Surfing and the city, Figueira da Foz, Gliding Barnacles, 2016. Photograph by José Pedro Alvarez
The Garagem Sul at the Centro Cultural de Belém—an exhibition space dedicated to architecture—will open the exhibition The Sea is Our Land: The Sensitive Construction of the Coastline on March 10. The exhibition invites us to invert our usual point of view and think about the land from the perspective of the sea. What can we learn from this shift in perspective?
Beleza Natural, one of the five main exhibitions of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, co-curated by Laurent Esmilaire and Tristan Chadney, brings together student projects from the Trienal de Lisboa Millennium bcp Universities Award competition and works by architects from the 13th century to the present, viewed through the lens of construction rationality.
Espaço Interior is part of a research project concerning the construction of architectural imagination. It is also the title of one of the five main exhibitions at this year's Lisbon Architecture Triennale, curated by Mariabruna Fabrizi and Fosco Lucarelli. The exhibition aims to investigate the space between interior and exterior realities, seeking out those moments where these two realms interact most vividly.
"What is Ornament?" is a major question explored in this edition of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, which aims to reframe the discussion on ornament, focusing particularly on its current appropriation and interpretation. In seeking potential answers, the exhibition, curated by Ambra Fabi and Giovanni Piovene, reveals the complexity of a multifaceted narrative that analyzes the very essence of ornament.
As part of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, the exhibition Economy of Means, curated by Éric Lapierre, aims to contribute to the definition of architectural rationality, much like the other four exhibitions that are part of the event.
Each of the first four sections represents a specific modality of the economy of means. The economy of repetition leads to typology and an interest in common architecture and the city. The economy of void leads to the invention of space.
On October 5th, the Associated Project "Caixas de Boxe / Boxing Boxes" of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale will be inaugurated in the Portugal Novo District (Bairro Azul) in Olaias.
Boxing Boxes is an architectural installation that explores the different physical practices of boxing. The structure aims, in addition to encouraging the practice of sports in public space, to create a tool for spatial and civic activation.