The “Conjugados” Apartments of Copacabana: cinema, architecture and city
Advisor: Ana Luiza Nobre Dissertation: The “Conjugados” Apartments of Copacabana: cinema, architecture and city Defense date: 11/06/2024 Abstract The research begins with the intersection between cinema and the city, using Copacabana as a case study to understand the contributions of cinematographic language to urban analysis. Functionalist analysis methods often simplify the complex and contradictory perception of […]
Toward a critical counter-operation: destabilizations, fractures and dissolutions of borders in the art-architecture complex
Advisor: Otávio Leonídio Dissertation: Toward a critical counter-operation: destabilizations, fractures and dissolutions of borders in the art-architecture complex. Defense date: 30/04/2024 Abstract In this research, I investigate the relations between what is conventionally referred to as “criti- cal institution” and artistic and architectural productions, rehearsing a possible alternative to the hegemonic critical discourse – rooted in […]
“Where the mud is insurrection”: architecture in coexistence with water in the new climate regime
Advisor: Ana Luiza Nobre Dissertation: “Where the mud is insurrection”: architecture in coexistence with water in the new climate regime Defense date: 31/08/2023 Abstract The present research seeks, from the key of controlling nature, to contribute to an imaginary of possibilities for architectures of coexistence with nature. For this, the dissertation goes through the origin of […]
The Black Ball: the place, the space, the meeting point, the catwalk of insurgency in downtown São Paulo
Advisor: Otavio Leonidio Dissertation: The Black Ball: the place, the space, the meeting point, the catwalk of insurgency in downtown São Paulo Date of defense: 27/06/2023 Abstract This research project investigates how the black population living in the municipality of São Paulo, SP, mobilized around the so-called Bailes Blacks. Especially in its periphery-center relationship, this […]
W3 Sul : The relevance of the urban revitalization of the first commercial avenue in Brasília
Advisor: Marcos Favero Dissertation: W3 Sul: The relevance of the urban revitalization of the first commercial avenue in Brasília Defense date: 05/05/2023 Abstract W3 South Avenue was famous for its local commerce in Brasilia and had great social prominence in the lives of Brasilia residents in the 1960s and 1970s, having been the scene of […]
Dwelling in Candomblé. Roça e Egbé.
Advisor: João Masao Kamita Dissertation: Dwelling in Candomblé. Roça e Egbé. Defense date: 28/04/2023 Abstract W3 South Avenue was famous for its local commerce in Brasilia and had great social prominence in the lives of Brasilia residents in the 1960s and 1970s, having been the scene of large marches and festivities. With the development of […]
The masonry-wall from Three Courtyard House: By an autonomy key
Advisor: Otavio Leonidio Dissertation: The masonry-wall from Three Courtyard House: By an autonomy key Defense date: 02/12/2022 Abstract The Three Courtyards House is an unbuilt residential project by architect Mies van der Rohe from the 1930s. The house is also part of a process of typological investigation of courtyard houses, lasting almost ten years of the […]
Álvaro Siza at Iberê Camargo Foundation
Advisor: João Masao Kamita Dissertation: Álvaro Siza at Iberê Camargo Foundation Defense date: 14/11/2022 Abstract This work aims to reflect on Architecture and place: the paths of Álvaro Siza’s architecture, architecture that is topological and attentive to context, pre-exis- tence, concreteness, history, culture, socio-cultural issues, which reverberates no- tions of time, fragment, memory, experience and place. […]
Tectonic and Silence: in Azuma House, Bruder Klaus Chapel and Brazilian Museum of Sculpture _MuBE – SP
Advisor: Marcos Favero Dissertation: Tectonic and Silence: in Azuma House, Bruder Klaus Chapel and Brazilian Museum of Sculpture _MuBE – SP Defense date: 25/08/2022 Abstract There are several ways to conceive and perceive architecture, among many, however, it is believed that certain works denote silence, phenomenal manifestation that provides a certain empathic mobilization. Since architecture […]
Beaten Earth: On the two Butanta houses and how to inhabit pathways
Advisor: Ana Luiza Nobre Dissertation: Beaten Earth: On the two Butanta houses and how to inhabit pathways Defense date: 03/06/2022 Abstract From the analysis of two neighbouring houses in the Butanta neighbourhood, in the outskirts of the metropolis of Sao Paulo, as a set – a Bandeirante house restored in 1954 by Sphan (National Historical and […]
Commons and Community Museums: The Museu Sankofa’s case in Favela da Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro
Advisor: Rachel Coutinho Marques da Silva Dissertation: Commons and Community Museums: The Museu Sankofa’s case in Favela da Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro Defense date: 30/08/2021 Abstract This research is situated in aftereffects of Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento/Urbanização de Assentamentos Precários (PAC-UAP), a federal programme of favela’s urbanization policy grounded in 2007, which legate to Favela […]
UERJ – Pavilhão João Lyra Filho: Design and construction
Advisor: Marcos Favero Dissertation: UERJ – Pavilhão João Lyra Filho: Design and construction Defense date: 26/08/2021 Abstract This work is dedicated to an analysis of the design and construction order of the João Lyra Filho Pavilion, the main building on the Francisco Negrão de Lima Campus, headquarters of the Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). […]
Eros and the house: Political speculations of pleasure and seduction at Casa das Canoas
Advisor: Otavio Leonidio Dissertation: Eros and the house: Political speculations of pleasure and seduction at Casa das Canoas Defense date: 15/07/2021 Abstract This dissertation proposes to open a speculative path of imagination about the modern architecture of Casa das Canoas (1951-1953), by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012), having some events as an anchor. Different from […]
From space to place: a study on the human dimension and socio-spatial cohesion of Madureira
Advisor: Maira Martins Dissertation: From space to place: a study on the human dimension and socio-spatial cohesion of Madureira Defense date: 14/07/2021 Abstract This research aims to contribute to the investigation of patterns of space appropriation. Aimed at the dynamics between users and the built environment, due to its importance in the process of urban activation […]
Museu Nacional: memória e o patrimônio cultural pos- trauma
Advisor: Rachel Coutinho Marques da Silva Dissertation: Museu Nacional: memória e o patrimônio cultural pós- trauma Defense date: 28/06/2021 Abstract “Museu Nacional: memoria e patrimônio cultural pos-trauma” is a research that seeks to deepen the layers that make up the Museu Nacional before and after the fire in 2018. The questions raised come from the trauma […]
