Sieira, Maria

Bio Sketch

Maria Sieira is a New York-based architect who worked for Eisenman Architects on the Cidade da Cultura during its design development, and now teaches architecture at Pratt Institute and in the Compostela Institute summer program in Spain.

Key Works

• "Peter Eisenman's Cidade da Cultura Buzzes Back to Life" (2019).

Key Concepts

Concepts associated with this author that have pages in this wiki:

• Star Architecture
• Iconic Architecture
• Everyday Architecture

Relevance to Geoffrey's Research

Sieira matters to Geoffrey's spectacle & iconic architecture and everyday & vernacular architecture areas: her first-hand report documents the Cidade da Cultura's adaptive reuse — the icon's function-everyday afterlife against its spectacular promise.

Source Support

Source notes in this wiki drawn from this author's work:

• Peter Eisenman's Cidade da Cultura Buzzes Back to Life