Carla Juaçaba facts for kids
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Carla Juaçaba
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Carla Juaçaba, born in 1976, is a talented Brazilian architect. She is known for winning important awards for her creative designs. In 2013, she won the first-ever arcVision Prize for Women in Architecture. Later, in 2018, she became the first Brazilian architect to win the AR Emerging Awards.
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Early Life and Education
Carla Juaçaba was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She studied architecture and urban planning at Universidade Santa Úrsula. After that, she continued her studies in structures at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. She later taught classes there, sharing her knowledge with new students.
Carla Juaçaba's Career
In 2000, Carla Juaçaba started her own architecture business. She works on many different types of buildings. These include homes and cultural places for both public and private groups. When she was in college, she worked with another Brazilian architect, Gisela Magalhães. They worked together on projects for museums.
Teaching and Lectures
Carla Juaçaba has shared her ideas at many famous universities. She has given lectures at places like the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the University of Toronto. She also spoke at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
Awards and Recognition
In 2013, Carla Juaçaba won the very first arcVision Prize for Women in Architecture. The judges were very impressed by her work on the "Humanidade Pavilion 2012." This building was made for a big meeting called the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. The judges praised her for finding new and creative solutions. They also noted her great understanding of the places where her buildings would be. The next year, she was nominated for the Schelling Architecture Award.
In 2018, she was chosen to design a chapel for the Vatican's display. This was part of the Venice Biennale of Architecture, a famous art and architecture show. Later that same year, she made history. She became the first architect from Brazil to win the AR Emerging Awards.
Recent Projects
In 2022, Carla Juaçaba finished a project called «Fil d'Air». This was an art installation built on-site for the Open House exhibition. The exhibition was about temporary housing and took place in Geneva, Switzerland.
See also
In Spanish: Carla Juaçaba para niños
