Integrated and multidisciplinary research program focusing on the work of Álvaro Siza Vieira

The Ministry of Science, Technology, and Higher Education, the Ministry of Culture, and the Serralves Foundation established a protocol that enabled the implementation of an integrated and multidisciplinary research program focusing on the work of Álvaro Siza Vieira in its multiple aspects and disciplinary areas, ranging from architecture, the arts, and social sciences to engineering and materials sciences.

Through this Call, FCT supports scientific research and technological development projects in the field of Álvaro Siza Vieira's architecture, focusing on the development of research activities in its many aspects, in the following areas:

1. Architectural projects and their relationship with the users of spaces and their social context;
2. The integration and interrelation of architectural works with the surrounding spaces, the city, the landscape, and the territory;
3. The relationship between architecture and the arts, namely drawing, sculpture, cinema, and the applied arts;
4. The materialization of architecture, including structures, technologies, and materials, and their relationship with performance and surrounding conditions.

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• 1st Edition