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1 siza Projects 30 Created 18-Nov-11 By Huang Rui, Copenhagen, Denmark Past Serpentine Gallery Pavilions London, United Kingdom OMA - Rem Koolhaas pavilion, park, gallery Atelier Siza, Souto de Moura, Fernando Távora Vila da Feira Market Serralves Museum ure Faculty Sports Arena University Library Boa Nova Tea House 7 Housing Schilderswijk West Baixa-Chiado Metro Station 14 Malagueira Housing 15 Terraços de Bragança 16 Piscina das Marés 17 Matosinhos, bar, promenade, swimming pool 8 Pavilion of 18 Lisbon, art, museum 9 Tower of Siza 19 Maastricht, Netherlands housing 10 Pavilion of 20 Coimbra, exposition space, pavilion 11 Matosinhos, pavilion Lisbon, commercial space, housing, office Aveiro, exposition space, library, university 6 Gondomar, pavilion, sport 13 Évora, housing, urban plan Porto, university 5 Porto, auditorium, library, museum Bouça Housing Complex Lisbon, subway station Berlin, Germany housing 4 Santa Maria da Feira, Fernando Távora market Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor Porto, commercial space, housing Porto, atelier 3 Adega Mayor Winery 21 Campo Maior, winery 12 Den Haag, Netherlands housing Municipal Library 22 Viana do Castelo, culture, library 1

2 Galician Center of Contemporary Art Santiago de Compostela, Spain culture, museum College of Education of Setúbal Foundation Ibere Camargo Jardim Escola S João de Deus Igreja de Marco de Canaveses Casa Armanda Passos 28 Schlesisches Tor Kita 29 Berlin, Germany kindergarten 25 Schlesisches Tor Social Centre 30 Berlin, Germany community centre 26 Penafiel, kindergarten, primary school 24 Porto Alegre, Brazil museum Porto, private house Setúbal, education, exposition space, university 23 Vitrashop Factory Hall 31 Weil am Rhein, Germany factory 27 Marco de Canaveses, church, religion Borges & Irmao Bank III 32 Vila do Conde, office 2

3 photo: Richard Bryant/arcaidcouk photo: Stephen White Past Serpentine Gallery Pavilions Kensington Gardens 1 W2 3XA London United Kingdom Serpentine Gallery is one of London s best-loved galleries for modern and contemporary art Its Exhibition, ure, Education and Public Programmes attract approximately 750,000 visitors a year and admission is free Each Summer, the Serpentine commissions an internationally acclaimed architect to design a temporary Pavilion for its lawn The programme is unique worldwide Conceived by Julia Peyton-Jones, Director, Serpentine Gallery, the project represents a rare opportunity for architects to create a more experimental structure in the United Kingdom, where none of those invited has ever built before Those selected previously are Zaha Hadid, 2000, Daniel Libeskind with Arup, 2001, Toyo Ito with Arup, 2002, Oscar Niemeyer, 2003, MVRDV, 2004 (unrealised) and Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura with Cecil Balmond Arup, 2005 The Serpentine Pavilion 2006 was co-designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas and innovative structural designer Cecil Balmond photo: John Offenbach Main designer, Technical engineer OMA - Rem Koolhaas Daniel Libeskind Eduardo Souto de Moura MVRDV Oscar Niemeyer Toyo Ito Zaha Hadid s Arup Serpentine Gallery MI_MOA Open daily, 10am - 6pm Nearest Undergrounds: Knightsbridge, Lancaster Gate or South Kensington Buses 9, 10, 52, 94, 148 Metered parking in Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park Full disability access 3

4 photo: Sahil Latheef photo: Manuel Montenegro Atelier Siza, Souto de Moura, Fernando Távora Calçada do Ouro Porto The work place of the masters Project is not public! Álvaro Siza Vieira, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Fernando Távora and others manecas photo: Sahil Latheef By the river, West from Ponte da Arrábida 4

