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Alvaro Siza Transforming Reality

Pritzker Architecture Prize Winners • Documentary, Special Interest, 01-Jan-2004

In Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality Portugal's renowned architect reviews his work with architectural historian, Kenneth Frampton as they tour fifteen projects, including the Serralves Museum and the Aveiro University Library. Siza discusses his approach to architecture with Frampton, explaining that it is centered around the idea that the setting of a building is integral to its design and that a structure's design should reinforce its surroundings by both enhancing and highlighting its potential.

Tags
Grandella Building, Baixa-Chiado Metro Station, Portugese Pavilion, Setubal Teachers Training School, Social Housing of Malagueira, Aveiro University Library, Porto School of Architecture, Serralves Museum, Boa Nova Restaurant, Borges & Irmao Bank, Church Marco De Canaveses, setting, structure, Lioz stone, gothic, neoclassicical, concrete, columns, cylindrical design, Frank Lloyd Wright, churches, spirituality, religious buildings, the Oporto School, Critical regionalism
Cast
Álvaro Siza Vieira Self
Kenneth Frampton Self
Crew
Michael Blackwood director
Michael Blackwood producer
Caroline Kerrigan producer

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