We present "RADIX" the work done by the brothers and Portuguese architects Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus as a contribution to the Venice Biennale 2012. It consists of a steel installation located on the docks of Arsenal, integrating the new with the old.

Outside of the Arsenale find "Radix" the installation designed by the Portuguese Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus. It consists of a steel structure that sits on piers which were designed by Jacopo Sansovino between 1568 and 1573. The installation intends to create a continuity with arcaded Arsenal galleries.

"Radix" is an arch supported on three points and a fourth end suspended over the water, creating a sense of balance to a heavy structure.

"Conceptually, this structure combines history with the contemporary and the technology. Radix is a structure that suggests continuity over novelty.  Suggests that to investigate and to propose in combination are acts that allow for dialogue and reflections found. In the area of architecture, the memory identifies forms, space materials, touch, light and sound...This process of identification gives a step to critical thinking that allows us to understand a common heritage. Rather than a particular concept or recreate a special moment, the architects evoke a sense of identity through the use of form and spaces that constitute the value of the collective."

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Manuel Rocha Aires Mateus. Born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1963. Graduates as an architect in F.A./U.T.L., Lisbon Portugal in 1986. Collaboration with architect Gonçalo Byrne since 1983. Collaboration with architect Francisco Aires Mateus since 1988.

Teacher in Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA, in 2002 and 2005. Invited teacher in Fakulteta za Arhitekturo, Universa v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2003/2004. Teacher in Accademia di Architectura,Mendrízio, Switzerland, since 2001. Professor in Universidade Autónoma, Lisbon, since 1998. Professor in Universidade Lusíada, Lisbon, since 1997. Invited for several seminars and conferences in: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and USA.

Francisco Xavier Aires Mateus. Born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1964. Graduates as an architect F.A./U.T.L., Lisbon Portugal in 1987. Collaboration with architect Gonçalo Byrne since 1983. Collaboration with architect Manuel Aires Mateus since 1988.

TEACHING. Visiting professor at Oslo School of Architecture, Oslo 2009. Teacher in Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA, in 2005. Teacher at Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio, Università della Svizzera Italiana, since 2001. Professor at Universidade Autónoma in Lisbon since 1998. Invited Teacher for seminaries in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Argentina, England, Brazil, Mexico, Norway, Chile, Brazil, USA, Slovenia, Croatia, Canada and Japan.

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Published on: October 10, 2012
Cite: ""RADIX" by Aires Mateus in the Venece Biennale" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/radix-aires-mateus-venece-biennale> ISSN 1139-6415
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