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Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea: Santiago de Compostela, Espanha, 1993, por Alvaro Siza

GALICIAN CENTRE OF CONTEMPORARY ART: SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, SPAIN, 1993, BY ALVARO SIZA

Centre Galicien d’Art Contemporain: Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, Espagne, 1993, par Alvaro Siza

IN SIZA’S WORK, LIGHT IS DELIBERATELY AND SKILFULLY EMPLOYED TO FULFIL INTERSTITIAL YET NOT RESIDUAL SPACES. ACCORDING TO RYAN (1994), “THE ARCHITECT EMPLOYS SUCH SKEWED INTERSTITIAL SPACES [...] TO DISSOLVE WEIGHT AND SHADOWY CORNERS, ACTING AS GEOMETRIC KNUCKLES”, EXEMPLIFIED IN THE CUNNING ACUTE INCISION BETWEEN THE BLOCKS OF THE LIBRARY AND THE OFFICES.

REFERENCE: Ryan, Raymund. 'Monastic Modern', Architecture, 83, 9 (Sep 1994), pp. 54-59.