JAVIER CORVALÁN

Javier Corvalán is the founder of the Asunción-based architectural practice Javier Corvalán+Laboratorio de Arquitectura. In 2014, he has presented his work at the Triennale di Milano and Biennale di Venezia. In 2018, he will take part in the 16th Biennale di Architettura di Venezia, with a project for the Vatican Pavilion. He is the author of architectures sensitive to contexts. The structural concept, the form, the relationship with the environment, are closely related elements in Corvalán’s projects, author of many houses with apparently simple structures, but in reality very bold

Javier Corvalán Espínola, (1962), graduated in architecture in the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies of The Catholic University Nuestra Señora de la Asunción UCA. He has done postgraduate studies in Rome at the University of La Sapienza and is PHD candidate at Istitutto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia IUAV. He teaches at the Faculty of Architecture Design and Arts of the National University of Asuncion FADA UNA and is Research Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the UCA. He also teaches in several Latin American universities and holds the position of Visiting Professor at the Institutto Universitario di Achitettura di Venezia IUAV, where he’s a PHD candidate. Amongst his recent realizations are the Capilla del Cerrito and Casa Amaca, both in Asunción (2010).