EUmies Awards 2024 Exhibition in São Paulo

The exhibition of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Awards 2024 that opened in Barcelona and has travelled to Madrid, Buenos Aires, Zagreb, Vienna, Prague, Wroclaw and Timisoara, stopped in Brasilia and is now on show in São Paulo.

The exhibition is presented in the context of the 14ᵃ Bienal Internacional de Arquitetura de São Paulo and includes the winning and finalist works that form a cartography of the best European architecture of the last two years.

The exhibition opens on 18 September at the Pavilhão da Oca in Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo.

More information here.

Curator: Anna Sala (Fundació Mies van der Rohe)
Coordination: Noelia Barriuso (Team Leader at EU Policy and Outreach Partnership – Argentina and Brazil), Ivan Blasi (Fundació Mies van der Rohe)
Structure design and on site architect: Thiago Teixeira de Andrade and Pilar Sanches
Mounting: Thiago Teixeira de Andrade
Videos: Nihao Films (Xavi Campreciós, Pep Martín) and Tiago Casanova
Surface: 300m2
Visitors:

EU–Brazil Talks: Futures of Learning, Culture, Circularity & Heritage

• 11.10 | Sat | 2pm to 6.30pm

• Oca Pavilion

— OPENING

MARIAN SCHUEGRAF
Ambassador of the European Union to Brazil.

RENATO ANELLI
Architect and urban planner.
Renato is Director of Culture at IAB (Brazilian Institute of Architecture)
São Paulo, a member of the curatorial team of the 14th International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo, and coordinates research on infrastructure networks and climate resilience within the Klimapolis network.

— ARCHITECTURE FOR LEARNING AND CIVIC USE

GUSTAV DÜSING & MAX HACKE
Designers of the modular, low-carbon Study Pavilion at TU Braunschweig | EUmies Awards WINNER 2024 (Germany).

MATHEUS SECO
Bloco Arquitetos, a Brasília-based firm known for its rational construction methods, modular systems, and innovative use of reusable structures — including pavilions, stands, and prefabricated elements. Their work reflects Brazil’s modernist tradition while proposing flexible and replicable solutions for civic use.

— CULTURE AND PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE

ELENA ORTE
SUMA Arquitectura, the Emerging
Winner of the EUmies Awards 2024 for the Gabriel García Márquez Library (Spain), a project that redefines the library as a vibrant civic and cultural space.

CARLOS ABERTO MACIEL
Arquitetos Associados, a leading Brazilian firm based in Belo Horizonte, recognised for cultural and institutional projects that explore the relationship between architecture, public space, and collective identity. Their work blends formal clarity, material expression, and contextual sensitivity.

Registration will be open until the start of the activity, on site, as long as there are spaces available.

— RECONNECTING WITH NATURE & CIRCULAR DESIGN

FLORIAN FOERSTER
Representative of Bauhaus Earth (Germany), an initiative advocating for regenerative architecture and systemic change in construction practices.

GLORIA CABRAL
Paraguayan-Brazilian architect based in São Paulo, partner at Gabinete de Arquitectura and a former mentee of Solano Benítez. Her award-winning work explores collective processes, reuse of materials, and ecological narratives in architecture, bridging craftsmanship with sustainable urban imaginaries.

Registration will be open until the start of the activity, on site, as long as there are spaces available.

— ARCHITECTURE OF BELONGING: INTERPRETING HERITAGE THROUGH PLACE

AMELIA TAVELLA
French architect and finalist of the EUmies Awards 2024, recognised for her poetic reinterpretations of historic sites and landscapes. Her work expresses memory and material continuity with contemporary clarity.

ADRIANO MASCARENHAS
Sotero Arquitetos (Bahia) – Salvador-based architect whose work draws on Afro-Brazilian heritage, climate, and topography to build a contemporary language rooted in place and identity.

Registration will be open until the start of the activity, on site, as long as there are spaces available.

— MODERATION

RAUL JUSTE LORES
Journalist, the author of São Paulo nas Alturas and a columnist at UOL. Recognised with the APCA Award in 2012 for his contribution to disseminating knowledge of architecture and urbanism, he is an Eisenhower Fellow, having studied Urbanism and Digital Innovation in the United States. He has also worked as an international correspondent, bringing a global perspective to his reflections on cities, design, and cultural transformation.