Places

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Four Houses - Fernando Neto House

Álvaro Siza

1957

Saturday + Sunday

Casa da Arquitectura

Regular Visits

Visita ao espaço orientada pela equipa de voluntários Open House.
Sat.
16:00
16:30
Sun.
16:00
16:30

Tours

Visita ao espaço comentada pelo autor do projecto de arquitectura ou por um especialista convidado.

Sat.
15:00
17:00
Sun.
15:00
17:00

Sat + Sun, 15h, Architect João Paulo Rapagão / Sat + Sun, 17h, Architect Rita Furtado

Caleidoscópio

Inclusive Itineray →

Maximum 15 people per visit

No reservation required; first-come, first-served

No wheelchair access

Photography allowed

Description

Siza Vieira’s first work (still far from the architectural expression of what would be considered his masterworks), the group of four houses is an essay on a revision of modernity that mixes the Inquiry on Popular Architecture (filtered by Távora), Ronchamp by Le Corbusier and his own, as always, Alvar Aalto. Integrated in this group, the house of his first client predicted a path that forced the duplication of stairs that, even though decreased free space, they increased the living possibilities of the house. In this, the project is complex and contradictory, anticipating 1966 Venturi’s homonym book. The kitchen at Neto’s House seems to have been shaped in clay colour pastilles with Siza’s own hands, still impressed with his discovery of the organic expression of Gaudi’s architecture. The sculptural presence of the chimney reminds us of Christmas, Easter and normal days of that house.

Location

Avenida D. Afonso Henriques, 394

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Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps

Public Transport

Subway: Linha A - Senhor de Matosinhos

Bus: STCP - 505 / Maré - 130