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Serralves Swimming Pools — Álvaro Siza
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Volume shaped by shadow.
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Systems of Clarity

Volume shaped by shadow.

Serralves Swimming Pools — Álvaro Siza

Volume shaped by shadow.Sea line holds proportion.Horizon becomes measure.

What organizes the form?
Shadow is often treated as secondary, a byproduct of form. Here it becomes the primary organizer. Volume is read through darkness rather than surface. What organizes the form is proportion held at the horizon, not enclosure or mass.

Shadow is often treated as secondary, a byproduct of form.

Here it becomes the primary organizer.

Volume is read through darkness rather than surface.

What organizes the form is proportion held at the horizon, not enclosure or mass.

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