The International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo ( pt, Bienal Internacional de Arquitetura de São Paulo, BIA), Brazil, is an international exhibition to recognize art and innovation in architecture.
History
The first BIA was held in 1973.
The BIA is held on alternating years from the
São Paulo Art Biennial
The São Paulo Art Biennial (Portuguese: ''Bienal de São Paulo'') was founded in 1951 and has been held every two years since. It is the second oldest art biennial in the world after the Venice Biennale (in existence since 1895), which serves as ...
, another major international event hosted by the city. Both biennials used to be held in the Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo building in the
Ibirapuera Park
Ibirapuera Park ( pt, Parque Ibirapuera) is an urban park in São Paulo. It comprises 158 hectares between Av. República do Líbano, Av. Pedro Alvares Cabral, and Av. IV Centenário, and is the most visited park in South America, with 14.4 million ...
(Parque do Ibirapuera). The large pavilion was designed by a team headed by
Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (15 December 1907 – 5 December 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer (), was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was ...
and
Hélio Uchôa.
The theme of the 2011 BIA was "Architecture for All – Building Citizenship". It took place November 1 to December 4, 2011.
The theme of the 2019 BIA was "Everyday". For the first time, the team was selected via an open call and an international jury selected the winning entry. The winning team was composed of
Vanessa Grossman,
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, and
Ciro Miguel. The 12th Biennale took place from September 10 to December 9, 2019, at Sesc 24 of May and Centro Cultural São Paulo.
See also
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Architecture of Brazil
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Architectural design competition
References
External links
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Architecture festivals
Cultural festivals in Brazil
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