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The Universalists - 50 Years of Portuguese Architecture

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After being shown in 2016 at the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, in Paris, the exhibition "The Universalists - 50 Years of Portuguese Architecture" was presented for the first time in Portugal, at the Exhibition Hall of Casa da Arquitectura.

This multimedia exhibition offered a look at half a century of Portuguese architectural thought and production, covering the work of leading architects such as Fernando Távora, Alberto Pessoa, Ruy d'Athouguia, Manuel Tainha, Pancho Guedes, Nuno Teotónio Pereira, Nuno Portas, Álvaro Siza , Alcino Soutinho, Eduardo Souto de Moura, João Luís Carrilho da Graça, Manuel Graça Dias; and also some of the most promising Portuguese architects of the last decades, such as Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus, ARX Portugal, Paulo David, Paula Santos, João Mendes Ribeiro, Cristina Guedes and Francisco Vieira de Campos.
The exhibition combined materials relating to 50 projects - including models, technical drawings and facsimiles of sketches or drafts by architects - with photographs, texts and caricatures that reflect the political and social transformations in Portugal in the last 50 years.

Organized and produced by Casa da Arquitectura and co-organized by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, the exhibition was curated by architect Nuno Grande.

The universalists

THE FIVE MOMENTS OF PORTUGUESE ARCHITECTURE AT THE EXHIBITION

universalism vs. (inter) nationalism (1960-1974)
universalism vs. colonialism (1961-1975)
universalism vs. revolution (1974-1979)
universalism vs. Europeanism (1980-2000)
universalism vs. globalization (2001-2016)

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Documents to download

Look Credits

Technical Details

Administration
Executive Commission
José Manuel Dias da Fonseca, President of the Board of Manegement
Nuno Sampaio, Secretary to the Administration
Fernando Rocha, Treasurer to the Administration

Executive Team
Nuno Sampaio, Executive Director

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Isabel Mota, President of the Foundation
Miguel Magalhães, Director of the French Delegation

Exhibition Curator
Nuno Grande

Scientific Advisor
Eduardo Souto de Moura

Conception
Scenography
Jean-Benoît Vétillard, Architect
Change is good: José Albergaria & Rik Bas Backer, Graphic Designers
Raymond Belle, Light Design

Contributions
Interviewed
Ana Tostões
Ana Vaz Milheiro
Dominique Machabert
Eduardo Lourenço
Francis Rambert
Jacques Lucan
Jean-Louis Cohen
Jorge Figueira
José António Bandeirinha
Ricardo Carvalho
Film “Revolução”
Ana Hatherly
Cartoons
João Abel Manta
Epoch Photographies
Alfredo Cunha
Video Direction and Editing
Márcia Lessa

Photos by
Alessandra Chemollo
André Almeida
André Nullens
Arthur Péquin
Brigitte Fleck
Christian Richters
Daniel Malhão
Duarte Belo
Elisiário Miranda
Fernando Guerra
Giovanni Chiaramonte
Inês Gonçalves
Jeffrey Scherer
Jorge Neves
José Campos
Juan Rodriguez
Laurent Beaudouin
Leonardo Finotti
Luís Ferreira Alves
Luís Pavão
Márcia Lessa
Margarida Quintã
Maria Timóteo
Mário de Oliveira
Nelson Garrido
Roberto Collovà
Teófilo Rego

Models
Conception
Master Students of the Architecture Department of the University of Coimbra, (Darq/FCTUC)
under the direction of the professors
Armando Rabaça

Carolina Coelho
Mário Krüger
Nuno Grande

Loans
Atelier Aires Mateus
Atelier Álvaro Siza
Atelier ARX Portugal
Atelier Carrilho da Graça
Casa da Arquitectura
Exposição Mesa/AMAG, Porto
Museu da Cidade de Lisboa
Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Fundação de Serralves
Paróquia de Santa Maria do Marco de Canaveses

Translations
Annie de Faria
Kennis Translations
Laurent Scanga
Elisabeth Duarte

Transcriptions
Dominique Machabert

Production
Casa da Arquitectura
Alice Prata, executive producer
Carla Barros, Coordination of Activities and Contents
Ana Pinto, Production Support
Paulo Silva, Building Coordination and IT

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, French Delegation
Miguel Magalhães, Director
Fátima Gil, Exhibitions coordinator

Exhibition Mounting
AMAG

Fontes documentais/Documentary sources
Arquivos da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa
Arquivo fotográfico da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa
Câmara Municipal de Sesimbra
Centre Canadien d’Architecture (CCA), Montréal
Drawing Matter collections, Londres
Edições Tinta da China, Lisboa
Exchanging World Visions: Modern Architecture in Africa “Lusófona” (1943-1974), Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto — Centro de Documentação de Urbanismo e Arquitectura
Fundação Instituto Arquitecto José Marques da Silva, Porto
Museu da Cidade de Lisboa
Museu de Arte contemporânea da Fundação de Serralves
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
Sipa - Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, Ministério da Cultura

Atelier archives
Alcino Soutinho
Álvaro Siza
Atelier 15
Atelier Aires Mateus
Atelier ARX Portugal
Atelier Contemporânea
Eduardo Souto de Moura
Fernão Simões de Carvalho
Gonçalo Byrne
João Luís Carrilho da Graça
João Mendes Ribeiro
José Carlos Loureiro
Menos é Mais, Paula Santos
Paulo David, Pedro Ramalho
Raúl Hestnes Ferreira
Traço Banal

Press Office
Casa da Arquitectura
Joana de Belém, Press
José Pereira, Image and Design

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Elisabete Caramelo
Comunicação
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
French Delegation
Clémence Bossard, Comunicação/Press Office