5 photo: Sahil Latheef photo: Manuel Montenegro Vila da Feira Market Rua dos Descobrimentos Santa Maria da Feira This is one of the key works for the revision of the modern movement in the CIAM, forcing a change on the key focus of the practice of architecture Fernando Távora's architecture springs from his questioning of modernity, he sought to integrate local and traditional values, values that were more popular than erudite, as is the case with the Vila de Feira Market Fernando Távora died on September in his hometown of Oporto, He was 82 Founder of "Escola do Porto" (Oporto School), Távora was a teacher and lifelong mentor to Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto de Moura From convents to markets to residential projects, all in, he sought to integrate local and traditional values within a modern vocabulary Távora's most notable projects include the Quinta da Conceicao Tennis Pavilion, Vila da Feira Municipal Market, and the Santa Marinha Convent photo: Sahil Latheef Main designer, Fernando Távora Vila da Feira manecas From Oporto via freeway A1, South bound, exit 18 (Santa Maria da Feira), near the city centre 5

6 photo: Brighdino Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor Schlesische Straße Berlin Germany International recognition came to Siza in 1980 with his design of the Schlesisches Tor (Bonjour Tristesse), a large public housing block in Berlin Many have read this project, Siza's first to be built abroad, as the embodiment of the "contextual" qualities of his architecture, seeing proof of Siza's trademark sensitivity to his surroundings in the rhythms of the windows, in the apartment block's evocation of the street's curve, and in the slit between the new and old buildings I prefer to see it as a mirror of the melancholia of urban life Now known by the name Bonjour Tristesse scrawled clandestinely on its facade, the Schlesisches Tor - with its outer wall of identically sized windows - is animated only by the abstract evocation of a horizontal line, broken by a small dip as the building encounters the sky - ruefully reminds us that architecture is not, after all, always a joyful reflection of contemporary living Project is not public! JMMM photo: Justien "Schlesisches Tor" - (Berlin U-Bahn) 6

7 photo: João Morgado photo: João Morgado Serralves Museum Rua DJoão de Castro Porto A roughly north-south longitudinal axis serves as the framework for the project Two asymmetrical wings branch off to the south from the main body of the museum, creating a courtyard between them, while another courtyard is formed at the northern end between the L-shaped volume of the auditorium and the public entrance atrium The volume of the main building is divided between exhibition spaces, offices and storage, an art library and a restaurant with adjoining terrace The auditorium and bookstore have independent entrances and may be used when the museum itself is closed The exhibition area is composed of several rooms, connected by a large U-shaped gallery - it occupies most of the entrance level, extending to the lower floor in one of the wings The large doors that separate the different exhibition spaces and partition walls can be used to create different routes or organize separate exhibitions simultaneously Floor area/size m² Fundação Serralves JMMM photo: João Morgado Winter: MUSEUM VILLA PARK Tuesday to Sunday: 10 am to 7 pm Summer: MUSEUM Tuesday to Friday: 10 am to 7 pm Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays: 10 am to 8 pm VILLA Tuesday to Sunday (and Public Holidays): 10 am to 7 pm PARK Tuesday to Friday: 10 am to 7 pm Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays: 10 am to 8 pmserralves Foundation is closed on Mondays, except for the Auditorium bar and Restaurant/Cafetaria Service and on December 25 and January 1 Near Avenida Marechal Gomes da Costa/Avenida da Boavista BUSES: 201, 203, 207, 502, 504 and Tourism Circuit METRO: Exit at the Casa da Música Station, with connection via the buses 201, 203, 502 and 504 at the Boavista Rotunda Entrance is via the Largo D João III (next to the French School) You can get a architectural tour through the museum on Sundays on 15h00-16h00 Tours are free upon purchase of an entrance ticket to the Museum 7

8 photo: Carlos Gonzalez photo: Mirko Garufi ure Faculty Rua do Gólgota Porto The School of ure of Porto articulates along the limits of an ancient farm right next to the Douro river, creating a wide central space, like an interior square, surrounded by the built volumes This intervention reveals a lot of sensibility with the surroundings, in communication with the river and the sea Stairs and ramps distribute the various accesses to the different levels and functional zones The apparent fragmentation of the build volumes, visible on the project drawings, recovers its continuity in the circulation at the inferior level photo: Victor Popovici Universidade do Porto Joao_Sousa Taking a bus from the city centre or by the subway till "Casa da Música" and a 10 minute walk Close to Campo Alegre/Rotunda da Boavista At wwwcm-portopt/ you can find a map of Porto Click on 'Mapa da Cidade do Porto' 8

