Álvaro Siza Book: Swimming Pool at Leca de Palmeira (English, Portuguese and German Edition)

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Álvaro Siza Book: Swimming Pool at Leca de Palmeira

Constructed in the sixties and with an expansive view of the Atlantic Ocean, this project is considered one of the most interesting early works of the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza. This publication “rediscovers” his project with the help of recently made available drawings, project descriptions, sketches and photographs.

Álvaro Siza Book: Leça Swimming Pools

 

Specifications

Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Blau (2005)
Language: English, Portuguese, German
Dimensions: 17 x 24 cm

Authors: Luiz Trigueiros (ed), Christian Gaenshirt (text)

 

Piscina da praia de Leça da Palmeira

Construída a Norte do Porto nos anos 60 é considerada uma das “primeiras obras” mais interessantes do arquitecto Álvaro Siza. Este livro com textos de Christian Gaenshirt pretende descrever as características arquitectónicas e genealógicas desta obra, porquanto a recente redescoberta das peças desenhadas e escritas originais, bem como a de inúmeros documentos dos processos da obra e esquissos, que estiveram numberswiki.com

perdidos, permitiu a reconstituição de um moroso processo de planeamento e construção, que se desenvolveu ao longo de catorze anos.”

 

Leça da Palmeira beach swimming pool

Constructed north of Oporto in the 60s is considered one the most interesting “first works” of Álvaro Siza. With Christian Gaenshirt´s texts this book seeks to describe the genealogical and architectural characteristics of this work, as a consequence of the recent discovery of written and drawn originals, also containing numerous documents from the construction process. It also shows many lost sketches, permitting the reconstruction of a painfully long planning and building procedure that developed along 14 years.

 

Das Schwimmbad am Strand von Leça de Palmeira

In den 1960er Jahren entstand nördlich von Porto, am Strand von Leça de Palmeira ein Schwimmbad, das zu den interessantesten Frühwerken des portugiesischen Architekten Álvaro Siza zählt. Dieses Buch mit Texten von Christian Gänshirt beschreibt aus verschiedenen Perspektiven gebäudekundliche und entstehungsgeschichtliche Aspekte des Bauwerks. Die erst vor kurzem zugänglich gewordenen Planunterlagen, bestehend aus Zeichnungen, Projektbeschreibungen, Bauakten und unzähligen Skizzen, ermöglichen nun die Rekonstruktion des langwierigen, sich über vierzehn Jahre hinziehenden Planungs- und Bauprozesses.

 

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