The Portuguese pavilion, designed by Alvaro Siza, was designed to be the fundamental element of the 1998 Expo. The portico visible here represented the monumental entrance to the exhibition site and the large square, dominated by the characteristic and representative roof concrete and steel rods, only 20cm thick. In this overlap, the large portico always leads to a square, but to the one of the Student House in Chieti, designed by Giorgio Grassi and Antonio Monestiroli of the 70s.Overlapping the volume designed for the student canteen, the Siza portico communicates with the facing one created by the two Italian architects, characterized by long balconies, another aspect shared by the two projects (as can be seen from the following photos)
