SERURBANO 2024

About Ser Urbano 2024 We are pleased to present the 13th edition of Ser Urbano – Architecture and Urbanism Week (@serurbanopucrio), an annual, independent event organized by students. The event will take place from October 28 to November 1, 2024, on the PUC-Rio campus and will feature lectures, roundtables, workshops, field visits, and exhibitions. Under […]

Screening of the film “The Conquest of the West”

With Julia Galli O’Donnell and Ana Mérope Synopsis: In the name of what progress are Brazilian cities produced? Barra da Tijuca, a planned neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro in the late 1960s, makes it clear that the motto on Brazil’s flag does not include everyone. Formed as the antithesis of the chaotic South Zone of […]

Children and the City

With Joana Martins, Gabriel Martucci, and Evelin Santander Time: 1:00 PM Location: Ed. Metro

Climate Changes

With Marcelo Motta, Tainá de Paula, and Rafael Gonçalves Time: 1:00 PM Location: Ed. Metro

Workshop on Social and Insurgent Cartographies

Workshop on Social and Insurgent Cartographies “Insurgent: one who rebels against something.” Source: Oxford Languages. The Social and Insurgent Cartography Workshop aims to understand the use of graphic representation tools – from a decolonial and non-hegemonic perspective – and their interfaces with territory production, territorialities, and socio-spatial research, as well as to give voice to […]

Bamboo Workshop

With Gabriel Lemgruber and Bruna Rocha Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Location: Ed. Metro

Rammed Earth: Between Ancestrality and Rationality

The historical context of the existence of rammed earth as an ancestral construction technique in Brazil will be addressed through a hands-on workshop, practicing the traditional method while incorporating current methods and tools. Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Location: Lab Arco

SERURBANO 2023

SERURBANO is an event organized by students for students. Held annually since 2006 until before the pandemic, the event explores different thematic axes within architecture over the course of a week, with each year having a main theme common to all. Thus, lectures, workshops, talks, and other free activities are held, always seeking to bring […]