around common concerns related to the transformation of the territory, the public space and the environment. The active collaboration of this wide network of institutional actors aims to increase their capacity to intervene in their social reality through concerted actions.

Universidade do Porto | Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Minho | Braga, Portugal
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (FAUP) | Porto, Portugal
Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo (CEAU) | Porto, Portugal
Arquitectura, Arte e Imagem (AAI) | Porto, Portugal
Centro ALGORITIMI | Braga, Portugal
Laboratório de Arquitectura, Arte, Imagem & Inovação (AAi2Lab) | Porto, Portugal
Universidade de Saragoça (AAi2Lab) | Saragoça, Espanha
Universidade de Liverpool – Escola de Arquitectura (AAi2Lab) | Liverpool, Reino Unido
Centro para a Arquitectura e as Artes Visuais (CAVA) | Liverpool, Reino Unido
Metro do Porto | Porto, Portugal
Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia (MAAT) | Lisboa, Portugal
i2ADS – Instituto de Investigação em Arte, Design e Sociedade (FBAUP) | Porto, Portugal
FAME – Fotografia e Arquitectura Moderna em Espanha | Espanha

Organization and jury of the International Competition of Ideas: Exhibition and Mobile Projector
The launch and organization of the contest is the responsibility of the research group Architecture, Art and Image (AAI), integrated in the FAUP R&D center (CEAU), in partnership with U. Minho through the participation of ALGORITMI and Lab2PT in the project. Visual Spaces of Change research and in collaboration with the CITYSCOPIO Cultural Association:

  • Jorge Marum

  • Susana Ventura

  • David Viana

  • Marco Iuliano

  • Iñaki Bergera

  • José Barbedo

  • Ana Miriam Rebelo

  • Frederico Martinho

  • Eduardo Silva

  • Letícia Cabeçadas do Carmo

  • Ligia Ribeiro

  • Andrea Vieira

  • Bruno Moreira

  • Maria Neto

  • João Ferreira

  • Pedro Leão Neto

  • José Miguel Neto Viana Brás Rodrigues

  • Manuel Joaquim Soeiro Moreno

  • Ana Francisca de Araujo Rodrigues de Azevedo e Silva

  • Francisco Manuel Gomes Costa Ferreira

  • Paulo de Oliveira Freire de Almeida

Jury of the International Competition of Ideas: Exhibition and Mobile Projector

Awards of the International Competition of Ideas: Exhibition and Mobile Projector:
The winner(s) will be awarded a monetary prize or computer equipment. Proposals by the author(s) or team(s) that are awarded or receive an honorable mention will have their study and credits included in the project. VSC research, at least ensuring the integration of one of the proposals for execution, dissemination, advertising, exhibition and use within the scope of the VSC, with the support of Jofebar for the construction of a prototype of the winning structure.
1st The author(s) of the winning proposals will be contacted in order to deepen the project, with support from AAI-CEAU-FAUP, AAi2 Lab and Centro ALGORITMI-Lab2PT / UMINHO and other partners, namely the company Jofebar | Portugal in order to make its construction feasible.
2nd Without prejudice to the prizes awarded to each of the winning proposals, a certificate of participation will be given to each team in the contest, as well as their entries will be disclosed on the platforms and networks of the AAI group (websites, social networks, etc.).
3rd The prizes will be delivered in a public ceremony to be held at FAUP with the presence of Jofebar during the year 2020.