Quinzena'21
Quinzena is a talk series on Architecture, Urban Culture and Spatial Practices. Quinzena’21 features emerging practitioners addressing pertinent themes in contemporary architecture— nature, housing and health, civic action, communication, among others. We meet electronically in Porto for 6 sessions, with the contribution of architects but also artists, activists, researchers, urban planners, photographers, students and designers. Participants hail from Porto and Portugal but also from several countries in Europe and even Latin America. Moderated by architect and journalist Catarina de Almeida Brito, the objective is to cultivate a conversation with different perspectives, a harmonious mix between new, emerging and more established practices.
REWILDING—20/01/2021, 17:00
2021 marks the beginning of what the United Nations has declared as the decade of ecosystem restoration. What is the value of nature in built spaces? How can we cultivate wilderness in our daily lives?
Participants: Cristina Monteiro, DK-CM (UK), Vilde Braanaas, 3RW arkitekter (NO), Tiago Patatas (PT)
This session will be held in English.
HOUSING AND HEALTH—22/01/2021, 17:00
In 2020, we started giving more importance to the houses we live in, to the new relationship between individuals and their communities, and to the collective health of our neighbourhoods. What actions can we take to improve the way we live together?
Participants: Joana Pestana Lages (PT), Tiago Mota Saraiva (PT), Mariana Alegre, Lima Como Vamos (PE)
This session will be held in Portuguese and Spanish.
EMERGING PRACTICES—27/01/2021, 17:00
From London and Hamburg, to Porto, these three emerging studios find different ways to work in architecture, whether in rehabilitation, temporary installations or curation.
Participants: Léa Grande, Studio 163 (UK), depA architects (PT), João Quintela and Tim Simon, JQTS (DE/PT)
This session will be held in English.
COMMUNICATING ARCHITECTURE—29/01/2021 18:30, 17:00
Every day we are bombarded with information: at a time when the role of the architect is questioned several times, how can we communicate the work of architects to the public?
Participants: Joana Carvalho e Marco Santos, Combo Architects Studio (PT), Catarina Silva, Arquitectura Entre Vistas (PT), Ivo Tavares Studio (PT)
This session will be held in Portuguese.
CIVIC—03/02/2021, 17:00
At a time when human fragility is more apparent, how can we stimulate feelings of collectiveness, mutual care and ‘civicness’? This session has the participation of artists whose practice focuses on the collective.
Participants: Sahra Hersi (UK), Emma Dorothy Conley, Genomic Gastronomy (US), Colectivo Warehouse (PT)
This session will be held in English.
TACTICAL URBANISM—05/02/2021, 17:00
Around the world, the construction of temporary interventions in urban spaces, so-called 'pop-up', is slowly gaining ground. How can we use art and architecture to design spaces for communities and by communities?
Participants: Ralf Alwani, Urban Scale Interventions (IR), Jokin Santiago, Leku Studio (ES), Sofia Costa Pinto, EDA (PT)
This session will be held in English.