They spent a few days since the completion of Award Ceremony of the 2011 PritzkerWhere Eduardo Souto de Moura the architect was awarded the major prize. The ceremony, which we were privileged to be invited, not only attended the big names in architecture as Renzo Piano and Frank Gehry, but also with important global in nature, as was the case Barack Obama.
Was the latter responsible for delivering the speech to the winner. In his words, defined architecture as the one responsible for creating buildings and spaces that inspire us. He referred to the architecture as well as the most democratic of our current expressions.
Obama seemed to know very well the architecture of Souto de Moura. The architecture defined as a diverse, ranging from housing to metro stations, all so simple and beautiful. He emphasized his expert work in the use of colors and materials and how they complement their work with simple shapes and pure, mentioning Estadio Municipal de Braga as his most prominent.
Estadio Municipal de Braga, Braga, Portugal, was built in 2003 and has a capacity of about 30,000 people. It is a large concrete structure that stands on the summit of Monte Castro, north of the city.
Their shapes are inspired by the Incas who built bridges in South America during the pre-Hispanic times. This set of photos belonging to Leonardo Finotti.
