Transformações na Arquitetura de Álvaro Siza na década de 1990 : uma entrevista com Jorge Figueira (JF)

Abstract

This article aims to report partial results of the research that analyzed nine projects of the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza (1933), produced between the years 1966 and 1998, from the trinomial "archeology, metamorphosis and inflection". From a careful analysis of the work of the Portuguese architect, there are indications of the existence of continuous processes of recovery, transformation and updating of solutions in his repertoire of previous projects, in new contexts, a process that would be qualified by Vittorio Gregotti (1972), with the term "autonomous archeology". Based on these considerations, the presupposition synthesized in the title of this work suggests a key to the reading and understanding of Siza's work from the idea that three more radical inflections of language would have been tributary and triggered by three previous unprecedented projects, which could be considered their "foreshadowing". This article presents an interview with Prof. Dr. Jorge Figueira, seeking to clarify the possible origins of the language inflection that occurred in the Iberê Camargo Foundation Museum, the only work of Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza built in Brazil to date. The work seeks to highlight the relevance of memory, accumulation of influences and previous experiences in the design process of the architect Álvaro Siza. KEY WORDS (3 a 5): Siza, Álvaro (1933); inflections; autonomous archeology; memory; updating of design strategies