The firm gru.a, established in Rio de Janeiro in 2013 by Caio Calafate and Pedro Varella, has developed small-scale projects and installations, focusing particularly on the intersection of art, architecture, and infrastructure. Notable works include the installation La playa y el Tiempo and the Abrigo Alto and Academia shelters.
On Monday, August 14, the Di Tella Architecture Prize—organized by the School of Architecture and Urban Studies (EAEU) at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) through its Center for Contemporary Architecture Studies (CEAC), and funded by a donation from the Instituto Di Tella—was awarded to this emerging practice.
The jury, comprising Marcelo Faiden, Javier Agustín Rojas, Mauricio Pezo, and Sofía Von Ellrichshausen, selected their work from more than fifty portfolios. Following this recognition, the publisher Di Tella Arquitectura will release a monograph dedicated to their work, to be presented on November 27, 2023.
ArchDaily had previously selected gru.a as one of the Best New Practices of 2023.
This article was written by Fabian Dejtiar. The translation is powered by AI.
