Abstract
In the post-war disciplinary discourse, the theme of architecture as a synthesis emerges evoking the idea of gesamtkunstwerk, this time associated with society’s collective spaces. This debate sought the integration of functionalism with a more humanist approach as an attempt to bring together architecture and society. Using as support two projects designed by Portuguese architect Alberto Pessoa (1919-1985), this text will explore the architect’s design of furniture as a fundamental token in the search for a Modern global design, to discuss one instance of how the idea of modern architecture as a synthesis of several disciplines was pursued.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Modern interior design, Furniture modern design, Modern global design, Total work of art, Alberto Pessoa, Portuguese modern architecture.

Issue 47
Year 2012
Pages 28-33
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/47.A.G35DJ6X3