Siza’s sensitivity to context and ways of living resulted in subtle architectural interventions in the urban fabric that mediated charged political and social climates. His façades and plans reinterpret the morphology and typologies of each city. Siza’s architecture has a truly urban character; the projects reveal themselves through the city, and the city reveals itself through the design of each building.
The exhibition presents two large-scale models and a selection of archival material – maps, drawings and sketches of the projects. It includes original drawings from the archive of the architect along with photographs of Bonjour Tristesse by Giovanni Chiaramonte, and photographs of Punt en Komma by Alessandra Chemollo and Peter de Ruig. Additionally, documentary photographs will be projected and accompanied by interviews with Adri Duivesteijn, former deputy mayor of The Hague who invited Siza to come work on the Schilderswijk neighbourhood and Brigitte Fleck who was responsible for competitions for the Senate of Berlin in the late 70s and proposed to invite Siza for several competitions.
until February 7, 2016
Corner, Block, Neighbourhood, Cities.
Álvaro Siza in Berlin and The Hague
curated by Eszter Steierhoffer
Canadian Centre for Architecture
1920, rue Baile
Montréal, Québec