Presentation of the Research Program on the work of Álvaro Siza Vieira

Next Monday, April 8th, the Auditorium of the Serralves Foundation, in Porto, will host the presentation session of the Integrated Research and Development Program on the work of Architect Álvaro Siza Vieira. The session includes a speech by Architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, followed by a debate moderated by Helena Pereira (Foundation for Science and Technology) and Carles Muro (Serralves Foundation), and closed by the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor.

During the session, the Cooperation Protocol will be signed between the Foundation for Science and Technology, the Serralves Foundation and the Ministry of Culture for the creation of the Integrated Research and Development Programme on the architectural work of Álvaro Siza Vieira, which aims to stimulate and support new R&D projects of a multidisciplinary nature, in multiple areas and disciplines, from architectural design and its relationship with the arts to urban planning and social sciences, as well as engineering and materials sciences, exploring the archives deposited by the Architect Álvaro Siza Vieira at the Serralves Foundation, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Canadian Centre for Architecture.

The new program includes two Calls for scientific research and technological development, to be held in 2019 and 2020, to support research projects on the work of Álvaro Siza Vieira in multiple areas, namely:
 

1. Architectural projects and their relationship with space users and their respective social framework;
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 applied arts;
4. The materialization of architecture, including structures, technologies and materials and their relationship to performance and surrounding conditions.

To participate in the session, please contact administracao@serralves.pt