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A review on the development of architectural museumsAbstract
There are many connections between architecture and museums. These meeting points are discussed from different perspectives by architects and urbanists, museum specialists, designers and scenographers, social science researchers, conservators, among experts from a number of other fields of study. This paper investigates the convergence between the two areas based on the idea that architecture can be a subject to the museum institution, particularly as a theme developed through exhibition practices. The research intends to understand the historical development of architectural museums and the museological and curatorial standpoints that determined the paradigms of the field. For this, it delineates a chronology of museological institutions and key moments on the history of architecture as an exhibition object, having as theoretical reference Steiner (2009), Cohen (2007) and Riley (2002), besides using some other sources about specific museums and exhibitions mentioned. [read more] |
Key words: Architectural museums, architecture exhibitions, curatorship.
A pavilion that is a newspaper
Notes on the future Portuguese representation at the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale.
Published in portuguese at ArteConTexto and Vitruvius, 2014.
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In December 2013, the Director of the National Arts Department (DGArtes) - agency responsible for the coordination and execution of supporting policies towards culture in Portugal - announced the concept and the curator for the national representation at the next edition of the prestigious International Architecture Exhibition in Venice: with the title Homeland | Less Housing More Home, the idea emerged from the partnership between the architect Pedro Campos Costa and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, with the support of DGArtes.
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Key words: Architecture exhibitions, Portuguese representation, Venice Architecture Biennale
12 years of Portuguese architecture in Venice
Questions on the Symposium Venice Architecture Biennale: the portuguese exhibitions [2004-2016]
Published in portuguese at Jornal dos Arquitectos #253, July 2016.
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How to overcome the lack of a Portuguese pavilion in Venice? Which curatorial strategies have been used to exhibit Portuguese architecture? What is the future of public-funded commissioned works of architects and artists invited to represent the country? Aiming to reflect over the modes of presentation and representation of national architecture, and in parallel with the exponential growth on the field of architecture curatorship in Portugal, the curators responsible for the portuguese exhibitions at Venice Architecture Biennale, presented between 2004 and 2016, were invited for an unprecedented public debate.
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Key words: Architecture exhibitions, Portuguese representations, Venice Architecture Biennale, Symposium
At the opening of Casa da Arquitectura
Published in Portuguese at Jornal dos Arquitectos #256, January 2018.
The new headquarter of Casa da Arquitectura (translates as House of Architecture), a much awaited project in Portugal, was finally presented to the public in November 2017, ten years after the creation of this cultural entity dedicated to the promotion of architecture, nationally and internationally.
The first office of the institution, house Roberto Ivens, belonged to the family of the architect Álvaro Siza and was acquired by Matosinhos City Hall in 2007, with the intention of hosting the Álvaro Siza Documentation Center together with Casa da Arquitectura. Located a few blocks away from this new headquarter, the house was renovated to its new functions and, in 2009, was inaugurated and received important donations to its collection: more than 15 architects, among Eduardo Souto Moura, Paulo Mendes da Rocha and Gonçalo Byrne, signed donation protocols [1]. By that time, the idea was to make a building from scratch, designed by Siza, to host Casa da Arquitectura, with plans to transform it in the future National Museum of Architecture [2]. The project was canceled due to budgetary restrictions; at the same time, Siza donated part of his archive to other national and international institutions, and the pressure to have a place to host its collection was getting higher. [read more] |
Key words: Casa da Arquitectura, Please Share!, architecture curatorship