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12 oktober 2023

The Portuguese modus operandi....

..built for the 1998 Expo

..25 years later (yes, open to the public !)

We do love to build and create new spaces and sensations, often with an initially bad or non-existent quality. Maintenance....well we leave that in the hands of fate - or maybe God.

11 oktober 2023

The land of "short term"....



These pine trees were planted by the time of the Expo 1998 in Lisbon. Pine trees are very common in this country, so one can presume that they knew that their roots grow with a large perimeter and close to the surface. The choice of pavement is astonishing and, of course, condemned to failure. Did the people who planned the trees speak with those who planned the pavement ? Amazing !!
The result, 25 years later, is a completely useless and deformed/destroyed pavement, impossible to use for persons with disabilities. 800 meters of useless pavement and money that could have been thrown into the Tejo river. Act first and think later....

28 september 2023

Expo 98....


..by Siza Vieira

26 juni 2014

Torre Vasco da Gama....

photo: P.Giraud, 2006

1998, by SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill), Nick Jacobs and Leonor Janeiro

27 oktober 2013

Goodbye Lou


Lou Reed in The Factory, 1967, photo: Andy Warhol

..and thanks for all those endless hours ruining my pickups with your music. I keep in memory that night at the Lisbon Expo, September 23, 1998. I could name so many of your albums - and songs, like "Rock n' Roll Animal", "Take No Prisoners"....but I prefer few words, so..

"it's such a perfect day, I'm glad I spent it with you"

18 oktober 2012

27 september 2012

Expo 98....


Pavillion of Portugal

18 maj 2012

Pavilion of Portugal....


Lisboa, Expo 98, by Alvaro Siza (click to enlarge)

21 december 2009

Pavilhão de Portugal....



Lisboa, Expo 98, by Alvaro Siza