Lisbon Architecture Triennial Terra Awards Marina Tabassum Lifetime Achievement

The sixth edition of the Lisbon Architecture Triennial, titled Terra, will award the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award to Bangladeshi architect, researcher, and educator Marina Tabassum. Curators Cristina Verissimo and Diogo Burnay describe the event as a platform for diverse global voices on architecture's role in fostering sustainability. The Triennial, opening September 29 at MAAT, features the exhibition Retroactive showcasing small- to medium-scale regeneration projects, including the Sapé redevelopment in São Paulo (Base Urbana + Pessoa Arquitectos, 2014), the Frontera Sanctuary on the Tijuana-San Diego border (Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman, ongoing since 2020), and Tapis Rouge in Haiti (EVA Studio, 2016). Terra advocates a shift from a linear growth model ("city as machine") to a circular evolutionary model ("city as organism"), addressing climate change, resource pressure, and socioeconomic inequalities. The Triennial emphasizes gender parity across its program and collaborates with the LINA platform. Lisbon has invested in green initiatives like European Green Capital, adapting public spaces and mobility. The event reuses past exhibition structures and designs the Cycles show for material reuse post-disassembly.