Places
Casa da Arquitectura
Regular Visits
Tours
Sat + Sun, 15h, Architect João Paulo Rapagão / Sat + Sun, 17h, Architect Rita Furtado
Caleidoscópio
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
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Subway: Linha A - Senhor de Matosinhos
Bus: STCP - 505 / Maré - 130