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LB 16 ÁLVARO SIZA MONTE DA LAPA is made of two volumes: VOLUME I, out and ready to ship, present the project and work under construction. VOLUME II, to be published with the end of the works, will feature the completed project.
A collector’s limited edition of 100 copies, including a numbered and signed postcard, is available for online orders according to the available stock.
This is the first of two volumes featuring Álvaro Siza’s renewal of Monte da Lapa in Porto. Volume I focuses on the project’s background, concept, and work under construction. The design starts from what had by 2014 become an isolated pocket of urban remains, stranded between the city’s downtown and its expansion to the west, a mixture of completely degraded, abandoned, or unhealthy housing. Siza’s intervention transforms it into a living space capable of advancing intersocial, intercultural, and intergenerational junctures. The publication includes a conversation between the Siza and architect and critic Nuno Grande. The completed work is featured in Volume II.
