S1E3 — Ricardo Bak Gordon

Ricardo Bak Gordon’s is leading the homonym firm based in Lisbon, and he is a professor and visiting critic for several international universities. The studio practice is renowned for its residential houses, and educational and public buildings. In this episode of Materico Architecture Podcast our presenters Ludovica and Leonardo host Ricardo Bak Gordon.

They will discuss how Ricardo interprets the architectural culture of the Portuguese school in his projects and the roots of his unique originality. During the conversation, he explains what the task of architecture is and how it slowly evolves and changes over time, also by quoting the words of his teacher Paulo Mendes da Rocha. The episode touches as well the theory of Critical Regionalism by Kenneth Frampton and its value for today's architectural practice.

Some Bak Gordon famous architectures are mentioned. You can take a look at them in the following images. For further info, you can visit his site at bakgordon.com.

To broaden the horizon in the contemporary portuguese architectural practice, we suggest as well to listen to our conversation with Fala Atelier.