7th Meeting on “Cities, Architecture and Archives in the Ibero-American Context” on 24 and 25 October

On 24 and 25 October, Casa da Arquitectura will host the 7th Meeting on ‘Cities, Architecture and Archives in the Ibero-American Context’, an initiative that promotes dialogue between archivists, architects, researchers and professionals linked to architecture and urban planning.

With registration open until 22 October, the meeting aims to deepen reflection and knowledge production in the Ibero-American space, strengthening the bridges between architectural practice and the preservation and communication work carried out in archives. Register HERE.

Over two days, the event will address the importance of collaboration between creators and guardians of architectural memory, emphasising the role of archives as places of exchange and mediation of knowledge, fundamental to understanding the evolution of architecture and urbanism.

The programme also includes the launch of the digital book Cidades, Arquitetura e Arquivos no Contexto Ibero-americano (Cities, Architecture and Archives in the Ibero-American Context), coordinated by Paulo Batista and Paulo Tormenta Pinto, resulting from the 4th Meeting held in 2022, also at Casa da Arquitectura. Paulo Batista's work Arquitetura em Lisboa (Architecture in Lisbon) will also be presented by Joana Bastos Malheiro and Paula André.

Since its creation, the Meeting has travelled to several Portuguese cities, including Évora (2019), Lisbon (2020), Matosinhos (2021 and 2022), Loulé (2023) and Cascais (2024), establishing itself as a privileged space for sharing experiences, collaborative projects and networking.

The programme for the 25th includes visits to a number of architectural works, as well as to the Casa da Arquitectura Archive, with registration made in person and limited to seminar participants.


PROGRAMME

24 OCTOBER

09:00 | Welcome to participants

09:30 | Opening Session
José Fonseca | Casa da Arquitectura
Paulo Batista | Torre do Tombo National Archive/DGLAB - CIDEHUS
Paula André | DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte; Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon
Ricardo Trevisan | Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Brasília - Lupa


10:00 a.m. | Panel I: The Commitment(s) of Universities
Moderator: Paula André| DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte; Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon

Between Theory and History, the creation of the Research and Documentation Centre at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s
Maria Cristina Cabral and Andrés Passaro | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

The ETSA·Madrid Library Archive: from museum to heritage defence
Ana Esteban Maluenda | Madrid School of Architecture


10:45 a.m. | Debate

11:00 a.m. | Break


11:15 a.m. | Panel II: Institutions in Portugal and Brazil with Architecture and Urbanism Archives
Moderator: Catarina Oliveira | University of Minho/Braga District Archive - Autónoma Academy
From the Archive to the Project: New Pedagogies for Teaching Architecture through Arch/ves
Joana Bastos Malheiro | University of Lisbon - CIAUD

Architecture, Memory and Action: the experience of the Casa da Arquitetura Moderna Paulista (CAMP)
Rafael D’Andrea and Débora Lima | Casa da Arquitetura Moderna Paulista (CAMP)

12:00 p.m. | Debate

12:15 p.m. | Lunch break


2:00 p.m. | Panel III: The Challenge(s) of Archives
Moderator: Paula André | DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte; Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon

Photographs from the Lisbon Municipal Archive as a complement to the analysis of urban evolution: the old roads of Lisbon
Carla Duarte | DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte

The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Archive Management
Alexandra Saraiva | Marques da Silva Foundation - DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte


2:45 p.m. | Debate

3:00 p.m. | Break


3:15 p.m. | Panel IV: Architecture and Urbanism Archives in Brazil
Moderator: Maria Teresa Navarro de Brito Matos | Institute of Information Science, Federal University of Bahia

Nebulae of the Abelardo Coimbra Bueno Collection: the translation of Architecture and Urbanism into History, Politics and Society
Ricardo Trevisan | Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of Brasília - Lupa

Reflection, dialogue and sharing of good practices for the archival treatment of documents related to architecture and the built environment
Monica Frandi Ferreira and Talita Gouvêa Basso | Public and Historical Archive of the Municipality of Rio Claro/São Paulo

4:00 p.m. | Debate

4:15 p.m. | Launch of the book Cities, Architecture and Archives in the Ibero-American Context
José Fonseca | Paulo Batista

4:45 p.m. | Presentation of the book Arquitetura em Lisboa | Architecture in Lisbon, by Paulo Batista
Joana Bastos | Paula André | Paulo Batista


5:30 p.m. | Closing Session
Paula André | DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte; Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon
Paulo Batista | DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte; Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon
Ricardo Trevisan | Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Brasília - Lupa


25 OCTOBER

Architecture Tours:
09:00: Tea House
10:30: Tidal Pool
12:00: House of Architecture

The programme for the 25th includes visits to a number of architectural works and to the Casa da Arquitectura Archive, with on-site registration exclusively for seminar participants.