9 Sports Arena Rua de Pevidal 4420 Gondomar One of the recent projects from the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira This Sports Arena is a big complex with two sports pavilions Very influenced by Louis Khan's platonic works and with some Oscar Niemeyer's sensuality, this work is all made out of concrete and steel as the exterior façades are covered with bricks 2007 Câmara Municipal de Gondomar Joao_Sousa Depending if there is an event By car: From Porto take the highway IC29 to Gondomar and take the exit to the centre of Gondomar It's right beside the exit 9

10 University Library Campus Universitário de Santiago Aveiro The library plays a central role in the organisation of the university campus situated on the edge of the city of Aveiro A free-standing curving wall characterises the western façade and expresses the reinforced concrete structure of the building This baffle admits reflected light while a continuous horizontal cut at the third level assures (for those seated) a visual connection across the sait marshes extending to the horizon All electrical and air-conditioning services are integrated into the perimeter shelving system at each floor allowing the ceilings to be left uncluttered and spatially continuous with the vertical voids which traverse the interior spaces This configuration also permits the spatial continuity of the double curvature of the ceiling at the top floor 1994 Universidade de Aveiro Joao_Sousa hours From the train station at the city centre there are several buses going in the direction of the university campus 10

11 photo: Pedro Joel Costa photo: Chris Luth Boa Nova Tea House R Cel Hélder Ribeiro Matosinhos This restaurant (also known as Casa de Chá Boa-Nova) was finished in the year Siza turned thirty Boldly positioned on the rocks that form the coast of Matosinhos, on the outskirts of Porto, this beautifully detailed masterpiece offers beautiful meals as well Make sure to open the huge windows! photo: Filipe Brandão 1963 City of Matosinhos Chris_Luth The restaurant is open every day except Sunday You can reserve for diner at geral[at]boanovacom or call Situated from the main road by some 300 meters, the building is accessed from a nearby parking lot through a system of platforms and stairs The tea house is located some 20 minute drive north of Porto 11

12 photo: João Morgado photo: João Morgado Housing Schilderswijk West Suze Robertsonstraat WS Den Haag Netherlands Siza designed two housing blocks with 106 dwellings in the 'social housing' sector The one building has 5 corners and the other 3 The houses in the 4-layer high building have a so called portiekontsluiting, which means, the entrance is facilitated with a stair, accessible from the street The red bricks have a rhythmic pattern of large square windows On the corners, several white smooth surfaces are made In a second phase was realized, with 238 houses on the Doedijnstraat and surroundings photo: João Morgado Project is not public! Associate architect Carlos Castanheira City of Den Haag JMMM 12

13 Bouça Housing Complex Rua Melo II Porto This project, from 1973, was integrated in the program SAAL in Porto to create social housing for poor people And even though it was made through highly controlled costs, Siza Vieira managed to create a housing complex that is worth studying and visiting In 1977 there where only two blocks completed Nowadays, in 2004, all the blocks were concluded and a new life was given to this complex Instead of having only poor people living here, the low prices and high quality living attracted artists, architects and young couples to settle in With four levels, each block present an articulation in terms of passages that connect the whole complex Together with the housing units there is also commercial spaces and green open spaces 2004, Urban planner SAAL Joao_Sousa Only the public spaces are public, it's a housing complex Take the subway in Porto till the station "Lapa" it's right there! 13

14 photo: João Morgado photo: João Morgado Baixa-Chiado Metro Station Rua do Crucifixo Lisbon This subway station links the blue as well as the green line of the Metro system in Lisbon It is one of the most important transfer stations For the blue line it was the end station for a long time The extensions towards the Santa Apolónia train station is being built, and expected to be completed in 2007 It is situated at the crossing of the Largo do Chiado and the Rua do Crucifixo photo: João Morgado Metropolitano de Lisboa JMMM Opening: 06h 30m The first train leaves at 06h 30m from the terminal stations of each line Closing: 01h 00m The last train leaves at 01h 00m from the terminal stations of each line 14

