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 […]
Counter-History, Montages, and the Atlas Form
With Ana Luiza Nobre, Paola Berenstein Jacques, and Bernardo Bazani. Time: 1:00 PM Location: Padre Anchieta Auditorium
The Drum, the Terreiro, and the Territory: Dialogues on Ethnicity, Ancestry, and Territoriality
With Ivanir dos Santos, Rafael Vidal, Daniel Nascimento, and Amaro Marques Time: 10:00 AM Location: Ed. Metro
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
Associativism: The Architecture Office as a Body of Undefined Limits
With Ayako Arquitetura, Helena Meirelles Arquitetura, Larissa Monteiro, Messina | Rivas, and Zebulun Arquitetura Time: 3:00 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
The tripod of teaching, research, and design
With Marcos Fávero, Iazanna Guizzo, Caio Calafate, and Pedro Varela Time: 3:00 PM Location: Ed. Metro
Spaces Beyond Traffic: The Role of Design in the Contemporary Metropolis
With Pedro Moraes, Priscila Coli, Thiago Soveral Time: 1:00 PM Location: Ed. Metro
Human Rights and the Right to the City: The Struggle for a More Inclusive and Equitable City
With Mônica Benício, Maíra Martins, and Amaro Marques Time: 3:00 PM Location: Ed. Metro
Architecture, Technology, and Indigenous Anthropology: Between the Contemporary and the Ancestral
Guests: Fernando Minto and José Afonso Portocarrero Time: 1:00 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 […]