The Territory of Architecture. Gregotti and Associati 1953-2017

Centro Cultural de Belém—CCB—first opened its doors in 1993, bringing life to a building designed by Vittorio Gregotti and Risco. 25 years later, CCB has become one of the most relevant cultural venues in Lisbon, known for its music, dance, theatre and literature programs. Its Garagem Sul, who since 2012 runs an architecture program, will celebrate this anniversary with an exhibition dedicated to the Italian architect Vittorio Gregotti, and his long and overreaching architectural life. The exhibition presents a narrative of his wide-ranging activities and those conducted by his studio, spanning more than six decades of projects both in Italy and abroad. The title of the retrospective establishes an ideal continuity and a form of mirroring with Il territorio dell’architetuttura—the programmatic title of his first book published in 1966, The Territory of Architecture—a meeting place for contributions from other experiences and disciplines, in which the term territory conveys the meaning of the overall physical and conceptual material for architecture itself. 

The exhibition will be accompanied by a visits program recalling the presence of Italian architects in Lisbon, Italianos em Lisboa.

Exhibition curated by Guido Morpurgo

Italianos em Lisboa
Visits to the exhibition and the city

November 14
10:30am
Garagem Sul
Visit to the exhibition by the curator Guido Morpurgo

November 17
5pm
Garagem Sul
A Milanese Architect by João Soares

November 24
10:30am
Cais do Sodré
Works by Ternullo Melo, by Chiara Ternullo

January 5
10:30am
Jardim do Torel
Ville and Villini at Torel by Teresa Cunha Ferreira and Maria Helena Barreiros

January 12
10:30am
Alvalade
Thinking by Images by Luca Martinucci

January 26
5pm
Garagem Sul
Il territorio dell’architetuttura by Ana Vaz Milheiro

Closing debate
January 19
5pm
Garagem Sul
With Manuel Salgado and Paulo Tormenta Pinto

About Garagem Sul 
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.