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THIJS BIERSTEKER
“ I see it as my “job” as an artist to communicate the scientific findings into something relatable, understandable and emotional, as this is the only way the facts become actionable. If we look at the current problems in our world, the planetary crisis and the biodiversity challenges - we can be really clear. The science is clear, the solutions are here.”
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VINU DANIEL
“As an architect, I cannot afford to be an idealist. Architectural practice today needs to be less about perfection and more about practicality and sensibility. There’s a lot at stake; environmentally, socially, and in terms of overall welfare. It doesn’t seem logical to cling to rigid ideologies without adapting or to adhere to traditional architectural notions without evolving them. Perhaps, as Gandhi suggested, I try to be a 'practical idealist’.”
CURRENT EVENT
CURRENT EVENT
Álvaro Siza Vieira: Thinking Through Drawing
Álvaro Siza Vieira: Thinking Through Drawing
MAY 08-
Aura Space, Braga, PT
Thinking Through Drawing brings together Álvaro Siza Vieira’s recent sketches, drawings, and research—spanning architectural plans from Braga to Croatia, design studies, and figurative explorations. In times dominated by digital interfaces, this exhibition invites us to reconsider the irreplaceable thought process, ideas and intimacy of the hand-drawn line that emerge.
Rather than presenting a traditional curatorial text, through the following interview we center the architect’s own voice. Through a series of dialogues, Siza reflects on how drawing as an action functions as —a space where intuition, memory, knowledge and precision collide. Here, drawings are not preparation or study work but acts of thinking in its raw form made visible. We invite you to the architect’s process as it unfolds, —and to consider what might be lost if we abandon analog ways of seeing.
Curated by Lucija Šutej with drawings’ selection with Álvaro Siza Vieira.
Image detail courtesy © Álvaro Siza Vieira