Piscina das Marés and Casa de Chá da Boa Nova, in Leça da Palmeira, are two of the buildings designed by architect Álvaro Siza that are part of UNESCO's World Heritage candidacy
The first submission earlier this year received a favourable opinion. The final submission will be made by about 200 experts and will take place early next week, on April 10.
Álvaro Siza Vieira was born in Matosinhos in 1933 and studied Architecture at the School of Fine Arts in Porto between 1949 and 1955. In Matosinhos, he took his first steps with the building of his project "4 Houses". Still in Matosinhos, the Quinta da Conceição Swimming Pool (1958-1965), the Piscina das Marés (1961-1966), the Boa Nova Tea House (1958-1965), the waterfront in Leça da Palmeira (2006) are examples of his most emblematic works.
The Matosinhos City Council awarded him the Medal of Merit (Gold) in 1988 and the Medal of Honour (Gold) and the title of Honorary Citizen in 2007. From 2019 to 2021 he accompanied the execution of the conservation, restoration and rehabilitation works of Piscina das Marés, a space that is managed by Matosinhos Sport, Empresa Municipal de Desporto, and that receives every year during the bathing season thousands of visitors from all over the world.
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