The Triennale's sanitising of difficult issues is a failure of curationornerve

摘要

Portugal has more architects per capita than any other country in Europe, and yet despite this numerical popularity its discourse has often been rarefied, lofty and distant. The formal minimalism of Alvaro Siza and Souto de Moura dominates the country's architectural self-image, with voices of innovative young practices often marginalised. As a corrective to this, the second Triennale of Architecture in Lisbon aims to 'bring architecture down to the street'. Chief curator Delfim Sardo, a renowned art critic, has taken a lateral approach.