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PEDRO ÉVORA AMARAL is an Architect and Urban Planner recognized over the past 20 years for his distinguished career and commitment to collective spaces, as well as for his inventiveness in the built environment.

Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1978, he began his studies in art in Groningen, Netherlands, in 1995. In Brazil, he enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture in 1997 and graduated as an Architect and Urban Planner from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 2003. In 2013, he earned his Master’s degree in Urban Design from PROURB, with a thesis on temporary architectures titled Cidade-Andaime, published by Editora Temporária in 2014. He taught at UFRJ's Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism from 2007 to 2010 and has been a design professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) since 2011.

In recent years, Pedro has received several distinctions, including the Urban Interferences Award (2008), the Annual IAB Award, 2nd Prize at the São Paulo Biennial, and a Commendation from the City Council of Nova Iguaçu. His projects have been nominated for the Mies Crown Hall Award and ArchDaily's Building of the Year. He was the winner of the IAB National Competition for Rio 2016 with the design for the Olympic Golf Course.

Some of his significant architecture and urban planning projects include the Santa Cruz BRT station, the Tennis Route Training Center, Vila Portugal, Carpintaria Gallery at the Rio de Janeiro Jockey Club, Babilônia 1500 Gallery, Galpão Bela Maré, Casa do Jongo, Getúlio de Moura tunnel-market, the Praça-Escola Program in Nova Iguaçu, and the Maré 20.30 Plan. Since 2019, he has developed and executed temporary architecture projects for the Art Rio event.

He has exhibited his work internationally, including "Favelité" in Paris (2005) and "Uneven Growth" at MoMA-NY (2014) and at the MAK Design Biennale in Vienna (2015). He also participated in the São Paulo Biennial (2013), the 1st Chicago Architecture Biennial (2015), the Venice Architecture Biennale (2016 and 2018), "Building Optimism" at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh (2016), the Lisbon Triennale (2016), the Panorama of Brazilian Art Exhibition at MAM SP (2017), and the Chile Biennale (2017).

Pedro has also developed exhibition and scenography projects for institutions such as MAM-RJ, Rio Art Museum, Instituto Moreira Salles, and ArtRio. His exhibition architecture projects include "Travessias," "From Valongo to Favela," "Love," "Fendas," and "Brazilian Panoramas," collaborating with artists like Waltércio Caldas, Luiz Zerbini, Berna Reale, Antônio Manuel, and José Bechara, among others.

In 2011, he curated, alongside Alfredo Britto, three exhibitions on Brazilian architecture for Europalia: Lina Bo Bardi, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, and The Construction of Brasília. In 2012, he was part of the Brazilian mission to implement emergency facilities in Haiti. In 2013, he directed the documentary O Porto do Rio, focusing on the transformation of Rio de Janeiro's city center during the Olympic context. The film premiered at the Rio Festival in 2015 and was also screened in France.

Pedro worked as an Architect at the Nova Iguaçu City Hall from 2005 to 2008 and served as Project Advisor for the Urban Planning Department of Rio de Janeiro City Hall from 2017 to 2019. In 2008, he co-founded the architecture firm RUA Arquitetos, and since 2020, he has been the principal of Atelier Évora de Arquitetura e Projetos Especiais. In 2021, he launched the Costa Carioca research project in partnership with Hogeschool Rotterdam and with support from the Dutch Consulate, addressing the challenges of Rio de Janeiro’s coastline in the context of climate change.

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