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A brief study on an architects and their works, Alvaro Siza and Sir James Sterling
A brief study on an architects and their works,
Alvaro Siza
and
Sir James Sterling
Ar . Alvaro Siza Vieira
Every design," says Siza, "is a rigorous attempt to capture a concrete moment of a
transitory image in all its nuances. The extent to which this transitory quality is
captured, is reflected in the designs: the more precise they are, the more vulnerable."

• Siza, whose full name is Alvaro Joaquim de Meio Siza Vieira, was
born on June 25, 1933 in the small coastal town of Matosinhos, just
north of Porto, Portugal.
• Siza studied at the University of Porto School of Architecture from
1949 through 1955, completing his first built works (four houses in
Matosinhos) even before ending his studies in 1954. That same year
he opened his private practice in Porto.
• He has received honours from foundations and institutions in
Europe, including, the Alvar Aalto Foundation Gold Medal in 1988, Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza
the renowned Mies van der Rohe Foundation Award the Borges & Vieira
Period: 1933- present
Irmao Bank in Vila do Conde, Portugal (1982-86).
Style:contemporary
• In the United States in 1988, the Harvard University Graduate (poetic modernism)
School of Design recognized Siza for his Malagueira Quarter
Housing Project in Evora, Portugal that began in 1977, presenting
him with the first Veronica Rudge Green Prize, often referred to as In 1992, he was awarded with
the renowned Pritzker Prize for
the Prince of Wales Prize for Urban Design.
the renovation project that he
• Recent projects and buildings include, a new College of Education coordinated in the chiado area
in Setubal, a new School of Architecture for Porto University, a of Lisbon, a historic commercial
Modern Art Museum for Porto, the rebuilding of the Chiado, area sector that was all but
of Lisbon, damaged by fire in 1988, and a new Library for Aveiro completely destroyed by fire in
University. August 1988
Ibere Camargo museum, Porto Alegre ,Brazil, Alvaro Siza
• All bleached white in situ concrete, rising
for three levels, embraced by three
concrete ramps, like tentacles, cantilevered
clear of the building’s façade, projected out
towards the river.
• Because of the steepness of the slope, the
museum had to be developed as a vertical
construction.
• Settled into the lush green hillside like a
giant sculpture, the first building in Brazil
by Álvaro Siza preserves the collection of
more than 4000 works by Iberê Camargo,
the master of Brazilian expressionism.
• The base of the building is a long platform,
0.90 meters above street level, under
which part of the program areas are
located. The main building volume cuts
through the escarpment.
• Siza chose white concrete as the main
construction material as a means to
establish a dialogue with modern Brazilian
architecture.
 Plans

01 car-park entrance access 07 meeting room 13 security 19 hall-stand

02 pedestrian 08 library reserve 14 technical area 20 reception
03 car-park 09 library 15 mezzanine 21 atrium
04 car-park exit 10 reserve 16 cafeteria 22 bookshop
05 workshop 11 technical area 17 museum entrance 23 storage
06 office 12 auditorium 18 ticket office 24 exhibition room
 Plans

01 car-park entrance access 07 meeting room 13 security 19 hall-stand

02 pedestrian 08 library reserve 14 technical area 20 reception
03 car-park 09 library 15 mezzanine 21 atrium
04 car-park exit 10 reserve 16 cafeteria 22 bookshop
05 workshop 11 technical area 17 museum entrance 23 storage
06 office 12 auditorium 18 ticket office 24 exhibition room
 Plans

01 car-park entrance access 07 meeting room 13 security 19 hall-stand

02 pedestrian 08 library reserve 14 technical area 20 reception
03 car-park 09 library 15 mezzanine 21 atrium
04 car-park exit 10 reserve 16 cafeteria 22 bookshop
05 workshop 11 technical area 17 museum entrance 23 storage
06 office 12 auditorium 18 ticket office 24 exhibition room
 Plans

01 car-park entrance access 07 meeting room 13 security 19 hall-stand

02 pedestrian 08 library reserve 14 technical area 20 reception
03 car-park 09 library 15 mezzanine 21 atrium
04 car-park exit 10 reserve 16 cafeteria 22 bookshop
05 workshop 11 technical area 17 museum entrance 23 storage
06 office 12 auditorium 18 ticket office 24 exhibition room
 Plans

