Interview to Rui Furtado, AFA Consult foundator
Ingenious Architecture. Mixed steel and concrete structures.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5821/palimpsesto.26.12811Abstract
This research addresses a series of projects built by the engineering company "AFA Consult" through the testimony of one of its engineers, Rui Furtado, who is also a professor of structures at the Universidade Lusófona do Porto, where the author was a student of his.
The chosen projects follow the storyline of being built using a mixed structure of steel and concrete. The research presents, first, a series of case studies with mixed structural solutions for different architectural spaces.
The article then focuses on the testimony of Rui Furtado through an interview that delves into the figure of Paulo Mendes da Rocha, following the thread of the Car Museum in Lisbon, one of the case studies with a mixed structure chosen.
In addition, the professional relationship between Paulo and Rui is explored through the exhibition currently on view at Casa da Arquitectura (Porto), "Paulo, beyond drawing", of which Rui Furtado is the curator. Thus, the path is traced towards reconciling conclusions between the worlds of architecture and engineering, with humanism as the protagonist.
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