R&D Projects on the Architecture of Álvaro Siza Vieira

(Available only in Portuguese)

Following the protocol between the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, the Ministry of Culture and the Serralves Foundation for research into the work of Álvaro Siza Vieira, the FCT has opened the first of two IC&DT Project Calls . O Call aims to encourage research into the various aspects of his work, from architecture to the arts, from social sciences to engineering and materials sciences.

The topics could cover: architectural projects and their relationship with the users of the spaces and their social environment; the integration and interrelationship of architectural works with the surrounding spaces, the city, the landscape and the territory; the relationship between architecture and the arts, namely drawing, sculpture and cinema and the applied arts; the materialization of architecture, including structures, technologies and materials and their relationship with performance and the surrounding conditions.

The Call has a financial envelope of 600,000 euros, and will fund projects of up to 120,000 euros for a duration of 24 months.

Applications are open from March 29 to May 16.