Master

Master Defenses

2025

NÁTALY SANTOS CARVALHO
Title: "City and [Dis]affection: the relationships of women survivors of domestic violence in appropriating public space”
Committee: Ethel Pinheiro Santana (Advisor, PROARQ), Daniella Martins Costa (Internal Member, PROARQ/UFRJ), Soraya Silveira Simões (IPPUR/UFRJ). Alternate members: Valci Rubens de Andrade (PROARQ/UFRJ), Bárbara Thomaz Lins do Nascimento (DAU ESDI-UERJ).
Date: June 27, 2025, at 2:00 PM. In person.

LIGIA CASTANHEIRA MAGALHÃES
Title: "A Matrix of Affections in Bangu: memories and identity narratives about the neighborhood’s landscape.”
Committee: Ethel Pinheiro Santana (Advisor, PROARQ), Niuxa Dias Drago (Internal Member, PROARQ/UFRJ), Julia O'donnell (IFCS/UFRJ). Alternate members: Cristiane Rose de Siqueira Duarte (PROARQ/UFRJ).
Date: May 29, 2025, at 1:00 PM. In person.

FABRICIO PIMENTEL GASPAR DA SILVA
Title: "Development and Experimental Characterization of Bioconcrete containing wood waste for high thermal performance sealing.”
Committee: Thiago Melo Grabois (Advisor, PROARQ), Reila Vargas Velasco (Co-advisor, FAU UFRJ), Sylvia Rola (PROARQ), Guilherme Chagas Cordeiro (UENF), Beatriz Temtemples de Carvalho (FAU UFRJ). Alternate members: Lucas Rosse Caldas (PROARQ), Saulo Rocha Ferreira (UFLA).
Date: May 19, 2025, at 8:00 AM. Hybrid: https://conferenciaweb.rnp.br/sala/grabois

LETÍCIA AGUILERA LARROSA DA ROCHA
Title: "Participatory inventories and memory building: valuing the significance of Cultural Heritage for preservation actions in projects and plans.”
Committee: Fabiola do Valle Zonno (Advisor, PROARQ), Flávia Brito do Nascimento (External Member, USP), Ceça Guimaraens (PROARQ), Cláudia Carvalho Leme Nóbrega (PGPP). Alternate: Niuxa Dias Drago (PROARQ).
Date: April 30, 2025, at 2:00 PM. Hybrid: https://meet.google.com/zrz-jsvh-aqq

SOFIA VEZZARO TAIAROL
Title: "Urban Parks in Caxias do Sul – RS: An Analysis From a Feminine Perspective."
Committee: Vera Regina Tângari (Advisor, PROARQ), Ethel Pinheiro Santana (Internal Member, PROARQ-UFRJ), Rubens de Andrade (PROARQ-UFRJ), Mônica Bahia Schlee (PGPP-UFRJ). Alternate members: Andrea Queiroz Rego (PROARQ-UFRJ), Alex Assunção Lamounier (PPGAU-UFF).
Date: April 29, 2025, at 10:30 AM, In-Person

WILLIAM ROSSETI FERNANDES
Title: "Potential of healthcare buildings in Brazil as NZEB: Evaluation of Primary Health Unit I in different Brazilian bioclimatic zones”
Committee: Lucas Rosse Caldas (Advisor, PROARQ), Mauro Santos (Internal Member, PROARQ), Claudia Amorim (UnB - Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism). Alternate members: Patrizia Di Trapano (PROARQ), Chenia Rocha Figueiredo Avila (UnB - Graduate Program in Architecture).
Date: April 24, 2025, at 2:00 PM. Remote: https://meet.google.com/mai-nvum-sar

INGRID DE SOUZA SOARES
Title: "Suburban listening: the soundscape of rail centralities in Campo Grande and Madureira, RJ”
Committee: Andrea Queiroz Rego (Advisor, PROARQ), Vera Regina Tângari (Internal Member, PROARQ), Marcela Álvares Maciel (UFFS). Alternate members: Virginia Maria Nogueira de Vasconcellos (PROARQ), Juliana Simili (UFJF).
Date: April 24, 2025, at 9:00 AM, Hybrid: meet.google.com/yrr-yqce-uxr

CINTHYA NEVES ROSA
Title: "Proposal for optimized vertical sealing composition based on thermo-energetic assessment in Brazilian climates”
Committee: Thiago Melo Grabois (Advisor, PROARQ), Alice de Barros Horizonte Brasileiro (Co-advisor, FAU UFRJ), Marcos Martinez Silvoso (PROARQ), Marilia Ramalho Fontenelle (UFF), Claudio de Oliveira Morgado (FAU UFRJ). Alternate member: Aline Calazans (PROARQ).
Date: to be confirmed

AMANDA RIBEIRO CARNEIRO
Title: "Fire prevention and safety legislation in architectural heritage (the case of the historical and diplomatic museum at Itamaraty Palace, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)”
Committee: Ceça Guimaraens (Advisor, PROARQ), Virgínia Maria Nogueira de Vasconcellos (Internal Member, PROARQ), Guilherme Araujo de Figueiredo (UFF). Alternate members: Andrea Queiroz da Silva Fonseca Rego (PROARQ), Isabel Cristina Ferreira Ribeiro (UNISUAM).
Date: March 12, 2025, at 1:00 PM. In person.

