PEDRO TROVÃO DO ROSÁRIO
“I have demonstrated that democratic means have evolved, alongside the expansion of decentralization, which in itself brings political power closer to citizens but without affirming the “city” as a public entity, or a territorial legal person. “
ANA BRANDÃO
“Based on the link between city and society, the text goes through the profound changes that took place during the democratic period, following the different urban policies designed and implemented at each moment and the dynamics of territorial transformation that took place due to or despite the existing policies.”
JOÃO MIRANDA
“The publication The substance of things follows the homonymous exhibition at NOTE – Architecture Gallery and documents the practice of the atelier José Adrião Arquitetos (JAA) through a selection of projects evidently grounded in processes anchored in a relationship with pre-existing conditions and under ‘a guiding principle when expressing the essence of a place, a space and its historical continuum’ (ADRIÃO, 2023: 139).”