Lisbon Architecture Triennale

The theme of the 2010 Lisbon Architecture Triennale is LET´S TALK ABOUT HOUSES, a phrase from a poem by the Portuguese poet Herberto Helder. And its inherent urgency is nowadays fully justified. The idea is to debate the question of housing, both literally and in a broader sense of housing in the world. For three months the Triennale will be held at Lisbon’s most important cultural venues, centring on three exhibitions, one centre in Cascais and an international conference about the relationship between architecture and politics, or how architecture and politics are mutually represented. A large number of associated projects are spread among various Lisbon art galleries and other cultural institutions, making the city the European capital of architecture, its discussion and celebration. The Triennale is above all an architecture festival, besides being a platform for debate and discussion about questions involving the social aspect of architecture, its ethical component and the cultural importance of architecture today. EXHIBITIONS: - MUSEU COLECÇÃO BERARDO LET’S TALK ABOUT HOUSES: BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH - MUSEU DA ELECTRICIDADE – FUNDAÇÃO EDP COVA DA MOURA PROJECT [Competition for students of architecture and landscape architecture] & A HOUSE IN LUANDA: PATIO AND PAVILION [An international competition for Luanda] - MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA – MUSEU DO CHIADO WHEN ART SPEAKS ARCHITECTURE: BUILDING, UNBUILDING, INHABIT - CASCAIS CULTURAL CENTRE LET’S TALK ABOUT HOUSES IN CASCAIS - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE architecture [in] ]out[ politics 19 & 20 November POLITICS Ricardo Carvalho, Andrea Cavaletti, Jeffrey Inaba, Markus Miessen CITIZENSHIP J.A. Bandeirinha, Yona Friedman, Jorge M. Jáuregui, Reinhold Martin, Antanas Mockus, Joaquim Moreno AMBIGUITY Pier Vittorio Aureli, Jorge Carvalho, Rem Koolhaas, Sarah Whiting APPARATUS Pedro Bandeira, Santiago Cirugeda, Monique Eleb, Jonathan Hill, Thomas Hirschhorn