The three hydroelectric power stations made in the 50's and 60's, near the Portugal - Spain border in the point where Douro river finds the way into the Portuguese territory, clearly establish an exceptional event to verify and investigate the possibility of creating new high quality anthropomorphic sceneries, through a project method in which architecture proposes itself has a guiding subject of the multiple interveners and conditions involved in the process.
The purpose of the exhibition and this publication is to contribute for the knowledge, recovery and rehabilitation of this important experience, which we consider fundamental for the historical reading of Portuguese Modern Architecture. Due to the obvious space and economic limits, the exhibited and reproduced material represents, even though partially, some aspects which we consider essential and significant.
The architecture exhibitions are always difficult to carry out because the object is always absent. Buildings cannot be exhibit in a museum. The only possibility is to show what represents them, e. g., sketches, drawings, models, paintings, photographs. These must be the originals. But the truly real originals, the buildings, stay where they are and, therefore, absent to the visitors.
COMISSIONERS
FÁTIMA FERNANDES AND MICHELE CANNATÀ
PROJECT AND EXHIBITION AUTHORS
FÁTIMA FERNANDES AND MICHELE CANNATÀ
EXHIBITION DESIGNER
FRANCISCO PROVIDÊNCIA
BILL AND INVITATION DESIGNER
JOÃO MACHADO
BILL GRAPHIC EXECUTION
ROCHA ARTES GRÁFICAS
LOCATION
ANTIGO TRIBUNAL E CADEIA DA RELAÇÃO DO PORTO. PORTO. PORTUGAL
DATE OF EXECUTION
1997
PRODUCTION
FAUP
CO-FINANCED BY
FERDER. FUNDO EUROPEU DE DESENVOLVIMENTO REGIONAL
PRONORTE. PROGRAMA OPERACIONAL DA CULTURA
SUPPORTED BY
ORDEM DOS ARQUITECTOS
CÂMARA MUNICIPAL DO PORTO
CPPE
HIDRORUMO
EDALPRO
ÁGUAS DO DOURO E PAIVA
