The Architect and the Old City
Director Catarina Alves Costa
Countries Portugal
Duration 72 min
Synopsis
Álvaro Siza Vieira, a famous visionary Portuguese architect, is called to coordinate the rehabilitation of the monuments and architectonic heritage of Cidade Velha (Old Village), in Santiago, one of the African islands of Cape Verde. This project creates great expectations amongst the local population, who envisage it as a way of improving their quality of life. The film shows the relationship and conflict between these two worlds, two cultures, with different life concepts and different ideas of what modernity and progress are...
Álvaro Siza Vieira, a famous visionary Portuguese architect, is called to coordinate the rehabilitation of the monuments and architectonic heritage of Cidade Velha (Old Village), in Santiago, one of the African islands of Cape Verde. This project creates great expectations amongst the local population, who envisage it as a way of improving their quality of life. The film shows the relationship and conflict between these two worlds, two cultures, with different life concepts and different ideas of what modernity and progress are...