The Casa da Arquitectura – Portuguese Centre for Architecture will incorporate the collection of architect Camilo Rebelo (b. 1972). The ceremony is scheduled for 4 November at 5.30 pm at the Álvaro Siza Space.

A key figure in contemporary Portuguese architecture, Camilo Rebelo has built a body of work that is widely recognised nationally and internationally, marked by conceptual depth, a relationship with the territory and the poetic dimension of space. In addition to his professional practice, the architect has been intensely involved in teaching at educational institutions in Lausanne, Mendrisio, Milan and Shanghai, among others, since early in his career.

This incorporation represents a living and expanding donation that will accompany the future development of the studio. Eighteen projects will be integrated, covering 20 years of work (2000–2020), which reflect the evolution and coherence of Camilo Rebelo's architectural career.

Among the projects included are emblematic works such as the Côa Museum in Portugal and Promise in Grândola, as well as international projects and competitions carried out in Switzerland, Greece, Poland and the United States.

18 Projects and Works (2000–2020)
Côa Museum (2004–2010), Warsaw Museum of Modern Art (2007), AKM Residential Block (2007–2009), Tree House (2007–2009), What if NYC (2008), Ktima House (2009–2013), Electric Car Museum (2010), BMRS School (2010), Houses in Geneva (2012), Almo House (2012), Promise (2012–2020), OVO (2012–2014), Expresso 40 Years (2014), ZUS (2014), City Museum – Douro Extension (2015–2019), Casa Miraflor (2016–2019), Alfaiate Winery (2019) and MD (2020).

As part of this donation, a free guided tour of the Côa Museum is also scheduled for 8 November at 11 a.m., with the presence of architects Camilo Rebelo and Tiago Pimentel, authors of the project.

The tour is free, but subject to prior registration.

Programme
Donation Ceremony
Speech by Nuno Sampaio, Executive Director of Casa da Arquitectura
Video screening
Speech by Teresa Fonseca
Signing ceremony
Speech by Camilo Rebelo

After the ceremony, Camilo Rebelo's new book, AKIK, edited by Pedro Leão Neto and published by scopio Editions, will be presented. The presentation will feature a conversation between Camilo Rebelo, Nuno Sampaio and Pedro Leão Neto, moderated by Isa Clara Neves.

Continuing the line of reflection begun with the volume OLIM, the book AKIK expands the architect's thinking in a more essayistic and intimate register, exploring how ideas emerge, organise themselves and transform into architectural material. More than a book about works, AKIK offers an immersion into the creative process, the tensions between intuition, memory and construction, and the search for the poetic meaning of space. The book AKIK will be available for sale during the session and at the Casa da Arquitectura shop.


Camilo Rebelo
Born in Porto in 1972. He studied at the German School in Porto and graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto in 1996. He worked with Eduardo Souto Moura between 1994 and 1998 and with Herzog & de Meuron between 1998 and 1999.

He began his career in Porto in 2000 and has since created around a hundred projects, some of them in partnership with Tiago Pimentel, Susana Martins, Cristina Chicau and Patrício Guedes.

He has taught at the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto, at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la University of Navarra (ETSAUN) and at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio. Since 2014, he has had a research studio, Architecture and Landscape, at the Politecnico di Milano.

His work has been recognised with several national and international awards, including the Bauwelt Prize, the Baku UIA Prize and the Douro Valley Prize, as well as nominations for the SECIL Prize, the Swiss BSI Prize and the EU Mies Prize. The Ktima house was chosen by BBC2 to feature in a documentary series entitled The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes (Underground).

His research has focused mainly on the relationship between architecture and nature, linking urban contexts and protected and classified natural landscape areas. The theme, its atmosphere, its construction processes and the urgency of its uses in each context have been recognised in Portugal and abroad.