How can acknowledging time and history positively influence urbanity? How do citizens participate in this process?

Please join us on 25 August at 6pm for a private guided tour for Friends of the CCA of The fortune of the city is that it has never been perfect. This special event offers an opportunity to explore the exhibition with curator Giovanna Borasi and curatorial assistant Laura Aparicio Llorente, and to delve into the ideas and research that shaped it.

The exhibition explores the challenges of urban development through Álvaro Siza’s experiential approach to the city, characterized by respect for and understanding of a place; its shape, its embodied history, and its life. Drawing on material from Siza’s archives donated to the CCA—which include documentation from photographers, architects, and historians associated with the architect and his urban projects—the exhibition reveals the city’s various scales, textures, faces, and complexity.

The galleries open at 5:30pm, so you may visit them before the tour, which starts at 6pm. We invite you to join the team for pizza after the tour to continue the conversation.

This event is part of a series of activities offered exclusively to Friends of the CCA as one of the benefits for members of this program. To reserve your spot, please write to rsvp@cca.qc.ca.

To learn more about this program, visit the Friends of the CCA page.