Ideological and Engineered Lisbon(Tour in Russian)

ART-ACCESS invites you to explore 20th-century Lisbon through the psychology of perception and feeling of belonging.

Engineered and Ideological Lisbon: How Architecture Shapes Our Perception

Hi everyone!

My name is Lisa I’ve always loved architecture and exploring cities. I hold a degree in Social Psychology and creating my own author-led routes about the city as a readable text.

I am collaborating with the “World Through the Eyes of an Engineer” project and am now launching my own direction in Portugal.

Within the ART-ACCESS 🎨 initiative, I invite you to join a research walk through 20th-century Lisbon — not the tourist version, but the engineered and ideological one.

We will look at architecture not as a backdrop, but as a tool.

There will be a mix of history, engineering, psychology of perception, and creative interactive observation:

We will try to “read” the façades, identify the language of power, and notice the moments where artists and architects left space for freedom.

What we’ll explore:

-Fonte Luminosa — not just a fountain, but part of a large-scale water infrastructure project and, at the same time, a stage set for a regime. Why did water become a symbol of progress and control?

-Instituto Superior Técnico — a university built as a “temple of science.” How does architecture construct the image of the engineer-hero? And why does the campus resemble an acropolis?

-Português Suave — a style where modernism hides behind decorative “traditional” elements. Why was concrete masked as history?

-Squares, axes, and perspectives — how does geometry influence our sense of discipline and scale?

-Sculpture and reliefs — which narratives were chosen, and what messages were transmitted to society?

-And finally, the transition to Culturgest — how architectural rhetoric shifted after the fall of the regime, and what happens to a city when ideology disappears but the buildings remain.

There will be a bit of history, engineering, psychology of perception, and creative interactive observation.

We’ll try to “read” façades, identify the language of power, and notice the spaces where architects and artists quietly left room for freedom.

The tour in Russian

📍 Start: Fonte Luminosa

https://maps.app.goo.gl/NwUrZjNVGhjmRDhg9

🏁 Finish: Culturgest