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Boa Nova Tea House — Álvaro Siza
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Light modulates compressed space.
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Systems of Clarity
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Origin:
Matosinhos
Era:
1963
Themes / Lineage:
hinge; boundary; proportion
Field Notes:
stone; timber; hinge
Quiet Modernism appears here as spatial compression modulated by light.

Light modulates compressed space.

Boa Nova Tea House — Álvaro Siza

Light enters a confined volume.

Brightness varies with proximity.

Space tightens.

What tightens?
Light often expands perception, yet compression increases instead. Brightness varies with proximity. What continues is space tightened through illumination.

Light often expands perception, yet compression increases instead.

Brightness varies with proximity.

What continues is space tightened through illumination.

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Álvaro Siza
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