In class with Távora teaching and learning (living) today

with full english translation of the texts "O problema da casa portuguesa" and "Da organização do espaço" by Fernando Távora

Ribeiro, João Mendes

The authors of this publication, convinced of the relevance of Távora’s teaching and the values that it can still convey to new generations of architects, have undertaken a path of research to communicate the profoundly pedagogical value of his “making architecture for living”, in adherence to his writings on the strong link between modernity and tradition, the humanity and vitality of architectural space, and the nature of spatial composition.
Many anthologies, analytical and critical essays, journal articles and monographs, exhibitions, conferences and lectures on Távora have been produced and published over the years, most of them in Portugal and in Portuguese. Few of these, however, have been translated and published internationally.