Eduardo Souto de Moura (b. 1952) is a Portuguese architect, Pritzker Prize laureate (2011) and Wolf Prize recipient (2013), whose work bridges modernist rigor with sensitivity to material and context. Trained at the Porto School of Architecture and an early collaborator of Álvaro Siza, he established his practice in 1980 with the Casa das Artes in Porto. His projects range from private houses to major civic works and restorations, most notably the transformation of the ruined 12th-century Santa Maria do Bouro monastery into a contemporary hotel. Known for precise geometries and restrained forms, his architecture often juxtaposes stone, concrete, and landscape in ways that feel at once austere and deeply rooted. Souto de Moura’s work is celebrated for its balance between permanence and adaptation, modernity and tradition.
HPO is an art and event-architecture group from Ferrara. Their work has been, among other venues, presented at Milan Design Week and 18. Venice Biennale.
In the interview, we discuss the marginal position, DIY, incomplete architecture and the importance of play.
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