The Form of Form

Under the title “The Form of Form”, the fourth edition of the Lisbon Triennale sets out to further the debate around a wide spectrum of contemporary approaches to architectural practice.

Marco Cadioli, Necessary Lines #03, 2014, © marcocadioli.com

The Lisbon Architecture Triennale is an open platform for debate, research and promotion of contemporary architecture founded in 2007. Unique in the Iberian Peninsula, it operates in a disciplinary field that benefits of great world recognition due to Portuguese architects who have over the years consolidated their presence outside Portugal making a mark in the international cultural scene.

**Top:** Marco Cadioli, Necessary Lines #03, 2014, ©marcocadioli.com. **Above:** Usina, Housing 26 de Julho, São Mateus, São Paulo, 1990–1993/1997–2000

An invitation was made to architects André Tavares and Diogo Seixas Lopes to share the chief curatorship of this edition, something with no precedent in the Lisbon Triennale’s history. Diogo Seixas Lopes passed away in February, when the preparation work for the Triennale was already consolidated. The best homage the Triennale can do to him is to accomplish the work he conceived and, in that sense, conclude the project as it was designed.

Pittarch, Re-Learning from Eurovegas, elevation

The world is transformed through architecture. Under the title “The Form of Form”, this fourth edition of the Lisbon Triennale sets out to further the debate around a wide spectrum of contemporary approaches to architectural practice today; in other words, to debate the ways in which the world is transformed. With its diverse yet cohesive programme, the Triennale will seek to highlight currents of thought considered important for the production of architecture in a social context that is in constant transformation.

Flora di Martino, Pedro Costa, Rita Martins, Saule Grybenaite (Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto), A terceira água, Winning project, Prémio Trienal Millenium bcp

The different perspectives on architecture will be presented through their aesthetic, technical, social and political aspects. Understanding architecture as a profession that is committed to a complex social context will make it possible to further advance the implications and possibilities of architectural decisions, enhancing their technical and cultural importance in society.

Renato Nicolodi, ANGIPORTUS I, acryldrawing, 2012, Borchtlombeek, Belgium © Renato Nicolodi — Renato Nicolodi, Angiportus I, acryldrawing, 2012, Borchtlombeek, Belgium © Renato Nicolodi

5 October – 11 December 2016
The Form of Form
4th Edition Lisbon Architecture Triennale
curated by André Tavares and Diogo Seixas Lopes
Lisbon

The Form of Form

Under the title “The Form of Form”, the fourth edition of the Lisbon Triennale sets out to further the debate around a wide spectrum of contemporary approaches to architectural practice.

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