Giovanna Carnevali

Giovanna Carnevali is an established PhD Architect, specialist in Consultancy and Management of International Contemporary Architecture Institutions, and Curator.

She is a Strategic Designer Consultant about Architecture and Urban Development that links client’s needs to the architectural, digital, social, economic, legal issues by teaming up the necessary professionals.

A former Director of the Mies van der Rohe Foundation (Barcelona) where she managed European Union Prizes for Contemporary Architecture: Mies van der Rohe Award together with DG Culture of European Commission. 

Now she is Director of International Architectural Competition at Strelka KB (Moscow). 

She is also the Applied Research Coordinator of “Urban Sciences” department at IaaC, Institute of Advanced Architecture in Barcelona.

From 2017 Giovanna the Official List of Experts for Culture and Architecture of the Directorate General for Culture of the European Commission. 

Giovanna has developed her practice in prestigious offices as, OMA, Joan Buquets, Josep Mias, Giancarlo de Carlo.

She has developed numerous architecture and urban planning projects in Europe as a founder of Self Arquitectura slp, among which are numerous winning competitions in Italy and Spain.

She has been lecturing in different places among these stand out:  MoMa, Biennale of Venice, Biennale of Shenzen,TU Delft, IaaC Barcelona, Moscow Urban Forum and European Commission.