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Tonight 21 June: Raw exhibition opening event

June 21, 2008 by angelitaalvess

The participating architects have all arrived from Brazil: Our guest of honour Jaime Lerner; the young talent from Rio Igor de Vetyemy presenting his controversial project City of Sex; the boys from Recife Metro Arquitetura and Juliano Dubeux (whose scale model of their Nox nighclub in Recife includes sound and light and scale DJs); London based SUBdV Franklin Lee and Anne Save de Beaurecueil presenting their impressive 3D models produced with the aid of a rapid prototype machine; the curator Ricardo de Ostos presenting his practice NaJa & deOstos and their Hanging Cemetery project; amongst the others.

Also the winners of the Student Competition from UFMG (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) arrived in London for the first time ever: they were flow in courtesy of TAM and the Brazilian Embassy. It is their first time in Europe, and they are very excited about being here and taking part in the event.

We are finally there, and the official opening event for Raw: New Brazilian Architecture is taking place tonight at Galeria 32.

The event will be oficially opened by a speech from the Ambassador CARLOS AUGUSTO R. SANTOS-NEVES, followed by a speech by Jaime Lerner, and finally by the curator Ricardo de Ostos.

Tomorrow Sunday 22 june all the participants come together at the Brazilian Embassy to present their projects and take part in discussions, which will encompass the concept of the exhibition RAW, and the role of Brazilian architects in presenting and producing fresh ideas and approaches towards architecture, the urban fabric and the environment.

Unfortunatelly this event is fully booked, however if you would like to see more details about the exhibition and the debates, these will be posted here tomorrow and onwards on a regular basis.

Angelita Alves, architect and contributor.

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