Power/Architecture by aNC arquitectos
10/12/2017.
Exhibition in Casa da Arquitectura [Matosinhos - Porto] Portugal 17.11.2017 > 18.03.2018
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"Poder Arquitectura" is the inaugural exhibition of the Casa da Arquitectura (or CA) opened to the public the doors of its new facilities, in the renewed Quarteirão da Real Vinícola in Matosinhos, on November 17, 18 and 19.
Interior view. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Interior view. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Interior view. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Interior view. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Interior view. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Interior view. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Interior view. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Interior view. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Interior view. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Interior view. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Álvaro Siza model. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Interior view. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Interior view. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
De Rotterdam. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Interior view. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Interior view. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Detail. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Detail. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Detail. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Detail. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Detail. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Detail. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
Detail. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos Photograph © aNC arquitectos
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Floor plan. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos
Section. Power/Architecture – Exhibition design by aNC arquitectos
The building was inaugurated on November 17, 18 and 19, hosting the exhibition "Power Architecture". The exhibition will occupy the approximately 800 square meters of the Exposition Nave with a proposal to reflect on "eight powers that align, inflect and diverge from each other," and it was commissioned by the architects Jorge Carvalho, Pedro Bandeira and Ricardo Carvalho.
For the commissioners, "power in architecture is a key issue for questioning how contemporary society and architecture work together." And they continue: "Architecture is not just the expression of a single power. Reflects and works from multiple powers. We have therefore decided to isolate those who seem to clarify this complex cartography.
In this way emerges the collective power, the regulator, technological, economic, domestic, cultural, media and ritual. In the long struggle of the relationship between man and nature, culture and technology, these powers played a variable force in the production of architectural artifacts and in the design of the city and territory.
Today, in the face of a political importance that excuses and validates decisions that damage the public thing and the meaning of the communities, there seems to be room for a new reflection on power," one reads in the opening text of the book that accompanies the Exhibition, a co-edition of the House of Architecture and the Swiss publisher Lars Müller.
The Exposition Nave of the House of Architecture, "Poder Arquitectura" brings together photographs, models, books, drawings, videos, magazines, postcards and other materials around a hundred projects of architecture built around the world. These themes are represented by a selection of national and international projects: Aires Mateus, Álvaro Siza, Vylder Vinck Taillieu, Assemble, BIG, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Herzog & de Meuron, Inês Lobo, Carrilho da Graça, Johnston Marklee + Nuno Brandão Costa + Office, KGDVS, Lacaton & Vassal, Marina Tabassum, OMA, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Peter Soderman, Vijitha Basnayaka, Spora Architects, among others.
Description of project by aNC arquitectos
Power/Architecture – Exhibition design
In an exhibition, the only architecture that visitors experience is the space that shelters it, the rest is representations of it. The design for the exhibition Power/Architecture explores all the spatial resources of the existing warehouse. The only and central void has a potential for non-sequential visits and for activities with the public. The surrounding device is an uninterrupted gallery-archive with photographs, mock-ups, objects, clippings, videos, drawings and texts assembled in three successive planes. A tribune under the turret turns visitors into privileged observers and potential speakers.
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Architects curators
aNC arquitectos. Jorge Carvalho, Pedro Bandeira and Ricardo Carvalho.
Team
Partner in Change.- Teresa Novais. Proyect leader.- Jorge Carvalho. Team.- Joana Fernandes, Inês Bastos Nuno Sarmento, Beatriz Teixeira. Structural design.- Ana Vale. Lighting Design.- Jorge Costa.
Client
Casa da Arquitectura.
Area
795 m².
Date
17.11.2017 > 18.03.2018.
Venue
Casa da Arquitectura. Real Vinícola, Av. Menéres Pimentel, 456, in Matosinhos Sul, Portugal.
Teresa Novais, Jorge Carvalho, aNC arquitectos
aNC arquitectos was founded in 1991, in the city of Porto, by Teresa Novais (b.1962) and Jorge Carvalho (b.1964). Both graduated in Architecture by the Faculty of Architecture of Porto University. Both worked in London, with Foster Associates and David Chipperfield respectively. Back in Portugal, Teresa Novais was project architect at Eduardo Souto Moura and collaborated sporadically with Álvaro Siza. Jorge Carvalho co-ordinated the project of the Master plan for the Chiado District and for several buildings within this area, by Álvaro Siza.
Teresa Novais and Jorge Carvalho both teach Project at the Architecture and Arts Faculty of Lusíada University in Porto, and have been guest critics at dARQ (Coimbra), University College Dublin, Limerick School, and Ensase (Saint-Étienne). In 2010/11 Jorge Carvalho is Guest Professor of Construction at Coimbra University. They also perform several activities related with the architectural debate. Teresa Novais was president of the Ordem dos Arquitectos – SRN (Architects College of Portugal - North) between 2008-2010 and co-responsible for the Cultural Affairs between 2005-2007.
Teresa Novais and Jorge Carvalho both teach Project at the Architecture and Arts Faculty of Lusíada University in Porto, and have been guest critics at dARQ (Coimbra), University College Dublin, Limerick School, and Ensase (Saint-Étienne). In 2010/11 Jorge Carvalho is Guest Professor of Construction at Coimbra University. They also perform several activities related with the architectural debate. Teresa Novais was president of the Ordem dos Arquitectos – SRN (Architects College of Portugal - North) between 2008-2010 and co-responsible for the Cultural Affairs between 2005-2007.
Jorge Carvalho
Jorge Carvalho is an architect with a degree by the Faculty of Architecture of Porto. In 1991 he founded, with Teresa Novais, the atelier aNC arquitectos, whose works have been awarded, published and presented internationally. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture of the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies of the University of Coimbra. As an author, his field of interest is contemporary architecture.
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