15 photo: Julien B photo: Julien B Malagueira Housing R do Alto da Azinheira Évora Here the architectural forms typical of the Alentejo, square houses painted a blinding white with broad chimneys and few windows, confront Modernist volumetric experiments, conferring on this part of the city a uniformity that is, however, subtly disrupted by a modern version of an aqueduct consisting of above-ground supply lines Tempering what might otherwise be too "white and orthogonal" a site, this structure, arching over the neighbourhood, seems to avenge the absence of history that any city built from the ground up necessarily represents Here, Siza's apparently simple mixture of typologies results in an impressive urban complexity photo: Julien B Project is not public! City of Évora JMMM 15

16 photo: Milharadas Terraços de Bragança Rua do Alecrim Lisbon The housing project Terraços de Bragança occupies an area of 5000m2 of the historical city centre of Lisbon There is a great sense of responsibility of the architect to maintain a certain dialogue with the existing buildings and it results in a building that is at the same time very modern but with a lot of local inspirations and elements The main façades are covered with stone Lioz and the blue tiles, traditional of Behind the building of the street there is the other building of the housing complex with a very contemporary kind of drawing, catching the tremendous views, facing south to the river Tejo Project is not public! 2004 Services engineer Structural engineer António Vieira Pereira Segedães Tavares Imopólis Joao_Sousa By the subway you can go till "Cais do Sodré" or "Baixa/Chiado" and then it's really easy to walk till there 16

17 photo: Carlos Dias photo: Tiago Oliveira Piscina das Marés Avenida da Liberdade Matosinhos Developed and built between 1961 and 1966, this building became one of the most interesting buildings to visit in Porto since Álvaro Siza designed it As still a young architect, Siza was appointed to design a new swimming pool at Leça da Palmeira right between the rocks and the sea He spent months drawing and feeling the environment so he could design a building that fitted perfectly along the shore It's architecture made from the site and for the site All the materials are raw Concrete, wood and steel are all processed with traditional techniques of constructing photo: Tobias 1966, Artist, Urban planner Joao_Sousa Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos From May to September: Monday to Sunday from 9:00h till 20:00h There are buses coming from the center of Porto By car take the highway A28 from Porto to the north and exit to "Leixões" Port From there go always straight ahead near the sea till you reach the big avenue where it is 17

18 photo: João Morgado photo: Ana N Pavilion of Alameda dos Oceanos 1990 Lisbon The architect's masterpiece, both for the tension he manages to create between a necessary, desired and difficult monumentality, and the delicate articulation - with the program and the location - both for daring of the solution and its intensive effect of a representative image symbol The palatial theme, which he used first in the school in Setúbal, is here taken to expressive heights, combining the 'colossal' arcade with it's reflection and sublimation in the waters of the quay The roof of the large ceremonial area is the finishing touch to the effect, which reminds us of Niemeyer and the most innovative of modern architecture and engineering in concrete and steel It is an enormous 'shell', appearing to throw off its supports (only visible as the skeleton, like armour), and the down-facing curvature (an 'anti-dome'), like a reinforced tent, ephemeral and paradoxically vulnerable, with apparent fragility, but an enormous plastic force photo: Andy M Project is not public! Parque Expo JMMM Metro - Oriente 18

19 photo: HJ Imhoff photo: HJ Imhoff Tower of Siza Avenue Céramique KV Maastricht Netherlands only=42282 Residential tower in Maastricht, near Plein 1992 (urban plan by Jo Coenen), the Ceramique district The tower's facade is partly clad with white marble, partly with zinc The 16 storeys make it a 54 meter high building At the end of the central avenue this is a central landmark, forming the link between the old town and the new Céramique-project Because of this relation Alvaro Siza has project the three building volumes apart from each other, but still they are situated on the same spot The volumes are turned towards the different angles of the streets and this way the building works as a hinge in the urban fabric Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Structural engineer Ingenieursbureau Zonneveld Vesteda HJI photo: HJ Imhoff 19

