Brazil won the Golden Lion for the best national participation at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale, with the "Terra" pavilion (Earth), at the Giardini. The proclamation took place this morning, during the awards ceremony of the 2023 edition of the lagoon exhibition, entitled 'The Laboratory of the Future', curated by the Anglo-Ghanaian architect and writer, Lesley Lokko. The Brazilian pavilion, curated by Gabriela De Matos and Paulo Tavares, focuses on the role of the past in understanding the future, with the common thread being the earth.
The Brazilian pavilion, is the motivation of the award, is "an exhibition of research and architectural intervention that center the philosophies and imaginaries of the indigenous and black population towards ways of reparation".
The jury of the exhibition, chaired by Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, awarded the Golden Lion for the best participation to the architecture studio 'Daar', a collective of architects formed by Alessandro Petti and Sandi Hila, thanks to the project "Dangerous Liaisons section", at the Corderie dell'Arsenale. The award was given "for their long-standing commitment to deep political engagement with architectural and learning practices of decolonization in Palestine and Europe."