Living in Portugal

Architecture as a political gesture; as the expression of rupture; as the persistence of memory. These are the three guiding principles that underpin a new perspective on the Habitar Portugal project, in the lineage of the National Architecture Exhibitions initiated in the 1980s by the then Associação dos Arquitectos Portugueses. For the seventh edition, one hundred architectural works were selected, covering a wide range of programmes and scales, and representing both national and international contexts (including Portuguese-built works abroad). This significant and valuable survey offers not only a panoramic view of the final quarter of the 20th century and the first of the 21st, but also seeks to project the future of Portuguese contemporary architecture—and, by extension, the country’s social, economic and territorial development in the world.

Curators Alexandra Saraiva, Célia Gomes, and Rui Leão
In partnership with the Ordem dos Arquitectos

 Visit to the exhibition

15 March, at 11:00am
With Alexandra Saraiva, Célia Gomes and Rui Leão
A hundred works representing some of the most significant architecture produced in Portugal and abroad by Portuguese architects, examined in detail by curators Alexandra Saraiva, Célia Gomes, and Rui Leão. The 7th edition of Living in Portugal, an initiative of the Ordem dos Arquitectos, promotes the sharing and wider public visibility of contemporary Portuguese architecture.

Free admission with prior registration. Subject to capacity.