20 Pavilion of Av da Lousã 3000 Coimbra The Pavilion of for the Exposition in Hannover is a pre-fabricated and dismantleable building that was later rebuilt in Coimbra Is formed from a metallic structure, over which walls have been built and covered with around 55 tons of expanded cork agglomerate and also by hand made glazed tiles on the welcome patio The façade facing the river is covered with lias stone and displaying engraved letters forming the word PORTUGAL The rooftop was made out of a double glass fibre canvas membrane and as it is translucid, allows through the beauty of natural light simultaneously serving as an energy saving device The choice of cork is related to the fact that it is a 100% natural material, isotherm, extremely versatile and totally recyclable and of which is the main source of production Lias stone and glazed tile have been integrated as they are two traditional materials which contribute for a particularly interesting interplay of colour and light 2000 Main designer, Eduardo Souto de Moura Expo 2000 Hannover Joao_Sousa October to March: 10H00-18H00 (Tuesday to Friday) 15H00-19H00 (Saturday, Sunday and Festive days) April a September: 10H00-19H00 (Tuesday to Friday) 15H00-20H00 (Saturday, Sunday and Festive days) It's placed in the "Vale do Mondego" park right next to the "Pedro e Inês" Bridge and facing the river 20

21 photo: Marios Kazamias photo: Marios Kazamias Adega Mayor Winery Herdade das Argamassas Campo Maior The 40 x 120 metre rectangular wine cellar has been built within the existing space and features 9 metre high, almost windowless walls The visitor and delivery accesses are on the south west corner of the building A second floor above the same area has access to a panoramic terrace The delivery bays are located on the opposite end In the area between the two highest points, and parallel to each other, are the production line and shaded warehouse photo: Marios Kazamias 2007 mariospk The Adega Mayor Winery is open to the public Monday to Friday, opening hours are as follows: 1100, 1500, 1700 All visits are subject to reservations via (geral@adegamayorpt) 21

22 photo: Carlos Dias photo: Joao Gameiro Neves Municipal Library Av Marginal Viana do Castelo The municipal library built in Viana do Castelo, by the famous architect is located in the last place of the sequence of 3 buildings projected Built as as an elevated volume of 43x43m with an empty centre of 20x20m allowing the view over the river This volume goes from on the floor to east, starting as a L offering nice framed landscapes of the downtown and the garden close to the river photo: Carlos Dias Floor area/size m² Camara Municipal de Viana do Castelo joaogameironeves 14h to 19h from Monday to Saturday 22

23 photo: Joao Gameiro Neves photo: Joao Gameiro Neves Galician Center of Contemporary Art Valle Inclán 4 E Santiago de Compostela Spain Designed and constructed between 1988 and 1993 by the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira (Pritzker Prise 1993), the building that houses the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea is located in one of the most evocative and symbolic areas of Santiago's monumental zone: alongside the Convent of San Domingos de Bonaval (currently an ethnographic museum) Siza's building reflects his admiration for rationalism and the Modernist movement, and at the same time his own personal vision of architecture and space Line, light and volume combine to produce an architecture that is both austere and serene Stone is used, linking with tradition and setting up a dialogue with the surrounding buildings, in an expression of respect for the sense of history that pervades SantiagoThe building centers on a single long axis, its inner spaces opening out along this axis like the leaves of a fan Externally, it is bounded by high walls; yet the inside is flooded with light photo: Joao Gameiro Neves 1993 Xunta de Galicia joaogameironeves Tuesday-Sunday: 11:00-20:00 Monday: Closed Handicapped Access To schedule a guided tour, you can request information by mail or by telephone Telephone: Fax:

24 photo: Ines Ferreira Dias photo: Ines Ferreira Dias College of Education of Setúbal Rua do Vale de Chaves Setúbal The building of the College of Education of Setúbal was inaugurated in June 29, 1993 by the then Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva In 1993, Álvaro Siza Vieira was awarded with the project of the ESE Two wings of the building's two floors fit the route of access to the lobby of the building, located under an axis perpendicular This broad cross space is the core from where the galleries and the areas of greatest surface are accessed (Cantina, CDI, CRE) The complex, schematically an 'H', is located slightly elevated in relation to the adjacent agricultural land and is equally accessible from the existing path photo: Ines Ferreira Dias InesFerreiraDias 24

25 photo: Fábio del Re photo: Fábio del Re Foundation Ibere Camargo Av Padre Cacique 2000 CEP Porto Alegre Brazil The new Iberê Camargo Foundation headquarters preserves the collection of more than 4000 works by the master of Brazilian expressionism in nine art galleries This is the first project by Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza in Brazil The building is an international landmark in architecture and engineering solutions One of the design s innovative features is its reinforced-concrete construction throughout, without the use of bricks or sealing elements, forming curved outlines like a great sculpture to feature the form and movement of the ramps built on all floors It is built entirely from white concrete, which dispenses with painting and finishing and also brings it a feeling of lightness All the power and service ducts are inside the walls, insulated with fiberglass, allowing the installation of permanent or temporary dimmable sockets and lighting anywhere in the rooms photo: Fábio del Re Floor area/size m² MI_MOA Free entrance Tel The regular lines of the public busses that go towards the southern end of the city, pass the building 25

