RIBA + VitrA Talk: Aleph Zero and Grafton Architects

Our Intergenerational Dialogues series focuses on established architects and their contemporary counterparts practising today. For this special talk we are bringing together 2016 RIBA International Prize winners Grafton Architects and Aleph Zero, who won the prestigious prize in 2018. They will be discussing their award-winning education projects in South America, where the design of both projects is informed by the unique environmental context.

Aleph Zero is a Brazilian practice founded by Gustavo Utrabo and Pedro Duschenes, who won the RIBA International Prize in 2018 for the Children Village in northern Brazil. Among the office’s main recent awards they received in 2018 are the RIBA International Emerging Architect, ArchDaily Building of the Year and third place in Oscar Niemeyer Prize for Latin American architecture. Aleph Zero has also had its work exhibited on several occasions, the main one being the Brazilian pavilion of the Architecture Biennale of Venice in 2018.

The talk will take place in the Jarvis Hall at the RIBA and will begin with presentations by both pairs of architects followed by a conversation between the speakers. The event will end with Grafton Architects presenting the International Prize trophy to the new winners, Aleph Zero.

Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm