carla juaçaba wins the arcVision prize for women in architecture

carla juaçaba wins the arcVision prize for women in architectureall images courtesy of italcementi / carla juaçaba

copacabana-based architect carla juaçaba has been the awarded the inaugural arcVision prize for women and architecture, a fifty-thousand euro award underwritten by bergamo-based sustainability and research center italcementi. the denomination sought a woman and architect who embodied boldness in architectural vision, sensitivity to site context and creativity in seeking unconventional solutions to design problems. the functionality and appropriateness of her proposals in terms of environment, nature, parameters and materials was emphasized. a particular nod was given to the ‘pavilion humanidade 2012’, designed for the UN conference on sustainable development in rio de janeiro. see designboom’s coverage of the project here.

the jury, comprised of a variety of women professionals in the top of their fields, unanimously chose the architect as the recipient of the inaugural award.

the jury from left to right: odile decq, kazuyo sejima, martha thorne, bernadetta tagliabue, vera baboun, victoire de margerie, shaika al maskari, samia nkrumah, yvonne farrell

the adjudication body was made of  shaikha al maskari, member of the steering committee of the arab international women’s forum-aiwf; vera baboun, mayor of bethlehem; odile decq, head of the odbc architectural firm; victoire de margerie, chairman of rondol technology; yvonne farrell, head of the grafton architects architectural firm with shelley mcnamara ; samia nkrumah, president of the kwame nk rumah pan african center; kazuyo sejima, head of the sanaa architectural firm with ryue nishizawa; benedetta tagliabue, co-founder of the embt architectural firm with enric miralles; martha thorne, director of the pritzker prize

see carla’s reaction up receiving news of the prize here.

the building is made entirely of recycled scaffoldingimage © leonardo finotti

image © leonardo finotti

‘varanda house’ by carla juaçabaimage © nelson kon

‘casa em rio bonito’ by carla juaçabaimage © nelson kon