26 Jardim Escola S João de Deus Avenida José Júlio Penafiel This is maybe one of the least known works of Alvaro Siza, this garden and school is an exemplary work where a minimum of resources are used to make an architecture of great formal and functional value Here the specialistic drawing methods are taken to the maximum of expressive language, only through sufficiently simple and constructive systems Project is not public! 1991 Joao_Sousa Telefone: penafiel@escolasjoaodeuspt 26

27 photo: Filipe Brandão photo: Filipe Brandão Igreja de Marco de Canaveses Barrio dos Murteirados 55 Marco de Canaveses The Santa Maria Church in Marco de Canavezes (near Porto) is part of an overall complex that, together with a planned Parish Centre, forms a small urban square This is a quote by architect Siza, when visiting the site: The visit to the place already chosen had disturbed myself deeply: it was a very difficult place, with great height differences, lofty to a highway with a lot of traffic As if it was not enough, that area was marked by buildings of terrible quality The construction of this parochial center is also the construction of a place, in substitution of a scarp very accentuated photo: Filipe Brandão 1990 filipeb Take the national railway line from Porto to Marco de Canaveses From the station you should be able to get a bus to town centre, since it's a little far Taxis are not too expensive either and are usually available You can already see the building on top of a hill from the train staton 27

28 photo: Carlos Dias Casa Armanda Passos Av do Mal Gomes da Costa 4150 Porto Amidst horizontal and vertical planes conditioned by the contours of the terrain, memories of Zen gardens and fire signs, the Armanda Passos house has gently risen Designed to be lived in at all hours of the day, when light seeks out shade, and shade opens itself to the light, the house-atelier, commissioned by painter Armanda Passos from the most international name in Portuguese architecture, allows the complicity naturally created by the architect with his work to transpire at each step This is the second dwelling designed by Siza in Porto The first was built in the 1960 s on the Avenida dos Combatentes photo: Carlos Dias Project is not public! 2005 Armanda Passos MI_MOA 28

29 photo: Vasco Cortez photo: Vasco Cortez Schlesisches Tor Kita Schlesische Straße Berlin Germany This kindergarten is located next to the famous 'Bonjour Tristesse' building in Berlin Kreuzberg and was built in the same period Public access unknown! 1985 vortez photo: Vasco Cortez The building stands right in front of the exit of Schlesisches Tor Underground Station (U1) 29

30 photo: Vasco Cortez photo: Vasco Cortez Schlesisches Tor Social Centre Falckensteinstraße Berlin Germany This building was built in the same period as the famous 'Bonjour Tristesse' building in Schlesisches Tor, Berlin Kreuzberg It's even located in the same block Unfortunately it is not well taken care of Project is not public! 1987 vortez photo: Vasco Cortez When you exit Underground Station 'Schlesiches Tor', you face the Schlesiche Straße right in front If you go straight ahead, the Falckensteinstraße is the first on the right (in the corner where the 'Bonjour Tristesse' building stands) A few metres ahead is the building at your right hand 30

31 photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio Vitrashop Factory Hall Charles-Eames-Strasse 2 D Weil am Rhein Germany This single-storey factory hall for Vitra has a footprint of over square metres With its clinker-brick façade, granite base and 4 metre-high windows, the building resembles a minimalist sculpture Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Vitra GmbH Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio 31

32 photo: Trevor Patt photo: Trevor Patt Borges & Irmao Bank III Rua 25 de Abril Vila do Conde The Borges and Irmao Bank (1986) in Vila do Conde,, is very representative of Alvaro Siza's early work This small building does not adopt the formal architectural vocabulary of the place but rather creates a dialogue with its surroundings It is both a separate entity and a participant in the townscape, respecting the scale of its surroundings From the outside little is revealed of the character of the interior However, the space flows because of the visual connection between floors photo: Trevor Patt Project is not public! 1986 MI_MOA 32