Launch and Presentation of
THE IDEA OF ÁLVARO SIZA: CARLOS RAMOS PAVILION AND BOUÇA SOCIAL HOUSING by Mark Durden and João Leal
Fundação Instituto Arquitecto José Marques da Silva (FIMS)
PT/ENG
The Foundation Architect José Marques da Silva Institute (FIMS) hosted last 14th (October) the launch and presentation of the publication "The Idea of Álvaro Siza: Carlos Ramos Pavilion and the Bouça Council Housing Project", which is based on the beginning of the scopionewspaper collection focused on the work developed by the photographers Mark Durden and João Leal involving a selection of architectural buildings designed by Álvaro Siza for the series entitled "The Idea of Álvaro Siza".
In addition to the guest photographers, the event was attended by Luís Urbano, Vice-President of the present Foundation (FIMS), who promoted the opening of the conference, as well as the architect, cultural programmer and curator Nuno Grande. The moderation of the talk, which followed around the universe of photography and architecture, was assured by Pedro Leão Neto, director of the scopionewspaper publication.
“We believe that this would allow us to explore relations and differences between their approaches to modernism, how their buildings and vision have adapted to the specific demands— environmental, cultural, economic, political— of different regions in Europe. We are interested in using photography to inquire architecture and better understand the regionalist departures from modernism and their unique contributions to the history of architecture.
Then, we can say that the entire series on The Idea of Álvaro Siza: Carlos Ramos Pavilion and the Bouça Council Housing Project shows us an immense capacity for controlling the interconnection between shadow and light, and most of all, the way space is intimately connected to light, and the perception of time is something that emanates significantly from their work and allow us to associate Mark and João’s photography with Luigi Ghirri, but also to pay tribute of the relations that Siza´s work establishes with light, with bodies and the passage of time”.
Pedro Leão Neto