Portugal 2018

Title: “Public Without Rhetoric”
Commissioner: Paula Varanda
Curators: Nuno Brandão Costa e Sérgio Mah
Exhibitors: Aires Mateus e Associados (Manuel Mateus, Francisco Mateus), Álvaro Siza, André Cepeda, Barbas Lopes Arquitectos (Patrícia Barbas e Diogo Seixas Lopes), Carlos Prata, Catarina Mourão, depA (Carlos Azevedo, João Crisóstomo, Luís Sobral), Diogo Aguiar Studio, Eduardo Souto de Moura, FAHR 021.3 (Filipa Frois Almeida e Hugo Reis), Fala Atelier (Ana Luísa Soares, Filipe Magalhães e Ahmed Belkhodja), Gonçalo Byrne, Inês Lobo, João Luís Carrilho da Graça, João Mendes Ribeiro, Menos é Mais (Cristina Guedes e Francisco Vieira de Campos), Miguel Figueira, Nuno Cera, Ottotto (Teresa Otto), Ricardo Bak Gordon, Salomé Lamas, SAMI (Miguel Vieira e Inês Vieira da Silva), Serôdio Furtado Associados (João Pedro Serôdio e Isabel Furtado), Tiago Figueiredo

The Portuguese official Representation this year is an affirmation of Architecture as a celebration of the experience of public space, highlighting its fundamental importance in the creation of experience in contemporary societies. The creation of relationships, dynamics and flows through experimental work in public territory builds and promotes new networks and opportunities.