Inclus dans:

Personnes et institutions:

Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Alvaro Siza (architect)

Titre:

Reitoria da Universidade de Alicante [Rectory, University of Alicante], Alicante, Spain (1995-1998)

Date:

1995-2003

Niveau de description archivistique:
Project

Collation:

Approximately 1,001 drawings (including 928 reprographic copies)
340 photographic materials
3 models
0.19 l.m. of textual records

Présentation du contenu:
This project series documents the Reitoria da Universidade de Alicante in Alicante, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 59/90. The office assigned the date 1995-1998 to this project

The rectory was located on the former military aerodrome of Rabasa. The H-shaped, two-storey building had two inner courtyards and was often compared to a fortress. The ground floor included classrooms, an auditorium, a hall, as well as spaces for the Law and Linguistics department and the office of International Relations. The second floor was used as office space. The project was realized.

Documenting this project are sketches, working drawings, structural drawings, technical drawings and mechanical drawings. Textual materials included project documentation, correspondence and catalogues. Photographic materials document the model, site, construction work and the built project.

Numéro de référence:

AP178.S1.1995.PR05

Mode de classement:
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.

Localisation:

Alicante Espagne

Mention de crédit:
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.

Langue et écriture des documents:

Spanish
Portuguese

Sources complémentaires:

Sketches for the Reitoria da Universidade de Alicante are also included in Siza's sketchbooks found in Series AP178.S2 of this fonds. Of note are sketchbooks 384, 386, 390, 391, 397, 398, and 467.