A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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The objective of this research is the investigation on the relationship between the Italian and Portuguese architectural culture in a time span between the end of the second World War and the Carnation Revolution, that sees the fall of the Salazar regime in Portugal in 1974, paying particular attention on the figure of Portuguese architect Fernando Távora (1923-2005), one of the greatest exponents of the Protuguese architectural scene of that period. The debate that took place in those years in Italy around the design, paying attention to the relationship with the context and the right “language” to use, combined with the liveliness of the architectural landscape, pushed some Portuguese architects to have an interest in the Italian architectural sphere with which they come into contact through travels, publications and meetings. This research does not want to be an historiographical analysis of the development of projects but rather a process of synthesis of the compositional thought of the architect and the influences deriving from the Italian culture context, whether explicit or documented, but also stemmed from personal experiences and architectures visited by Tavora during his travels to Italy. The research delves into the compositional aspects of some of Tavora’s projects, developed and produced at this stage of his professional career, through a parallel with several Italian buildings of the same period or belonging to classical architecture, which Tavora knows and has had the chance to visit in person. By redesigning the architectures of Tàvora, as well as the Italian ones examined in the analysis, it was possible to fully understand the links between the various projects and therefore developing a schematic graphic clarifying the examined aspects and support the written text. This article is excerpted from the writer’s doctoral thesis: G. Liverani, Contesto e progetto. Influenze italiane sull’architettura di Fernando Távora, Università di Bologna: Bologna 2017 (Tutor Antonio Esposito).
The objective of this research is the investigation on the relationship between the Italian and Portuguese architectural culture in a time span between the end of the second World War and the Carnation Revolution, that sees the fall of the Salazar regime in Portugal in 1974, paying particular attention on the figure of Portuguese architect Fernando Távora (1923-2005), one of the greatest exponents of the Protuguese architectural scene of that period. The debate that took place in those years in Italy around the design, paying attention to the relationship with the context and the right “language” to use, combined with the liveliness of the architectural landscape, pushed some Portuguese architects to have an interest in the Italian architectural sphere with which they come into contact through travels, publications and meetings. This research does not want to be an historiographical analysis of the development of projects but rather a process of synthesis of the compositional thought of the architect and the influences deriving from the Italian culture context, whether explicit or documented, but also stemmed from personal experiences and architectures visited by Tavora during his travels to Italy. The research delves into the compositional aspects of some of Tavora’s projects, developed and produced at this stage of his professional career, through a parallel with several Italian buildings of the same period or belonging to classical architecture, which Tavora knows and has had the chance to visit in person. By redesigning the architectures of Tàvora, as well as the Italian ones examined in the analysis, it was possible to fully understand the links between the various projects and therefore developing a schematic graphic clarifying the examined aspects and support the written text. This article is excerpted from the writer’s doctoral thesis: G. Liverani, Contesto e progetto. Influenze italiane sull’architettura di Fernando Távora, Università di Bologna: Bologna 2017 (Tutor Antonio Esposito).
Understanding Organised Space
Giorgio Liverani (author)
2024
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