Finalists Announced for the 2019 Instituto Tomie Ohtake AkzoNobel Architecture Prize

The Instituto Tomie Ohtake and AkzoNobel have announced the 12 finalist projects in the professional category, alongside three in the student category, which was introduced in this sixth edition of the Instituto Tomie Ohtake AkzoNobel Architecture Award.

A total of 391 projects were submitted from 17 Brazilian states and the Federal District, comprising 282 professional and 109 student entries. The selected works include projects located in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Tocantins, the Federal District, Mato Grosso, Maranhão, and Uruguay.

This edition's jury comprised Helena Aparecida Ayoub Silva, Héctor Vigliecca, Joice Berth, Pedro Vada, and Priscyla Gomes.

Finalists in the professional category

A Praia e o Tempo

• Firm: gru.a
• Author: Pedro Varella
• Location: Rio de Janeiro - RJ

Beacon School

• Firm: Andrade Morettin Arquitetos
• Authors: Andrade Morettin (Vinicius Andrade, Marcelo Morettin, Marcelo Maia Rosa, and Renata Andrulis), GOAA - Gusmão Otero Arquitetos Associados (Guido Otero, Ricardo Gusmão)
• Location: São Paulo - SP

Sacromonte Chapel

• Firm: MAPA Arquitetos
• Authors: MAPA Arquitetos
• Location: Sacromonte, Maldonado, Uruguay

Casa 239

• Firm: Una Arquitetos
• Authors: Cristiane Muniz, Fábio Rago Valentim, Fernanda Barbara, Fernando Viégas
• Location: São Paulo - SP

Casa das Birutas

• Firm: Gera Brasil Arquitetura e Consultoria
• Authors: Karen Miyabe Ueda, Nilce Pinho, Antonio Carlos Vissotto Jr.
• Location: Piracaia - SP

Casa Pequi

• Firm: Perelopes Arquitetura
• Authors: Renato Pereira Lopes; Danielly Daudt Fontoura
• Location: Palmas - TO

Casa Vila Rica

• Firm: Bloco Arquitetos
• Authors: Daniel Mangabeira, Henrique Coutinho, Matheus Seco
• Location: Brasília - DF

Xingu Canopies

• Firm: Gustavo Utrabo Estúdio de Arquitetura
• Author: Gustavo Utrabo
• Location: Canarana - MT

São Paulo - Morumbi Station (Metro Line 4)

• Firm: 23 SUL
• Authors: Consórcio HNL, 23 SUL Arquitetos
• Location: São Paulo - SP

Nuvem Pavilion

• Firm: Arquitetos Associados
• Authors: Alexandre Brasil, André Prado, Bruno Santa Cecília, Carlos Alberto Maciel, Paula Zasnicoff
• Location: Belo Horizonte - MG

Renovation of the Monteiro Lobato Library

• Firm: MMBB
• Authors: MMBB
• Location: São Bernardo do Campo - SP

Cashew Nut Headquarters

• Firm: Estudio Flume
• Authors: Christian Naoyuki Teshirogi and Noelia Monteiro de Ribeiro
• Location: Bom Jesus das Selvas - MA

Finalists in the student category

Architecture is Made from Occupation

• Author: Francisco Lucas Costa Silva
• Educational institution: Universidade Federal do Ceará – UFC
• Advisor: Solange Maria de Oliveira Schramm

Morro da Viúva: Suffocated Landscape

• Authors: Eduardo Romano and Bruno Bins
• Educational institution: PUC-RIO
• Advisors: Gabriel Duarte, Marcos Favero, Luciano Alvares, and Leonardo Lattavo

Water Square

• Authors: Danielle Khoury Gregorio and Raquel Khoury Gregorio
• Educational institution: Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

The 12 selected projects in the professional category, as well as the three in the student category, will be featured in an exhibition at the headquarters of the Instituto Tomie Ohtake, on display from October 17 to December 1, 2019, and will have their work published in a catalog. The winners will be announced at the opening of the exhibition, with professional category winners receiving international travel awards and the selected student receiving an internship at a renowned architecture firm.

Through this award, the Instituto Tomie Ohtake and AkzoNobel continue to map contemporary architectural production, highlighting significant projects built in the current Brazilian landscape for the sixth consecutive year. Urban integration, commitment to the site, sustainability, and design and constructive inventiveness are the core criteria guiding the 6th Instituto Tomie Ohtake AkzoNobel Architecture Award. Meanwhile, the student category, dedicated exclusively to unbuilt projects, centers on the theme "Revitalization, Requalification, Renovation." Eligible participants included students enrolled in undergraduate architecture programs recognized or authorized by the Ministry of Education (MEC), both Brazilian nationals and foreigners who have resided in the country for at least two years.

Since its first edition in 2014, the Instituto Tomie Ohtake AkzoNobel Architecture Award has received 1,155 project submissions. In the previous 2018 edition, first place went to Héctor Vigliecca (Vigliecca & Associados) for the Parque Novo Santo Amaro V residential project (São Paulo – SP), while Rodrigo Calvino (C + P Arquitetura) took second place with Hostel Villa 25 (Rio de Janeiro - RJ), and Carlos M. Teixeira (Vazio S/A) came in third with the Casa no Cerrado project (Moeda – MG).