Opinion

My meeting with Álvaro Siza

By 2023-10-23T00:00:00

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In early September 2023, Graeme Nicholls travelled to the northern Portuguese city of Porto, where he was honoured to have the opportunity to meet the internationally renowned Pritzker Prize-winning architect Álvaro Siza

As a cognitive psychologist, my wife regularly attends the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP) conference.

This year’s event was held in the northern Portuguese city of Porto, a place I had long wanted to visit, so I was fortunate to be able to join her on the journey. Being based there for five days, I could work remotely but, more importantly, treat it as an opportunity to undertake a pilgrimage to view the work of the great Álvaro Siza.

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