The MCHAP (Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize) and the IIT College of Architecture invites to join virtually on Wednesday, March 17 for the next panel in its spring lecture series – Emerging Brazilian Practices.

“Emerging Brazilian Practices will be a panel that invites two brilliant and renowned young architecture offices to engage in conversation, Gustavo Utrabo (São Paulo) and RUA Arquitectos: Pedro Rivera, and Pedro Évora (Rio de Janeiro) and moderated by Ana Luiza Nobre, professor of the History, Theory, and Criticism at the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).

Utrabo is the founder of his eponymous firm, which intends to expand the field of architecture through sustainable and inclusive approaches. This strategy is exemplified by internationally recognized works such as Children Village, done in collaboration with Pedro Duschenes and Rosenbaum, a residential school for approximately 540 children in the heart of Brazil that heavily features the use of local materials. The school garnered Utrabo a Royal Institute of British Architects International Prize, and The Guardian called the project “a model for architectural ingenuity.” Children Village was also a finalist in the MCHAP. emerge prize in 2018.