“MATTER, the White Conferences” is an architectural conference series and intellectual cycle at FAUP – Universidade do Porto, founded by professors focusing on diverse ways of understanding architecture and the use of abstraction as a means for expression. The conferences, named “White” for their openness to multiple interpretations, feature talks and exhibitions by architects, academics, and artists and have commemorated significant anniversaries for figures like Mies van der Rohe and Mário Bonito