Giovanna Borasi facts for kids

Giovanna Borasi was born in 1971 in Milan, Italy. She is a very important person in the world of architecture. Since 2020, she has been the Director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Giovanna Borasi first joined the CCA in 2005. Her first role there was Curator for Contemporary Architecture. A curator is someone who plans and organizes exhibitions, often in museums or art galleries. She studied architecture and has also worked as a writer and editor.

Exploring Architecture: Giovanna Borasi's Exhibitions

Giovanna Borasi is well-known for her interesting exhibitions and the books that go with them. These projects look at current issues and new ways of thinking about architecture. Her exhibitions at the Canadian Centre for Architecture often explore how things like the environment, politics, and society affect the buildings and spaces around us.

Here are some of the exhibitions she helped create at the CCA:

• Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture (2011, with Mirko Zardini)
• Journeys: How Travelling Fruit, Ideas and Buildings Rearrange our Environment (2010)
• Other Space Odysseys: Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli (2010, with Mirko Zardini)
• Actions: What You Can Do With the City (2008, with Mirko Zardini)
• Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa (2008)
• 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas (2007, with Mirko Zardini)
• Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow - Gilles Clément and Philippe Rahm (2006)

Her exhibitions have been shown in many places around the world. For example, "Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture" was also shown at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. It was even named the best exhibition of 2012 by Design Observer, a well-known design website. "Actions: What You Can Do With the City" was also shown at the Graham Foundation in Chicago. A shorter version of this exhibition was presented at the International Architecture Biennial in São Paulo, Brazil.

Before she started working at the CCA, Giovanna Borasi also helped organize an exhibition about asphalt. This show was with Mirko Zardini for the Triennale di Milano in 2003:

• Asfalto: Il carattere della città, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy (2003).

Giovanna Borasi's Editorial Work

Giovanna Borasi started her career as an editor and writer for a magazine called Lotus International. She worked there from 1998 to 2005. She also helped edit a book series called Quaderni di Lotus starting in 1999.

Later, she was part of the team that created the graphic design magazine Lettera in 2000. This magazine was a special addition to another magazine called Abitare. From 2011 to 2013, she worked as the Deputy Editor in Chief for Abitare.