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Álvaro Siza : lugar y crisis
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The initial interpretations of Álvaro Siza’s work outside Portugal put the notion of place at the core of his architecture, in line with certain critical positions that appeared in Europe after the Second World War. From different perspectives towards the idea of place, critics have remained true to the vernacular traditions, the revelation of pre-existing regulating lines and the architectural promenade when interpreting Álvaro Siza’s architecture.
However, from the early nineties, these terms were no longer sufficient to understand the last stage of his career. Critical regionalism is completely depleted by the global nature of his work in South Korea or China. In Europe too, Álvaro Siza’s current architecture is frequently located in the anonymous suburbs, sparse landscapes and banal spaces that have proliferated in the generic contemporary city. His projects over the last 25 years have rarely revealed the genius loci through the use of the vernacular, nor historical continuity and forms from the immediate environment. Recognizing the multi-faceted crisis of the place, this thesis explores new meanings of ‘local’ in Álvaro Siza’s contemporary work.
Las primeras interpretaciones que recibieron las obras de Álvaro Siza fuera de Portugal situaron la noción de lugar en el centro de su arquitectura, alineadas con ciertas posiciones críticas que nacieron en Europa tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Desde diferentes sensibilidades hacia la idea de lugar, la crítica se ha mantenido fiel desde entonces a la tradición vernácula, al desvelamiento de trazados preexistentes y a la experiencia del recorrido en la interpretación de la arquitectura de Álvaro Siza. Sin embargo, desde principios de los años noventa, estos términos ya no son suficientes para comprender la última etapa de su trayectoria. El regionalismo crítico se encuentra definitivamente agotado ante la dimensión global que ha alcanzado su obra en Corea del Sur o China. Pero también en Europa, la arquitectura reciente de Álvaro Siza se inscribe con frecuencia en las periferias anónimas, el paisaje disperso y los espacios banales que han proliferado en la ciudad genérica contemporánea. Sus proyectos de los últimos veinticinco años en raras ocasiones revelan el genius loci a través de lo vernáculo, las permanencias históricas o las formas del entorno inmediato. Reconociendo pues, la crisis poliédrica del lugar, este trabajo explora nuevos significados de lo local en la obra contemporánea de Álvaro Siza.
Title: Álvaro Siza : lugar y crisis
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The initial interpretations of Álvaro Siza’s work outside Portugal put the notion of place at the core of his architecture, in line with certain critical positions that appeared in Europe after the Second World War.
From different perspectives towards the idea of place, critics have remained true to the vernacular traditions, the revelation of pre-existing regulating lines and the architectural promenade when interpreting Álvaro Siza’s architecture.
However, from the early nineties, these terms were no longer sufficient to understand the last stage of his career.
Critical regionalism is completely depleted by the global nature of his work in South Korea or China.
In Europe too, Álvaro Siza’s current architecture is frequently located in the anonymous suburbs, sparse landscapes and banal spaces that have proliferated in the generic contemporary city.
His projects over the last 25 years have rarely revealed the genius loci through the use of the vernacular, nor historical continuity and forms from the immediate environment.
Recognizing the multi-faceted crisis of the place, this thesis explores new meanings of ‘local’ in Álvaro Siza’s contemporary work.
Las primeras interpretaciones que recibieron las obras de Álvaro Siza fuera de Portugal situaron la noción de lugar en el centro de su arquitectura, alineadas con ciertas posiciones críticas que nacieron en Europa tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Desde diferentes sensibilidades hacia la idea de lugar, la crítica se ha mantenido fiel desde entonces a la tradición vernácula, al desvelamiento de trazados preexistentes y a la experiencia del recorrido en la interpretación de la arquitectura de Álvaro Siza.
Sin embargo, desde principios de los años noventa, estos términos ya no son suficientes para comprender la última etapa de su trayectoria.
El regionalismo crítico se encuentra definitivamente agotado ante la dimensión global que ha alcanzado su obra en Corea del Sur o China.
Pero también en Europa, la arquitectura reciente de Álvaro Siza se inscribe con frecuencia en las periferias anónimas, el paisaje disperso y los espacios banales que han proliferado en la ciudad genérica contemporánea.
Sus proyectos de los últimos veinticinco años en raras ocasiones revelan el genius loci a través de lo vernáculo, las permanencias históricas o las formas del entorno inmediato.
Reconociendo pues, la crisis poliédrica del lugar, este trabajo explora nuevos significados de lo local en la obra contemporánea de Álvaro Siza.
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