Casa Pinto Sousa [Pinto Sousa house], Oeiras, Portugal (1995)

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People:

Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Alvaro Siza (architect)

Title:

Casa Pinto Sousa [Pinto Sousa house], Oeiras, Portugal (1995)

Date:

circa 1993-2012

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

647 drawings (including 372 reprographic copies)
143 photographic materials
1 model
0.18 linear metres of textual material

Scope and content:
This project series documents the Casa Pinto Sousa in Oeiras, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 62/90. The office assigned the date 1995 to this project.

The project files document a proposed three-storey house in Alto Lagoal commissioned by Júlio Silva. The third floor included a garage, hall, guest room, staircase, and elevator. The second floor was surrounded by a patio and included a dressing room, living room, dining room, library, kitchen, pantry, and a service staircase as well as a swimming pool and an outdoor garden. The first floor included four bedrooms, a bathroom, and a laundry room. The exterior was supposed to be made of brick and calcareous stone, azuielo, and plaster. The house was not built.

Documenting this project are sketches, studies, plans, and working drawings. Textual materials include project documentation, correspondence, and catalogues. Photographic materials document the model.

Reference number:

AP178.S1.1995.PR06

Arrangement:
Materials in this project series were compiled from multiple accessions. Materials within each accession were arranged by Álvaro Siza’s office and have been kept in this order.

Location:

Oeiras Portugal

Credit line:
When citing the collection as a whole, use the citation: Álvaro Siza fonds, Collection Centre Canadien d’Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal. When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

Language of material:

Portuguese

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