The exhibition “Orgânico Racional” on the work of the architect Pedro Ramalho, on show between June and September 2019 at the Casa Gallery, curated by Nuno Brandão Costa and based on a look at his collection donated to the Casa da Arquitectura, is based on a selection of ten works by the Oporto architect built in the Oporto district from the 1960s to the present day, depicting various programs and scales of intervention.
According to Nuno Brandão Costa, the intention here is to “reveal the importance, singular quality and coherence of his body of work, demonstrating the physical and conceptual resistance of his buildings and the timelessness of his architecture, impervious to trends, stylistic fads, currents or critical agendas.”
The exhibition entitled “”Orgânico Racional” proposes a vision-synthesis on the work of the architect Pedro Ramalho, conceived based on a look at his collection recently donated to the Casa da Arquitetura. The exhibition aims to reveal the importance, singular quality and coherence of his body of work, demonstrating the physical and conceptual resilience of his buildings and the timelessness of his architecture, impervious to trends, stylistic fads, currents or critical agendas.
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Pedro Ramalho
Nuno Brandão Costa
Nuno Brandão Costa (Oporto, 1970) graduated from the FAUP (Faculty of Architecture of the University of Oporto) in 1994, where he has taught a Subject Project 4, since 2001 and obtained his PhD in 2013.
Between 1992 and 1993, he did an internship with Herzog & de Meuron in Basel in Switzerland, between 1993 and 1997, he collaborated with José Fernando Gonçalves & Paulo Providência in Oporto and, in 1998, he started his activity following the 1st prize in the competition for the design of the Library of the Faculty of Humanities of Nova University of Lisbon.
His work has been exhibited at the 8th International Exhibition of the Venice Biennale in 2004; the São Paulo Architecture Biennale in 2005; “Portugal Now”, Cornell University, New York in 2007; “Tradition is innovation” Tokyo in 2011, the Milan Architecture Triennale in 2004 and 2014 and the 2nd Chicago Architecture Biennale in 2017.
Author of the exhibition projects for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale in 2007 and 2016.
Nominated for the “Mies Van der Rohe” award, 2008, BSI – Swiss Architectural Award, 2012 and the FAD Award, 2017
Awarded the “Jornal Expresso – SIC” revelation and merit prize in 2004, the Secil Prize in 2008 and the Vale da Gândara Prize in 2010/2011.
Appointed with Sérgio Mah curator of the Official Portuguese Representation at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale, 2018.
Guest lecturer at ETSA of the Universidad de Navarra; Estudio Barozzi University of Girona; EHL CAMPUS Lausanne.
Guest critic at the School of Architecture of the University of Minho (EAUM), Department of Architecture of the University of Coimbra (DARQ), École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (ENAC-EPFL), FAPyD-UNR de Rosario, Università Luav di Venezia (Iuav), Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), Cambridge and ETH Zurich.
Coordinator and professor of the Program of Advanced Studies in Architecture Design (EAPA 2014/2015) at FAUP.
Lecturer in Seminars and Faculties of Architecture in Germany, Argentina, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, France, Italy, Macedonia, Mexico, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Spain and Switzerland.