Carla Juaçaba

[1] She was born in Rio de Janeiro and received a bachelor's degree in architecture and urbanism from Universidade Santa Úrsula and then continued with post-graduate studies in structure at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.

She has worked with architect Gisela Magalhães on a number of projects related to museums starting from the time when she was an undergraduate.

[1] The jury for the arcVision prize was particularly impressed by her work on the Humanidade Pavilion 2012, created for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.

The jury found that she possessed "creativity in seeking unconventional solutions and enormous sensitivity to the context in which her works will reside".

[1] Juaçaba was selected to design a chapel which would be part of the Vatican's pavilion at the 2018 Venice Biennale of Architecture.