Lectures from the Garage

At a time when architecture is recognised as a cornerstone of Portuguese culture, Lisbon’s Garagem Sul enhances the Centro Cultural de Belém’s longstanding programme of architectural exhibitions, lectures, debates and publications. Housed in a former parking garage, Garagem Sul’s large space offers a unique atmosphere for the presentation of architectural works and ideas. Lectures from the Garage seeks to present the wide range of different positions through which architects are currently redefining their role in society, having the courage to research and explore less obvious areas of architecture in order to find appropriate ways for building our world.

Lectures from the Garage 2018

Marina Tabassum
Tuesday, March 13, 7pm
Building in Bangladesh

Laurent Stalder
Tuesday, May 8, 7pm
What Happens to Architecture?

Jean-Louis Violeau
Tuesday, October 16, 7pm
The Great Refusal? May 68 and the French architects

Maria Moita
Tuesday, November 6, 7pm
Architecture of Emergency

Related upcoming events
The lecture series runs parallel to the main exhibitions program, currently displaying Paris Haussmann, an exhibition designed by the Pavillon de L’Arsenal, and Drawings of Marques da Silva in atelier Laloux, organized by Marques da Silva Foundation (from March 6 to June 17).
 

Paris Haussmann: A Model's Relevance
Throughout the 19th century, Paris underwent profound transformations that reached every part of the city. Georges Eugène Haussmann embodies this century of public works that continues to shape the city today. Paris Haussmann explores the characteristics of this homogenous yet polymorphous city.

Drawings of Marques da Silva in the Laloux atelier, 1890-1896
José Marques da Silva’s (1869-1947) was a key architectural figure in early 20th century Porto. This exhibition presents a core of archival drawings from the period of his training in Paris between 1889 and 1896, when he was a student at the École des Beaux-Arts under the tutelage of Victor Laloux.