International Visitors Programme
From
Brazil
Date of Visit
9 - 12 June
Goal of visit
Part of the new installation _Control Syntax Ri_o in Het Nieuwe Instituut Pedro Rivera lectures during the Friday Night Control Room Rio. Together with Mark Wasiuta (GSAPP Columbia University), he will draw a complex and fascinating image of the city of Rio de Janeiro as a matrix of different forces. Besides, Rivera will participate in a discussion _Another Realit_y at Stroom with other architects and designers, in which they will speak about the rapid industrialisation of Brazil at the expense of craftmanship and authenticity.
Function
Pedro Rivera is partner at Rua Arquitetos who's experience ranges from the domestic to the urban scale, with focus on spaces for art, creative economy and education, historical and contemporary heritage requalification, temporary installations and exhibition design. Since 2011 he is director and curator at Studio-X Rio that is part of a global network by the GSAPP at Columbia University to think about the future of cities. Recently Studio X realised the exhibition Fight, Occupy, Resist: A look into urban squatting.