BENTO LOUSAN, Projecto e Obra

Abstract

Joaquim Bento Lousan: anonymity inarchitecture.Contrary to painting, buildings are not signedin the corner. It is, therefore, difficult to recognizethe authorship. The works of Bento Lousanaccompany us constantly in the city of Porto,anonymous, without signature.He lives during the golden age of modernismin Portugal. It is attentive to modern architecturethroughout the world, having even attendedthe last CIAM, transporting these ideas toPortuguese architecture.We seek here an approach to the complexityof his work, with references to that time, thedifficulties that constantly arise in the practice ofarchitecture, care in the pursuit of perfection, tothe smallest details.This compilation of his life and work aims toput an end to that anonymity.