The Instituto Tomie Ohtake AkzoNobel Architecture Prize, aimed at professionals up to 45 years old, shows that Brazilian architectural production is not currently experiencing a good moment. The responsibility, certainly, does not lie with our architects and urban planners, but with the lack of importance that public administrators, in general, have given to urban interventions and high-quality design.
One could argue, given the few outstanding proposals, that this is the result of the current economic crisis and the standstill in the real estate sector and public policies linked to the built environment, such as urban design, housing, mobility, social infrastructure, and the environment.
However, since the Prize allows the submission of works completed over the last 10 years and finalized by early 2017 – initiatives that typically undergo a long maturation process from the decision to build, through design, approval, licensing, and execution –, the vast majority of the submitted works were conceived and designed precisely during the country's best decade for civil construction since the military regime, namely the period from 2006 to 2015.
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