Álvaro Siza . Carlos Castanheira ARCHITECTS . photos: © C.K.L. . renders: © Germano Vieira
We don’t need to play golf to design the buildings that are required where it is played. Continue reading Siza . Castanheira
Álvaro Siza . Carlos Castanheira . photos: © HouPictures
In a land far, far away, live five sisters. They are all alike, and they are all different.
They are all beautiful, some more, some less. One is more edgy and another is more calm.
One other is elegant and another yet more so. It depends. They are all unalike, but also similar. Continue reading Siza . Castanheira
Álvaro Siza . Carlos Castanheira . photos: © C.K.L
The principal movement in the Game of Golf, a mix of power and elegance, and perfect balance. Expressing the entire process of design and construction of a Building is a common problem. There is something else, beyond the simple technical gesture or response to a brief, be that brief more or less complex. A Project cannot be measured by the first move, even though it is the fundamental move. It has to carry a great deal of energy, a great elegance, even if doing so discretely. An “a posteriori” analysis allows us to discern just how important that first move is, or the attitude, or concept, or the something which we don’t find easy to explain. Continue reading Siza . Castanheira
Álvaro Siza . Carlos Castanheira . M.A.R.U. Metropolitan Architecture Research Unit . photos: © Park Wansoon . + archdaily
First, we built the House – the Jeju House. Afterward, we were asked to design a Tea House. What Is a Tea House? Was our first question. It’s such a privilege to be an architect, to be confronted with new projects, new challenges. To solve something, study and learn. Continue reading Siza . Castanheira . M.A.R.U
Álvaro Siza . Carlos Castanheira . M.A.R.U. photos: © Fernando Guerra FG+SG
A holiday house, a week-end house, not very big, easy to use and enjoying its site, the place and the sea views. Continue reading Siza . Castanheira . Jong Kyu
