Pedro Évora is an Architect and Urbanist, a master’s graduate from PROURB UFRJ, and a professor at PUC Rio since 2011. He is the principal of Atelier Évora Arquitetura and a partner at the collaborative firm Rua Arquitetos. Over the past decades, his work in architecture, urbanism, art, and scenography has garnered attention and been exhibited at MoMA-NY, MAK Vienna, Carnegie Museum of Art, Lisbon Architecture Triennale, and the Venice, São Paulo, and Chicago Biennales. Twice nominated for the Mies Van de Rohe Award, he won the IAB national competition for the Rio 2016 Olympic Golf Clubhouse. He designed the Carpintaria galleries, Babilônia 1500, Galpão Bela Maré, Casa do Jongo da Serrinha, ArtRio, and Vila Portugal at the Jockey Club Rio. He was part of the Brazilian mission for emergency facility implementation in Haiti and co-directed the documentary “O Porto do Rio.” Alongside Alfredo Britto, he curated three exhibitions of Brazilian Architecture in Belgium: Lina Bo Bardi, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, and the Construction of Brasília. Between 2017 and 2019, he served as project advisor for the Rio de Janeiro Urbanism Secretariat.
