This second volume is dedicated to public work and equipment constructed by Eduardo Souto de Moura over the past 15 years and, together with the previous one titled “Dweling”, it constitutes a decisive editorial effort to understand in detail the last work of the great Portuguese master.
The whole of the works presented in the almost 500 pages of the monograph covers a wide range of typologies and scales: from a series of rehabilitations and interventions on the built; up to large-scale infrastructures such as the Oporto metro or the intervention in the hydroelectric power station of the Tua barrage; passing through small pavilion buildings such as those of Vilaverde and the Azores; or themes as varied as a crematorium, a cultural center, a hotel or a multipurpose sports hall.
This enormous diversity is also represented in the variety of the extensive constructive information included in the monograph, which covers multiple details and material solutions.
In his public works, Eduardo Souto de Moura has gained breadth and complexity in recent decades, and while maintaining some of his recognizable invariables, other new elements have been added enriching his already extensive range of solutions.
Undoubtedly, this is an essential document for all those who want to deepen in the production of the Pritzker Luso Prize, containing unique documentation never published before.
Eduardo Souto de Moura. Architect and Professor
Pedro Ramalho
Pre-existences and ruins in the work of Eduardo Souto de Moura
Ricardo Merí de la Maza y Álvaro Olivares Peralta
Paula Rêgo Museum. Cascais. Portugal
Miguel Torga Space. Sabrosa. Portugal
The Contemporary Art Museum in Bragança. Portugal
Vila Verde Knowledge House. Portugal
Portuguese Photography Center. Porto. Portugal
Conversion of the Grão Vasco Museum. Viseu. Portugal
City Museum Abade Pedrosa (MMAP) and International Museum of Contemporary Sculpture (MIEC). Santo Tirso. Portugal
Reconversion of the Old Railway Staff Sanatorium. Covilhã. Portugal
São Lourenço do Barrocal Tourist Complex. PortugalWine Cellar Casa Sarmento, Sepins, Cantanhede. Portugal
Crematorium “Uitzicht”. Kortrijk. Belgium
Commercial and Office Building in Av. de Boavista. Porto. Portugal
Novartis “Physic Garden3”. Basel. Switzerland
Environmental Complex in Sete Cidades Lagoon. São Miguel, Açores. Portugal
Reconversion of the Robinson Factory and Space in Portalegre. Portugal
Multipurpose Pavilion. Viana do Castelo. Portugal
Porto Metro. Portugal
Power Plant for the “Foz Tua” Dam in Alijó. Portugal
Disquieted Architecture, Venice Biennale 2008. Italy
Windows, Venice Biennale 2012. Italy
Vatican Chapel, Venice Biennale 2012. Italy
The “Doors”, London 2012. England
A Triangular History, Lisboa 2016. Portugal
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