Fundação Iberê Camargo, Álvaro Siza: uma aproximação crítica

• Autor(a) principal: Adriane de Luca Teixeira
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/119347
• topic: Artes; Arts

The new Fundação Iberê Camargo building (1998-2008), in Porto Alegre,constitutes the central subject of this study, which main field concerns developinga reflection on the phenomenon of architectural design.This building is the first project of the Portuguese architect ÁlvaroSiza (1933 - ) in Brazil. It was constructed to shelter the headquarters of theInstitution, which main purpose was to catalogue and disclose, nationallyand internationally, the work of one of the biggest Brazilian expressionistartists of the 20th century: Iberê Camargo (1914-1994).In the elapsing of this dissertation, a detailed interpretative analysisof the building is presented, based preferably on objective and demonstrablecriteria. The information previously published on this subject presentthe most commonly accepted vision that relates some significant aspectsof the project to possible citations that the architect would have done fromidiosyncrasies of Brazilian Modern Architecture. This essay's intention isto contribute to the established discussion with a supplemental vision, presentingsome particular comparisons such as the recognition of commonpoints with the work of other authors which are acknowledged references tothe architect, the confrontation with some of his own works, as well as theidentification of distinct linking to the Brazilian architectural culture and tothe honoured artist, Iberê Camargo.The analysis of formal, functional and representative characteristicsof the project is distributed throughout three parts entitled Principle, Tectonicsand Object, each of them traces the referred parallels which lead to thefollowing considerations:An inspiring place. And the apparently complex geometry that revealsto be enrolled on a regular basis, consequent of a curious reference that resultsin a spontaneous communication;A stimulating context. And the new technologies that allow theunion of the paradoxical concepts brutalism and sophistication, reaching thesupremacy of some of the architect's long-developed objectives;A meritorious laureate. And the maturation of an architect, who proveshis mastery, once again, by the reinterpretation of several paradigmaticcases, permitting his contribution to the museum typology with a singularpiece, endowed of his personal expression.Summarizing, the architectural principles deriving of an unusual reference,the force of tectonic qualities consequent of both encouraging Siza's professionalbackground and local historical context, and the acceptance of thearchitect who was motivated, from the beginning, by the challenge to contributewith the investor's yearning that the legacy of an artist persist andwhose work he himself considers to be truly authentic. The consequent objectset up, similarly states as a singular and authentic work itself, not only in theset of Álvaro Siza's architectural production, but also as his personal legacy inthe world-wide panorama of architecture.