São Paulo Architecture Biennale Announces Open Call with 'Everyday' Theme

The XII International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo has launched an open call for submissions, inviting architects and urban planners to propose projects, research, and installations. Curators Vanessa Grossman, Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, and Ciro Miguel are organizing the event around the theme of 'the everyday,' structured into three chapters: 'everyday stories,' 'everyday resources,' and 'everyday maintenance.' The biennial responds to contemporary challenges by focusing on mundane aspects of design, questioning architecture's role in an over-designed world amid political, economic, and environmental uncertainties. Submissions will be evaluated by the curatorial team alongside jurors Javier Agustín Rojas, Gabriela de Matos Moreira Barbosa, and Renato Cymbalista. Proposals must be submitted via the biennial's website by April 1, with the event scheduled for September. The call emphasizes spatial interventions that explore daily routines, maintenance protocols, and basic resources, reflecting a shift toward humility in architectural practice. This approach aims to reframe trivial realities as mediators in architectural production, influenced by recent theoretical and practical developments in the field.