José de Paiva

Biography

Teaches architectural history in the graduate programs. Develops research within the scope of architectural phenomenology and hermeneutics, with special emphasis on the questions of presence and embodiment, geometry and the grammar of the visible world. Current research projects include The Continuity of the Divine Presence in Baroque Architecture, and in collaboration with Dalibor Vesely, From Late Baroque to Enlightenment: The enduring role of tradition in Bernardo Vittone and the development of modern architectural thinking.