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No caminho para uma sociedade onde equidade e sustentabilidade sejam premissas
essenciais, é vital eliminar a histórica invisibilidade das mulheres. No contexto da
arquitectura, entre outras acções, é fundamental o crescimento das histórias e dos sujeitos
que fazem a profissão. Neste sentido, o objectivo principal desta investigação é perceber a
vida e a obra da arquitecta portuguesa Olga Quintanilha (1942-2005), figura incontornável
no contexto da profissão, na segunda metade do século XX.
Olga Quintanilha foi a primeira mulher a presidir a Associação dos Arquitectos
Portugueses e foi também a primeira mulher presidenta da Ordem dos Arquitectos, que
substituiu a primeira. Nascida em 1942, iniciou o seu activismo político enquanto estudante
universitária, quando Portugal vivia uma das épocas politicamente mais conturbadas da sua
história, na intensa década de 1960, graduando-se em 1973. Enquanto arquitecta, manteve
o seu comprometimento social e político nos órgãos que regulam a profissão e foi pioneira
na criação da Ordem dos Arquitectos. Foi também percursora em temas como a
internacionalização da profissão, a transparência da prática e do exercício da arquitectura
e a uniformização da formação nas escolas, tendo sido uma das figuras da história
portuguesa que mais lutou, em busca de um crescente reconhecimento profissional dos
arquitectos e das arquitectas.
Através da recolha de fontes diversas e jamais publicadas, este trabalho dedica-se a
abordar o percurso admirável que Olga Quintanilha soube construir, gerido entre a vida
profissional e a vida associativa, a que ainda se somou uma vida familiar intensa. Numa
profissão, ainda à época, maioritariamente masculina, Olga Quintanilha, soube impor-se na
esfera pública. É este trajecto longo, intenso e diverso que é aqui abordado.
On the way to a society where equity and sustainability are essential premises, it is vital to eliminate the historic invisibility of women. In the context of architecture, among other actions, the growth of the stories and of the subjects who make the profession is fundamental. In this sense, the main objective of this investigation is to understand the life and work of the Portuguese architect Olga Quintanilha (1942-2005), an unavoidable figure in the context of the profession, in the second half of the 20th century. Olga Quintanilha was the first woman to chair the Association of Portuguese Architects and was also the first woman president of the Ordem dos Arquitectos, which replaced the first. Born in 1942, she began her political activism as a university student, when Portugal was experiencing one of the most politically troubled times in its history, in the intense 1960s, graduating in 1973. As an architect, she maintained her social and political commitment to the bodies that regulate the profession and pioneered the creation of the Ordem dos Arquitectos. She was also a precursor in themes such as the internationalization of the profession, the transparency of the practice and exercise of architecture and the standardization of training in schools, having been one of the figures in Portuguese history who struggled the most, in search of a growing professional recognition of architects (women and man). Through the collection of various and never published sources, this work dedicates itself to approach the admirable path that Olga Quintanilha knew how to build, managed between her professional and associative life, to which an intense family life was added. In a profession, at the time, mostly male, Olga Quintanilha knew how to impose herself in the public sphere. It is this long, intense and diverse journey that is discussed here.
On the way to a society where equity and sustainability are essential premises, it is vital to eliminate the historic invisibility of women. In the context of architecture, among other actions, the growth of the stories and of the subjects who make the profession is fundamental. In this sense, the main objective of this investigation is to understand the life and work of the Portuguese architect Olga Quintanilha (1942-2005), an unavoidable figure in the context of the profession, in the second half of the 20th century. Olga Quintanilha was the first woman to chair the Association of Portuguese Architects and was also the first woman president of the Ordem dos Arquitectos, which replaced the first. Born in 1942, she began her political activism as a university student, when Portugal was experiencing one of the most politically troubled times in its history, in the intense 1960s, graduating in 1973. As an architect, she maintained her social and political commitment to the bodies that regulate the profession and pioneered the creation of the Ordem dos Arquitectos. She was also a precursor in themes such as the internationalization of the profession, the transparency of the practice and exercise of architecture and the standardization of training in schools, having been one of the figures in Portuguese history who struggled the most, in search of a growing professional recognition of architects (women and man). Through the collection of various and never published sources, this work dedicates itself to approach the admirable path that Olga Quintanilha knew how to build, managed between her professional and associative life, to which an intense family life was added. In a profession, at the time, mostly male, Olga Quintanilha knew how to impose herself in the public sphere. It is this long, intense and diverse journey that is discussed here.
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Estudos Sobre As Mulheres História da Arquitectura Olga Quintanilha Portugal Século Xx