The tribute to Álvaro Siza will take place at the Serralves Foundation, and will be attended by Álvaro Siza, Wilfried Wang (president of CICA), and Ana Tostões (CICA member and president of AICA_EN - International Association of Art Critics, Portugal).

Wilfried Wang, president of CICA, will give an introduction, followed by a conversation with Ana Tostões, president of AICA_EN - International Association of Art Critics and member of CICA, where Álvaro Siza will describe his favourite project in order to answer the questions: Should a building be a world in itself? Or should it relate to its context? Do the best buildings achieve both: create their own order and language, while dialoguing with and shaping their surroundings?

Following the International Conferences On the Duty and the Power of Architectural Criticism (2021), Defining Architectural Quality (2022) and Architecture as Built Criticism (2023), the 2024 conference seeks to recognize Álvaro Siza and Denise Scott Bown’s contributions, “Between Autonomy and Engagement”.

The International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA) was founded in 1978, during the 13th World Congress of the International Union of Architects (UIA), by Pierre Vago, Bruno Zevi, Max Blumenthal, Mildred Schmertz, Blake Huges, Jorge Glusberg, Louise Noëlle and Julius Posener, among others.

This tribute to Álvaro Siza, promoted by CICA - International Committee of Architecture Critics, will take place at the Serralves Foundation, as part of the parallel programme curated by architect António Choupina for the exhibition C.A.S.A. (Álvaro Siza Collection, Archive).

This tribute to Álvaro Siza, promoted by CICA - International Committee of Architecture Critics, will take place at the Serralves Foundation, as part of the parallel programme curated by architect António Choupina for the exhibition C.A.S.A. (Álvaro Siza Collection, Archive).