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PAULO DAVID

THE LESSON OF THE CONTINUITY LA LEZIONE DELLA CONTINUITÀ

Barbara Bogoni

This book was produced with the contribution of the Department DAStU of Architecture and Urban Studies of the Politecnico di Milano and the Regional Government of the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

Questo libro è stato realizzato con il contributo del Dipartimento DAStU di Archiettura e Studi Urbani del Politecnico di Milano e del Governo regionale della Regione autonoma di Madeira.

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ABOUT WHAT AND THANK YOU COSA E GRAZIE

BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AGAIN

Ricardo Carvalho

One must have a mind of winter

To regard the frost and the boughs

Of the pine–trees crusted with snow;

And have been cold a long time

To behold the junipers shagged with ice, The spruces rough in the distant glitter

Of the January sun; and not to think

Of any misery in the sound of the wind, In the sound of a few leaves,

Which is the sound of the land

Full of the same wind

That is blowing in the same bare place

For the listener, who listens in the snow, And, nothing himself, beholds

Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.

The Snow Man, by Wallace Stevens

Dear Paulo,

I write to you on Carnival Day. The atelier is working but the city is calm. I like these days when you feel less pressure from traffic and tourism. They are good for writing. We can’t speak of silence, but of a laconic atmosphere, which Sundays also have. It feels like Spring but it’s still Winter. When you decided to leave Lisbon, over twenty years ago, you

ABOUT WHAT AND THANK YOU Barbara Bogoni

We met at school, Paulo and I, in 2015, in the stimulating university context involving international students and Italian and Portuguese professors coordinated by Eduardo Souto de Moura in the development of projects to enhance the value of built heritage in the city of Porto. Since that intense and rewarding experience, Paulo and I have collaborated in teaching at Politecnico di Milano’s Mantova Campus, sharing objectives and methods. We do research.

Our acquaintance over the years and our mutual pleasure in discussing the foundational issues of architecture gave us the opportunity to share theoretical knowledge and operational strategies. I have thus discovered a very special, sharp and authentic architect. And a fascinating, almost philosophical thought.

The opportunity to debate, reflect, share pedagogical experiences and, above all, our dialogues – weighed, in search of a common methodological approach, based on analogy and reference and their reciprocal contamination – on the basis of short phrases and chosen words, gave rise to the reflections in this book, which speaks of Continuity. This theme, more than any other, represents the substantial and most intimate character of the Paulo David’s architecture and theoretical thought; it is the result of his commitment to design, to enhance local building traditions and to combine them with innovation and contemporaneity; and it bases its theoretical principles on the social and participatory role recognised in architecture and its construction. The teaching experience at Mantova thus became an extraordinary opportunity, a very important lesson in getting to know Paulo David’s work in depth, to understand its universal value and its underlying thought. An interesting and structural lesson useful not only for scholars but also for students, a point of reference and discussion for the different generations

AN ISLAND, AN ARCHITECT, A POEM

Barbara Bogoni

I return to the myths of my own flesh, I will surely sing as if there was joy. Same is the island, hot From its ancient milk. Ah, old allegory Renewed! This rolled pebble, this salt this harmony from the nostrils with the indicated miracle!

Herberto Helder, 2011

Any research carried out on Paulo David’s work and oeuvre cannot fail to take into account certain aspects that we can define as “invariants” of the discipline of design and that participate in the process of conception and realisation of the architectural work. They are aspects of such originality, in the specific and subjective declination that the architect has elaborated and entrusted to them, that they are recognised as very personal working tools that he uses in his thinking, in his design approach and also in the construction stage. These are personal invariants: the attention to the place and the specific Madeiran context, the search for totality and the intimate cohesion between architecture and landscape, the use of history and tradition as material and conceptual principles of contemporary design and, finally, the cultured application of technique and geometry learnt during the years of training in Portuguese culture and architecture. To the latter, to its products and protagonists, Paulo David always turns to untangle the knots of design: his strongest references – which represent the source

ICONOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE ARCHIVIO ICONOGRAFICO Federica Felici

Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Madeira (Mudas) Profile

Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Madeira (Mudas)

Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Madeira (Mudas)

Croquis Schizzo

Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Madeira (Mudas) Maquette Modello tridimensionale

Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Madeira (Mudas)

An island, an architect

Un'isola, un architetto

Grutas de São Vicente, Madeira

Access to the caves and pavilion _ profile Accesso alle grotte e padiglione _ sezione

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Grutas de São Vicente, Madeira Volcanism pavilion Padiglione del vulcanismo

Salinas, Câmara de Lobos, Madeira Promenade Lungomare

Salinas, Câmara de Lobos, Madeira Croquis Schizzo

Casa na Calheta, Madeira Croquis Schizzo

Casa na Calheta, Madeira Maquette Modello tridimensionale

Federica Felici

BIBLIOGRAPHY BIBLIOGRAFIA

Manuel Aires Mateus, Goncalo Byrne, Joao Gomes de Silva, Paulo David, 2G, Gustavo Gili, 2008.

Paulo David, Libria, 2012.

