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| Carla Juaçaba wins the arcVision Prize – Women and Architecture  It's the Brazilian Architect Carla Juaçaba who has been named as the winner of the first arcVision Prize – Women and Architecture, an international social architecture award for female designers instituted by Italcementi Group.The Prize is a two-week research workshop at i.lab, the Italcementi Group R&D Center in Bergamo, and an amount of € 50,000, part of which may be devolved to social projects, at the discretion of the winner. The Jury decided to particularly award the Umanidade 2012 pavilion project developed for Rio +20 (the UN conference on sustainable development), designed and built together with an artist, Bia Lessa. The symbolic value of the pavilion, an impermanent structure, is heightened by the fact that Rio Mas 20 was an important opportunity for a global assessment of what is being done or not being done to save the Earth from environmental disaster. According to the Jury composed of Shaikha Al Maskari, Vera Baboun, Odile Decq, Victoire de Margerie, Yvonne Farrell, Samia Nkrumah, Kazuyo Sejima, Benedetta Tagliabue, Martha Thorne and assisted by Stefano Casciani, the Scientific Director of the Prize, Carla Juaçaba embodies those qualities necessary in an architect of courage in approaching her profession, creativity in seeking unconventional solutions and enormous sensitivity to the context in which her works will reside. The Jury also awarded three Special Mentions, to Izaskun Chinchilla from Spain for her non conventional approach, Anupama Kundoo from India for her skill in researching materials, and Siiri Vallner from Estonia for her sensitive interpretation of spaces. The Prize winner was announced in Bergamo at i.lab, the Italcementi research and innovation centre recently completed from a project by Richard Meier and one of the first buildings in Europe with LEED Platinum certification, the top international recognition for sustainable construction. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Construction News :: home page |