Presentation of the AALTO exhibition book
AALTO
With Álvaro Siza, Guta Moura Guedes, Pedro Borges de Araújo, and António Choupina
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On December 16, at 6:30 PM, in the Library, the Serralves Foundation invites you to the presentation of the AALTO exhibition book, with the presence of Álvaro Siza, Guta Moura Guedes, Pedro Borges de Araújo, and António Choupina.
Anticipating the 50th anniversary of the death of Alvar Aalto—one of the most influential figures in the history of architecture—the exhibition AALTO focuses on the extensive body of work developed together with both of his wives, Aino and Elissa. The Aalto family revolutionized the humanist dimension of modern architecture, rooting it in an organic relationship with nature and producing numerous iconic design pieces.
The book accompanying the exhibition features forewords by António Choupina, Director of the Architecture Department at the Serralves Foundation and curator of the exhibition, and Jukka Savolainen, Director of the Alvar Aalto Museum. It also includes contributions from architect Álvaro Siza and Juhani Pallasmaa, architect, Professor Emeritus at Aalto University in Helsinki, and writer.
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Pedro Borges de Araújo (b. 1950, Porto) Architect (Escola Superior de Belas Artes do Porto, 1975) MA Philosophy (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto 2009) Metadisciplinary PhD dissertation in Architecture and Philosophy, 2015. He is a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Porto, a founding member of MLAG, Mind, Language, Action Group / Coordinator of Project Autofocus Research Seminars on Architecture∩Philosophy∩Neurosciences. Currently, he is carrying out architectural projects, teaching at the University of Porto and producing research in the academic domains on the above-mentioned intersections. Recently co-authored with Juhani Pallasmaa the book Building Views on Alvar Aalto (2019); How the Architect Does Things with Words in (Ever)green Alvar Aalto (Alvar Aalto Academy/Foundation, 2021); What the Architect Does, What the Philosophers Do (Vision, Possibility, Virtuality, Porto: FilArch/OA, 2022); Notes on Aesthetics in Architecture (Proceedings of the European Society for Aesthetics, Volume 15, 2023); Two Hands to Philosophize (Patras’ FilArch Symposium 2023, forthcoming). Borges de Araújo is a member of the ANFA-ACE Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture – ANFA Center for Education and ESA – European Society for Aesthetics.
