Álvaro Siza and the contemporary heritage of university architecture [abstract]

Abstract

Some of the Álvaro Siza Vieira architectural works built in Portugal are presently addressed to the World Heritage List, as a consequence of a previous selection of 18 buildings, by the Portuguese delegation of ICOMOS in 2017. The preparation of final studies and documentation are nowadays being coordinated by School of Architecture of the University of Porto – which is a distinguished building of Álvaro Siza (1993), already classified as a “master piece” of Portuguese contemporary heritage, by the Ministry of Culture (2019). The technical team for that application, among different international experts, integrates members of other three Portuguese research centers, the ISTAR at ISCTE (Lisbon University Institute), and the CIAUD-UPT, the faculties involved in the running project SIZA ATLAS – Filling the Gaps for World Heritage. The research framework is the second criteria of the operational guidelines for the implementation of World Heritage Convention: exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in Architecture, Town-planning or Landscape design.