Archives 4 | Souto de Moura

Title: Archives 4 | Souto de Moura Editorial: Archives Journal of Architecture. ISBN: 978-84-947678-5-2 Language: English & Spanish “His architecture is a constant advance and review that is punctuated in with exceptional moments. “Su arquitectura es un constante avanzar y revisar que se puntea con momentos excepcionales. A search for what's next and what's universal, with that idea of critical internationalism as Jean-Louis Cohen puts it. When Souto carried out the Braga market project and the intervention in a small ruin in Gêres(1980)he was already aware that it was not possible to find a pure culture or language than a transitional stage was taking place. Estamos ante la búsqueda en lo próximo y en lo universal, con esa idea de internacionalismo crítico tal y como la expone Jean-Louis Cohen. Cuando Souto realiza el proyecto del mercado de Braga y la intervención en una pequeña ruina en Gêres(1980), ya es consciente de que no era posible encontrar una cultura o un lenguaje puros, de que se estaba viviendo una etapa de transición. ” Archives 4 | Souto de Moura (c) 2019, published by C2C Proyectos editoriales de arquitectura S.L. Vatican Chapel | Capilla del Vaticano A large, unpolished and scratched Vicenza slab stands perpendicular to the ground, and it is assembled through a small offset on a similar stone slab. One, two, three, four… the same constructive detail is repeated seven times until we arrive at an opening in the wall that shows us the access to the chapel. A large and thick slab rests onto these stones, and a sculptural gutter protrudes from it. A tree breaks the evidence of the entrance view. Engraved on a plate that seems apparently abandoned on the floor we can read MMXVIII, 2018. It is not an ancient ruin, it does not pretend to be. It is a contemporary project, an artificial ruin with the aspiration of permanence, an attempt to overcome a location over time.