Arquitetura como paisagem. Un’indagine sulla poetica di Paulo David, Tesi di laurea triennale di Matteo Ferrari, Politecnico di Milano, Polo di Mantova, 2019, relatore prof. Barbara Bogoni.

Paulo David, Fernando Guerra, Centro das Artes | Casa das Mudas, 2006.

Carlotta Tonon, “Paulo David, padiglione e ingresso al vulcano São Vincente, Madeira – la memoria dei movimenti tellurici”, in Casabella 774, pp. 80-87.

Carlotta Tonon, “Paulo David, casa a Funchal, Madeira – il nero atlantico”, in Casabella 765, pp. 41-47.

Alice Perugini, “Paulo David, Casa das Mudas, Centro Culturale di Calheta, Madiera, Portogallo”, in Casabella 758, pp.68-77.

Matteo Agnoletto, Paulo David, Libria, Melfi 2012.

João Gomes da Silva, “Paulo David: world architecture in each place”, in 2G Revista internacional de arquitetura, 47, 2008.

This short book is a brief introduction to the principles underpinning the work of Madeiran architect Paulo David in the field of architecture and landscape. On the thin line between land and ocean, in a dialogue with Nature and with his personal tension towards an Architecture imbued with meaning and place, his contribution to culture and architectural construction is an ode to continuity, method and objective of every design gesture.

Paulo David founded his atelier Paulo David Arquitectos, in Funchal in 1996. He is professor in Scuola AUIC di Architettura, Urbanistica e Ingegneria delle Costruzioni, Polo di Mantova, Politecnico di Milano, since 2016 and visiting professor in Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal since 2019. He was honoured with the attribution of career prizes, as the Alvar Aalto Medal in 2012 and the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture in 2017, and since 2022 is foreign member of the Académie d’Architecture in Paris. Besides his activity as an architect, Paulo David founded and co-coordinated the atelier for

Questo piccolo libro è una breve introduzione ai principi che stanno alla base del lavoro dell’architetto madeirense Paulo David nel campo dell'architettura e del paesaggio. Sulla sottile linea di confine tra terra e oceano, in dialogo con la natura e con la sua personale tensione verso un'architettura intrisa di significato e di luogo, il suo contributo alla cultura e alla costruzione architettonica è un'ode alla continuità, metodo e obiettivo di ogni gesto progettuale.

Paulo David ha fondato il suo atelier Paulo David Arquitectos a Funchal nel 1996. È professore presso la Scuola AUIC di Architettura, Urbanistica e Ingegneria delle Costruzioni, nel Polo di Mantova del Politecnico di Milano, dal 2016 e visiting professor presso l'Instituto Superior Técnico di Lisbona, Portogallo, dal 2019. È è stato insignito di premi alla carriera, quali la Medaglia Alvar Aalto nel 2012 e il Global Award per l'Architettura Sostenibile nel 2017, e dal 2022 è membro straniero dell'Académie d'Architecture di Parigi. Oltre all'attività di architetto, Paulo David ha

urban studies “Gabinete da Cidade”, as a result of the major fires in Madeira in the summer of 2016, to classify the damages and plan the rehabilitation of the territory affected by the tragic event.

Barbara Bogoni, Phd in Interior Architecture and Assistant Professor Full time in Architectural and Urban Design, teaches architectural design at the Mantova Campus of Politecnico di Milano, where she has collaborated with Eduardo Souto de Moura and Paulo David. Her extensive publications on Portuguese architecture includes: A scuola con Eduardo Souto de Moura, Franco Angeli 2017; Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto de Moura. A dialogue on Architecture and Memory, in Commentaries on 21st century buildings, Franco Angeli 2020; Eduardo Souto de Moura. Learning from History. Designing into History, Amag 2020; Paulo David. Dwelling on the Land-sea Thresold: “Circular” Architecture, in Layers of Contemporary Architecture, Franco Angeli 2021; Eduardo Souto de Moura. Architettura sulla storia, Tre Lune 2022.

fondato e coordinato l’atelier di studi urbani “Gabinete da Cidade”, a seguito dei grandi incendi dell’estate 2016 a Madeira, per classificare i danni e pianificare la riabilitazione del territorio colpito dal tragico evento.

Barbara Bogoni, Phd in Architettura degli Interni e Professore Associato in Progettazione Architettonica e Urbana, insegna progettazione architettonica presso il Polo di Mantova del Politecnico di Milano, dove ha collaborato con Eduardo Souto de Moura e con Paulo David. Tra le sue numerose pubblicazioni sull’architettura portoghese, si segnalano: A scuola con Eduardo Souto de Moura, Franco Angeli 2017; Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto de Moura. A dialogue on Architecture and Memory, in Commentaries on 21st century buildings, Franco Angeli 2020; Eduardo Souto de Moura. Learning from History. Designing into History, Amag 2020; Paulo David. Dwelling on the Land-sea Thresold: “Circular” Architecture, in Layers of Contemporary Architecture, Franco Angeli 2021; Eduardo Souto de Moura. Architettura sulla storia, Tre Lune 2022.