In this episode, Arquicast talks with the jury of the 9th Tomie Ohtake Akzonobel Architecture Prize about the behind-the-scenes of this prominent national award and the criteria used to select the projects. The conversation also explores the profile of each jury member, highlighting how their individual perspectives shaped the identity of this year's edition.
Guests include Carol Tonetti, an architect and urbanist with a PhD in "Design, Space, and Culture" from FAU-USP who has taught at Escola da Cidade for 20 years; Ester Carro, an architect, social urbanist, and urban planning specialist who serves as president of "Fazendinhando"—an institute for territorial, cultural, and social transformation that develops social projects and physical interventions in São Paulo's favelas; Clevio Rabelo, who holds a PhD in History of Architecture from FAU-USP and is an Adjunct Professor of Architectural Design at DAUD-UFC in Fortaleza, where he coordinates outreach initiatives such as the "Architectural Design: Thought and Praxis" project, "Migrant Generation," and the "Arquitetura Bicha" (Queer Architecture) research project; and Thaís Troncon Rosa, a professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Federal University of Bahia and associate researcher at PPGAU-FAUFBA.
