Autor: Goiva Arquitetura

ABOUT GOIVA 

A gouge (or “goiva”, in Portuguese) is a tool used in woodcut printing to give precision to the curves of the lines. It shapes creation, giving form to different stories. Similarly, Goiva Arquitetura bases its work on the protagonism of creation. In each project,

the focus is to enhance the journey in architecture in a poetic way, showing that creation becomes conception – that is, it is something alive that starts from an idea. At the end of each project, they aim to manifest results that are the product of creation,

processes, and the poetic envelopment of architecture. Led by architects and partners Karen Evangelisti and Marcos Mendes, architecture is seen as the exercise of sculpting spaces and ideas, materializing and executing unique projects that embrace the unexpected.

ABOUT KAREN EVANGELISTI 

An architect graduated in 2014 from FAU-USJT, she received the 1st place prize at Ópera Prima with her thesis and participated as a guest in academic panels at the main universities in São Paulo. She was a partner and architect at Iná Arquitetura for 7 years,

working in creative direction and developing over 100 projects and constructions. In 2023, along with Marcos Mendes, she founded Goiva.

ABOUT MARCOS MENDES 

An architect graduated in 2008 from Mackenzie, he was invited the following year to work at the LVPH Architectes office in Switzerland, where he remained for three years and won 1st place in a competition in Geneva. Back in Brazil, he founded Iná Arquitetura,

remaining as a partner and architect for 11 years, signing 170 projects and building the majority of them. In 2023, together with Karen Evangelisti, he founded Goiva.