Architectural Review - Museum Of Contemporary Art, Oporto, Portugal Alvaro Siza De.pdf
1 2 3 MU S E U M O F CO N T E M P O R A R Y AR T, Alvaro Siza de Vieira’s latest building is OP O R T O, PO R T U G A L Oporto’s Museum of Contemporary Art. AR C H I T E C T Built in the grounds of the Quinta de AL V A R O SI Z A D E VI E I R A Serralves (a q u i n t a is a country house surrounded by its grounds), the museum is completely separate from the grand pink 1930s villa which served for some years as the exhibition building. The architects were keen to connect harmoniously with the rest IN A PORTUGUESE GARDEN of the garden, and to reduce the considerable Making galleries is difficult: some overwhelm their contents, others are so bland that they lack architectural bulk of the new building, so that it relates to presence. Siza masterfully strikes a balance in this new museum for contemporary art in his home town. the three main areas of the estate: formal gardens, woods and the still farmed meadows –‘While at the same time asserting its autonomy’, which Siza believes essential. The site was chosen to spare mature trees, and the building takes its roughly north- south alignment from the paths of the old vegetable garden (which has been moved to another part of the estate). As usual with much of Siza’s latest work, the exterior is modestly and finely honed, with precise white cubical forms on a stone plinth: a similar strate
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