Lecture 11: André Tavares - Architecture Follows Fish

The shores of the North Atlantic house diverse architectural cultures and its waters are home to a wealth of fish species. The industrialisation of fisheries in the early 19th century and the globalisation of the industry at the end of the 20th century impacted the area’s fishing architecture.
This lecture addresses the ecological impact of architecture and human activity. It will focus on marine ecosystems, fishing technology, food processing, politics, and consumption habits in order to offer a new perspective on construction, in which fishing landscapes bring together land and sea.

André Tavares is a researcher at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto and founding director of Dafne Editora. He was chief cocurator of the 2016 Lisbon Architecture Triennale, The Form of Form, and author of books such as The Anatomy of the Architectural Book (Lars Müller/Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2016) and Vitruvius Without Text (gta Verlag, 2022).

For those who are interested in presence, the conferences will be held in Classroom 201 Lingotto, Thursday May 09^th / 13.00-14.30, but it is possible to follow the conferences live streaming on the ACC Lectures YouTube channel.

ACC Lecture Serie 2024 - Limits of architecture. Architecture of limits is curated by DASP Students / Phd in Architecture. History and Project: Federica Joe Gardella, Giulia Montanaro, Paolo Bianco, Hongye Wu, Federico Madaro, Federica Serra, Saurajeeta Bose, Caterina Juric, Marta Rossi. And coordinated by Professor Mauro Berta.

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