scopionewspaper, The Idea of Álvaro Siza: Ocean Swimming Pool by Mark Durden and João Leal
# July 2022

ISBN 978-989-53640-2-2
40 pages

AAI Research publication
SCOPIO EDITIONS
Porto, 2020

Publisher
Cityscopio Associação Cultural
info@cityscopio.com

Editorial and Advisory Board
Architecture, Art and Image (AAI) research group
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Director
Pedro Leão Neto (FAUP)

Editors
Maria Neto (FAUP/CEAU)

Authors - Texts
Mark Durden, João Leal
Teresa Cunha Ferreira (FAUP)
Pedro Leão Neto (FAUP)

Authors -Photography
Mark Durden, João Leal

Creative Director
Ne Santelmo

Layout and print
Né Santelmo & Artur Leão

Printing
Gráfica Maiadouro

Mark Durden and João Leal in this series developed around Siza’s paradigmatic work, expand the comprehension of architecture, investigating photography’s ability as a unique form of expression, capable of creating an architectural promenade that moves between the real and the poetic. Their series calls the attention of the viewer to the important relationship of this architectural work to both Modernism and the specific demands of the territory of its implementation. This iconic work by Siza is an inescapable reference for understanding his architecture, in terms of the influence of Modernism and of architects such as Alvar Aalto and Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as the importance of the place and the brilliant synthesis of these factors and his unique contributions to the history of architecture.

scopionewspaper is an Architecture, Art and Image research publication with a special interest in photography as an instrument of inquiry and expression. scopionewspaper disseminates authors who use photography as an instrument to communicate in a critical, exploratory and innovative way diverse themes based upon a comprehensive understanding of architecture as a practice and discipline that integrates the dimensions of art, sociology, history, politics and construction. scopionewspaper has as its technological support for dissemination and communication, the scopio News Editorial area at scopio network platform.