Episode 19: The Técnico’s 1st Image
Porfírio Pardal Monteiro, also known as the “architect of Lisbon”, designed the layout that still forms the basis of the Alameda campus of the Instituto Superior Técnico. This watercolour perspective is the first sketch of what would become Portugal’s first modern building, Lisbon’s first university campus, which applied the programme of a university based on applied science. A story that intersects with Duarte Pacheco’s vision, with the history of Portuguese architecture itself and with myths and caricatured episodes surrounding these two characters. The 1st Image of the Technician featured in the 19th episode of the podcast “110 Stories | 110 Objects”.