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CARLA JUAÇABA DESIGN CHAPEL TO THE HOLY SEE AT THE VENICE BIENNIAL 2018
Chapels will be dismantled after Biennial and rebuilt in communities that suffered with earthquakes
Rio de Janeiro, March 2018 – Brazilian architect Carla Juaçaba was invited to join a selection of ten professionals from around the world who will design a Chapel, which marks the Vatican’s first participation in the Venice Architecture Biennial, whose 16th edition takes place between 26/5 and 25/11. The curator was Francesco Dal Co, critic and architectural historian and since 1996 editor of Casabella magazine.
Among those selected are the Pritzker award-winning architects Eduardo Souto de Moura (Portugal) and Norman Foster (England), as well as South American Smiljan Radic (Chile), Javier Corvalán (Paraguay). The selection is completed by Flores & Prats (Spain), Francesco Celini (Italy), Sean Godsell (Australia), Andrew Berman (United States) and Teronobu Fujimori (Japan).

The chapels will be built and arranged for public visitation on the ...