Architecture Biennial

From March 25th to April 30th, Brazilian architecture will gain a new space for reflection with the debut edition of BAB (Bienal de Arquitetura Brasileira), the event that will occupy the Pavilhão de Culturas Brasileiras, Pacubra, at Ibirapuera Park.

On this cultural stage, architecture enters the everyday Brazilian imagination by way of a journey through the country's biomes. Each pavilion is dedicated to a Brazilian state and will occupy its respective biome.

The only shop at this Architecture Biennial is curated by TH, the exclusive retail space for design and décor at BAB.

Over the past months, we built our curation in the same way as the Biennial structured its pavilions: around Brazilian biomes as living matter.

Biomes as Living Matter

Virginia Macul
Brazilian Design ? Atlantic Forest

Roda is the signature project of Virginia Macul, an artist born in São Paulo, having spent 14 years in Rio de Janeiro and now based once again in the city, which is traversed by the Atlantic Forest biome. With over 20 years of experience, she found in crystals?since her studies in 2019?the base for her creative research. Her pieces are born from the meeting of nature, energy, and form, reflecting the mineral and sensitive layers of the territory she inhabits.

Heytor Borges
Brazilian Design ? Caatinga

OLAR was born in Ceará, a land shaped by the Caatinga biome, from the desire to look at the Brazilian pottery tradition with a contemporary eye. Represented by Heytor Borges, the brand develops pieces in collaboration with local artisans, translating the region's ancestral knowledge into modern forms. Between memory and design, their creations balance rusticity and sophistication, reflecting the strength and uniqueness of the landscape from which they emerge.

St James
Brazilian Design ? Amazon

Fernanda Marques is a Brazilian architect and designer who translates, in her creations, the strength and delicacy of the country's knowledge. In the Tumbi Collection, she delves into the Amazon's roots, collaborating with riverside communities of the Rio Negro, blending contemporary design with ancestral techniques and the conscious use of native wood. Her work reveals a profound Brazil, where raw matter, light, and tradition meet, creating pieces that carry identity, territory, and memory.

Renata Honorato
Brazilian Design ? Cerrado

Toro de Oro by Renata Honorato, a Brazilian designer with a career in jewelry since 2001, was born from the union of jewelry and sculpture. Her work has evolved towards gold, stones, and more recently, objects cast from real plants. Each creation transforms organic forms into unique and timeless pieces.

Denise Braune
Brazilian Design ? Atlantic Forest

Denise Braune is a visual artist and ceramist born in Rio de Janeiro. Since 2012, she has developed a practice that investigates emptiness as a space to inhabit, moving between ceramics, architecture, and memory. Her work connects to the Atlantic Forest biome not only as a territory but as a sensitive presence, where density, breath, and layers of time coexist.

Tatiana Queiroz
Brazilian Design ? Atlantic Forest

Tatiana Queiroz, behind TAAT, is a designer who explores material through essential forms. Working with wood, stone, and metal, she creates pieces with pure volumes and precise joints, where the handcraft is evident. Her work translates Brazilian aesthetics with a contemporary approach, balancing rigor, simplicity, and presence.

Tayná Scholten
Brazilian Design ? Atlantic Forest

Founded by Tayná Scholten, born in Avaré, São Paulo state, Casa Olin explores new paths for ceramics from her studio in São Paulo?s capital. Integrating technology and handmade work, her practice explores new shapes and finishes without losing the pace or sensitivity of artisanal processes.

Roberta Sá Faustini
Brazilian Design ? Atlantic Forest

Roberta Faustini is an architect and artist born in São Paulo. Her practice moves between art and design, guided by simplicity and sustainability, exploring folds, interlocks, and reused materials. Her objects reflect a conscious relationship with form, function, and matter.

Ateliê Nicole & Luiza Toldi
Brazilian Design ? Atlantic Forest

In the Serra da Mantiqueira, São Paulo, Ateliê Nicole & Luiza Toldi is born from the meeting of generations. Mother and daughter develop ceramic pieces without prior sketches, guided by intuition and immersion in nature. Each work carries spontaneous gesture and experimentation as its essence.

MÃOS
Brazilian Design

MÃOS is a Brazilian social enterprise that works across different regions of the country, connecting craft communities and their knowledge. For over 10 years, it has developed projects that combine tradition, research, and positive impact, creating pieces that carry cultural context, memory, and belonging.

Paula Sousa
Brazilian Design ? Atlantic Forest

Leading Studio SALP, Paula Sousa?born in Angola and living in the São Paulo countryside?develops a ceramic research that crosses territory, culture, and matter. Among different geographies, she investigates soils, pigments, and processes, creating pieces that function as vessels for interiority, where memory and landscape meet.

Isabel Ferrari
Brazilian Design ? Atlantic Forest

Isabel Ferrari created Três Pontos, an authorial carpentry project, which finds in Brazil its main raw material and inspiration. With direct heritage from her father, also a woodworker, Isabel develops pieces that value craftsmanship and the memory of materials, using demolition wood and native species. Her work stands out for marquetry made from the natural colors of Brazilian woods, creating unique patterns that reveal the richness and diversity of the country. Today, she especially dedicates herself to the ?bichos? line, in collaboration with her father at Marcenaria do Tatu.

Tita Mallman
Brazilian Design ? Pampa

The art is born in Rio Grande do Sul, immersed in the Pampas biome, and carries in its essence the direct relationship between matter, territory, and function. Her production moves between design and craftsmanship, valuing natural elements such as wood and wool, in pieces that naturally express the identity of southern Brazil.

Our curation for BAB will be at Pacubra, organized by the Brazilian biomes, celebrating the talents, techniques, and materials that define each territory.

We can't wait to welcome you there.

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