01 car-park entrance access 07 meeting room 13 security 19 hall-stand

02 pedestrian 08 library reserve 14 technical area 20 reception
03 car-park 09 library 15 mezzanine 21 atrium
04 car-park exit 10 reserve 16 cafeteria 22 bookshop
05 workshop 11 technical area 17 museum entrance 23 storage
06 office 12 auditorium 18 ticket office 24 exhibition room
Section a & b

B
Section c & d

D
• The nine galleries and circulation
ramps surround a towering central
atrium, with the ramps extending to
the exterior as enclosed walkways
cantilevered across the front facade.
Vertical circulation, two elevators and
two sets of stairs, are located at each
end of the building.
• The print shop, artists’ studios and a
café are located in low buildings along
the sidewalk.
• Natural light enters the central
atrium space through skylights or
openings in the curved walls. The
galleries are open to the atrium, or
enclosed by four meter tall removable
panels that allows for light to enter
between them and the ceiling. The
galleries on the top floor receive
natural light, supplemented by
artificial lighting, through double
glazed skylights.
• Single windows along the ramps
frame views of the Guaíba River and
Porto Alegre's downtown skyline.
Some interior views
Some of works of Alvaro Siza
Some of works of Alvaro Siza
Some of works of Alvaro Siza
Sir James Frazer Stirling
• James Stirling (1926-1992), of Great Britain is considered by
many as the premier architect of his generation, an
unparalleled innovator in post-war international architecture.
• Stirling was born in Glasgow in 1926. He was educated at the
University of Liverpool School of Architecture and began his
own practice in partnership with James Gowan in London in
1956.
• In 1971, Stirling began to work in association with Michael
Wilford. From this point on, the scale and number of his
projects broadened to include museums, galleries, libraries
and theaters.
• Since 1980, he has completed a major social sciences center in Sir James Frazer Stirling
Berlin; a Performing Arts Center for Cornell University; and Period: 1926- 1992
Style: modernism
such major museum projects as the Clore Gallery expansion
(neoclassical influenced)
for the Tate Gallery in London; the Arthur M. Sackler Museum,
an addition to Harvard's Fogg Museum; and the competition
winning design for the Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, James Stirling was awarded the
Germany. Alvar Aalto Medal in 1977, the
• “The particular way in which functional-symbolic elements are RIBA Gold Medal in 1980 and the
put together may be the ‘art’ in the architecture. ...If the Pritzker Prize in 1981. In addition
expression of functional-symbolic forms and familiar elements to teaching in Europe, he served
is foremost, the expression of structure will be secondary, and as the Charles Davenport
if structure shows, it is not in my opinion, the engineering Professor at Yale University from
which counts, but the way in which the building is put 1967.
together that is important."
Engineering Building Leicester University, Leicester, England
Sir James Frazer Stirling
• James Stirling/Gowan Engineering Building at
the University has been voted as the second best
building in Leicester after The National Space
Centre which is the brainchild of the University.
• The University's buildings represent over a
century of architectural styles which reflect our
history and growth. Our first building, the
Fielding Johnson, dates from 1837 and is a fine
example of late Georgian architecture.
• The building, which was designated a Class II*
Listed Building by the Department of National
Heritage in 1993, was one of Stirling’s earlier
works, designed and constructed between 1959
and 1963. Much admired both nationally and
internationally, the Engineering Building is Leicester University,
praised in the book. Location
Leicester, England
• The Leicester Engineering Building stands as an Date 1959 timeline
example of how construction must still progress Building Type academic
from a site based craft into system building from
Climate temperate
stock products.
Context park campus
Style Modern
Plans
Plans
 Elevation(front)

The whole concept of the tower is verticality, and you will be able to see
those bars from the outside through the glazing, which will spoil this.
Elevation(side)
Section (a)
Section (b)
Site plan
Axonometric view
Some pictures
Some of works of Sir James Frazer Stirling
Some of works of Sir James Frazer Stirling

Cambridge History Faculty Building

Some of works of Sir James Frazer Stirling
Some of works of Sir James Frazer Stirling
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