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SWV is a system for cataloguing Siza’s works. Created in the same way as Bach’s BWV, it associates an identifying acronym (the SWV) with a chronologically based alphanumeric system (as in opus cataloguing) that chronologically identifies each of Siza’s works.

The following triptychs offer us the context of possible Geographies of Siza Baroque.

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Geographies
Siza
Boa Nova Tea House, Leça da Palmeira, 1958 - 2014
Source: Image by Domingos Alvão
Baroque
Manuel Francisco Lisbôa, Nossa Senhora do Carmo Church, Ouro Preto, 1766
Source: In 'Brazil Builds', page 50
Geographies
Siza
Boa Nova Tea House, Leça da Palmeira, 1958 - 2014
Source: Image by Catalá Roca in 'El Croquis Alvaro Siza Vieira 1958-1994', page 47
Baroque
Bom Jesus de Matosinhos Church, Cogonhas
Source: In 'Brazil Builds', page 47