A house turns its back on the road to open up to the landscape
The single-family house project designed by Elena Gianesini engages in a dialogue with the Vicenza landscape, combining tranquility and contemporary style through essential geometries and the Mazzonetto metal roofing.
His work – a selection of 21 projects that cover a forty year long career – forms the centre of an exhibition conceived and realised by Uqam in Montreal (Université du Québec à Montréal) together with the Belgian organisation Civa (Centre International pour le Ville, l’Architecture et le Paysage). The exhibition, that opens today in Brussels, takes the visitor through the career of one of the masters of contemporary architecture, from the first buildings such as the swimming pool de las Mareas a Leça da Palmeira (1961-66), to the Galician Museum of Contemporary Art in Spain, the country where Siza has carried out the most projects, including the recent and controversial extension to the Prado.
The journey concludes with one of his most poetic Portuguese projects, the church of Santa Maria in the Douro valley. E.S.
Until 18.4.2004
Alvaro Siza. Projets, 1961-1999
Espace Architecture La Cambre/Civa
Place Flagey 18, Bruxelles
T +32-2-6422450
http://www.civa.be
Wood: a key resource for south tyrol
In this northern Italian region, wood is a vital resource that brings together tradition, the economy and environmental protection. The short and sustainable supply chain is worth €1.3 billion and involves thousands of local companies.
