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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
Alfredo Matos Ferreira, Beatriz Madureira, Jorge Barros, SAAL Lapa Social Housing, Oporto, 1974
Source: In www.jornalarquitectos.pt
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Bouça Housing Complex, Oporto, 1972 - 2006
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Bouça Housing Complex, Oporto, 1972 - 2006
Source: In 'Alvaro Siza Profesión Poética', Editorial Gustavo Gili, page 86
Geographies
Aldo Rossi, Gallaratese Quarter, Milan, 1969 - 1971
Source: Image by Siza Baroque
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Geographies
J.J.P. Oud, Kiefhoek Housing, Rotterdam, 1925 - 1930
Source: Image by Siza Baroque
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Baroque