https://www.portugalbuilds.org/files/original/b2a4242ab2df9885500644440dfe35ce.JPG d84a96a06c6a6cda2e11135037c15013 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Francisco Conceição Silva Portrait Subject The topic of the resource Individual Actors, Technician, Architect, Francisco Conceição Silva Description An account of the resource Francisco Conceição Silva Portrait Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource PT BUILDS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived LEITE, I. (2015). "As contaminações tropicais de Conceição Silva". In Jornal Público, [online]. Available at: https://www.publico.pt/2015/03/15/culturaipsilon/noticia/as-contaminacoes-tropicais-de-conceicao-silva-1689178 [Accessed 17 Oct. 2019] Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available PT BUILDS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Jornal Público Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Language A language of the resource ENG Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context IA41IMG1 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 2015 Portugal Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Architect Person An individual. Birthplace Lisboa Training Institution Escola de Belas Artes de Lisboa (ESBAL) Occupation Architect Birth Date 1922 Death Date 1982-01-23 Biographical Text Francisco Conceição Silva was born in 1922, in Lisbon. He married twice, having four children from the first marriage and a daughter from the second. He graduated from the Escola de Belas Artes, in Lisbon, in 1949. His first experiences in the job market were at Adelino Nunes atelier and the Federation of Pension Funds. Shortly after, he created with José Bastos an architecture society centered on single-family housing projects, particularly for the middle and upper classes. He created a personal studio in 1953, where he initially made furniture designs. These would be exhibited along with the works of Julio Pomar, Cherub Lapa, Sa Nogueira and Jorge Vieira. Influenced by modern Brazilian architecture, he dedicated himself to the design of dwellings and commercial spaces that at the same time deviated and came close to Le Corbusier's lines of thought. One of his main concerns, expressed in his projects, was the constant participation in international debates on a practical scale on the evolution of global architecture, resorting wherever possible to the modern movement, vernacular architecture, Scandinavian empiricism and brutalism. He was a true promoter of interdisciplinarity in the area of architecture, contacting with several other areas. He met with the biggest names in national culture, especially in the context of his studio, a space that served as a “school” for several generations of artists. We talk necessarily about Maurício de Vasconcelos, his partner, Tomás Taveira, Arsenio Cordeiro, Pedro Viera de Almeida, Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles, Sá Nogueira, Estrela Faria, Almada Negreiros, among others. He designed several emblematic buildings in the national context, namely the Hotel do Mar between 1960 and 1963 in Sesimbra, the Serra da Estrela Hotel, the Castil Building in Lisbon and the Hotel da Balaia between 1965 and 1967 in the Algarve, among many other works - of note are the shops and commercial spaces and, for example, the Alfragide towers that marked the beginning of the career of his architecture studio. He was responsible for several urbanization plans, namely Évora, Loures, Portimão and the Tróia Peninsula Tourism Plan. In January 1975, months before the April 25 revolution, he suffered an attack on Dafundo, at his home. He was seriously injured. In March he left, at the age of 53-year-old, to Brazil, not a month before receiving the news that he would be on the COPCON (Continuing Operational Command) lists. Oddly enough, his political sympathy was not with the authoritarian government, but with the opposition side. However, Conceição Silva was an uncomfortable architect for his peers in the highly politicized environment that preceded the revolution. He challenged the business organization of what was perhaps the largest studio in the country, with an enviable order book, with clients in the economic, cultural and political spheres, such as António Valadas Fernandes, Amália Rodrigues and Rogério Martins, Secretary of State of Industry at the time of Marcello Caetano. In the American continent, his architecture was always represented as an updated attitude of experimenting with the themes of revised modernity, adapted to the place, the materials and the construction processes, in a line of continuity with the houses that had been built in Portugal in the 60s. In Brazil, he projected essentially single-family dwellings for a wealthy bourgeoisie, ensuring a comfortable environment for the domestic life. He was president of the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes between 1963 and 1970. He was the founder of the Sociedade de Gravura and head of the Sindicato Nacional dos Arquitetos, where he launched the Inquérito à Arquitetura Regional Portuguesa of 1955. He was awarded several times, namely in 1987, posthumously received, with the tourist merit medal awarded by the Directorate General of Tourism. Francisco Conceição Silva died of a heart attack on January 23, 1982, just before his 60th birthday. Bibliography LEITE, I. (2015). Francisco da Conceição Silva no Brasil (1975-1982), Contaminações Tropicais. Master Theses. Faculdade de Arquitetura e Artes da Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa. FIGUEIRA, J. (2010). "Nuno Portas, Hestnes Ferreira, Conceição Silva, Sobressaltos em Lisboa, anos 1960". In Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, Nº91, pp. 77-89. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Francisco Conceição Silva Profile Subject The topic of the resource Individual Actors, Technician, Architect, Francisco Conceição Silva Description An account of the resource Francisco Conceição Silva Profile Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource PT BUILDS Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available PT BUILDS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-10-16 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource PT BUILDS Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource TEXT Language A language of the resource ENG Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context IA41DOC1 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1922-1982, Portugal Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais Item under construction - more information soon