JOYCE DE DEUS PIRES TEIXEIRA​
Title: "The use of mycelium in architecture: evaluating its potential as a thermal insulator in buildings”
Committee: Lucas Rosse Caldas (Advisor, PROARQ), Thiago Melo Grabois (Internal Member, PROARQ), Eliana Flavia Camporese (School of Chemistry/UFRJ), Rayane de Lima Moura Paiva (PEC-COPPE/UFRJ). Alternate members: Marcos Martinez Silvoso (PROARQ), Romildo Dias Toledo Filho (PEC-COPPE/UFRJ).
Date: February 26, 2025, at 9:00 AM. Remote.

ANA CAROLINA ROCHA TOSTES DE OLIVEIRA
Title: "Method for calculating embodied carbon in Brazilian buildings”
Committee: Thiago Melo Grabois (Advisor, PROARQ), Lucas Rosse Caldas (Internal Member, PROARQ), Katia Regina Garcia Punhagui (UNILA). Alternates: Bruno Luis de Carvalho da Costa (PROARQ), Guilherme Chagas Cordeiro (UENF).
Date: February 21, 2025, at 10:00 AM. In person.

LUIZ VICENTE FERREIRA FASCIOTTI
Title: "Architecture and agriculture: the symbiotic potential between building systems and agroforestry systems”
Committee: Marcos Martinez Silvoso (Advisor, PROARQ), Sylvia Meimaridou Rola (Internal Member, PROARQ), Fernando Cezar Negrini Minto (ESDI/UERJ). Alternate members: Thiago Melo Grabois (PROARQ), Ricardo Soccas Wiese (UFSC).
Date: January 22, 2025, at 10:00 AM, In person.

2024

GABRIELLA STEPHANY PINTO OLIVEIRA
Title: "Funk: cultural representation and territorial demarcation in the City of Rio de Janeiro”
Committee: Andrea Queiroz Rego (Advisor, PROARQ), Juliana Simili de Oliveira (Co-advisor, Federal University of Juiz de Fora), Cristiane Rose de Siqueira Duarte (PROARQ), Rita de Cássia Martins Montezuma (UFF), Leonardo Fuks (UFRJ School of Music). Alternate members: Ethel Pinheiro Santana (PROARQ), Alex Assunção Lamounier (UFF).
Date: December 18, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. In-person

MELANIE MARTINS BARROSO
Title: "TRANS(FORM)CITY: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI), CYBERCULTURE AND EXPERIMENTATION IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS”
Committee: Rubens Andrade (Advisor, PROARQ), Ana Paula Polizzo (Internal Member, PROARQ), Paulo Afonso Rheingantz (FAU/UFRJ), Julie Pires (PPGD-EBA/UFRJ). Alternate members: Andrea Queiroz Rego (PROARQ), Damião Esdras Araujo Arraes (Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid - UFERSA).
Date: September 25, 2024, at 2:00 p.m., In-person.

MATEUS PEREIRA DOS REIS
Title: "Hygrothermal comfort in Social Housing: the Campos Belo I Residential Complex (Minha Casa Minha Vida Program), in Gurupi, Tocantins"
Committee: Virginia Maria Nogueira de Vasconcellos (Advisor, PROARQ), Aline Calazans Marques (Internal member, PROARQ-FAU-UFRJ), Teresa Cristina Ferreira Queiroz Gaudin (FAU-UFRJ). Alternate members: Maria Maia Porto (FAU-UFRJ), Luciana Maria Bonvino Figueiredo (PROARQ-FAU-UFRJ).
Date: September 12, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. Hybrid.

ISABELLA QUEIROZ ROHR
Title: "Behavior and sociability in minimum living spaces: the case of the Laranjeiras Building”
Committee: Mauro Cesar de Oliveira Santos (Advisor, PROARQ), Luciana Maria Bonvino Figueiredo (Co-advisor, PROARQ FAU UFRJ), Priscilla Alves Peixoto (PROARQ FAU UFRJ), Helga Santos da Silva (National Institute of Industrial Property - INPI), and Gerônimo Leitão (UFF). Alternate members: Fabiana Lopes de Oliveira (FAU USP), Thiago Melo Grabois (PROARQ FAU UFRJ).
Date: August 27, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. In-person.

TAMARA DAMASCENO DA CUNHA CARELLI
Title: "Analysis of hygrothermal comfort in a building mede from shipping containers: the Casa Mãe project in Rio de Janeiro”
Committee: Sylvia Meimaridou Rola (Advisor, PROARQ), Virgínia Maria Vasconcellos (Co-advisor, PROARQ), Marcos Martinez Silvoso (PROARQ), Louise Lomardo (PPGAU/EAU/UFF), Henor Artur de Souza (PROPEM/UFOP). Alternate members: Thiago Grabois (Internal member, PROARQ), Liane Flemming (UNILASSALLE).
Date: August 16, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. In-person.

VITOR MACIEL DE BRITTO CUNHA
Title: "The power of the everyday place in identity formation: towards an affective narrative of São Lourenço - MG”
Committee: Giselle Arteiro Nielsen Azevedo (Advisor, PROARQ), Vera Regina Tângari (PROARQ UFRJ), Alex Lamounier Assunção (EAU UFF). Alternates: Andrea Queiroz Rego (PROARQ UFRJ), Rafael Ferreira Diniz Gomes (UNIFESO and FAU UFRJ).
Date: August 07, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. In-person.

VICTÓRIA HELENA MICHELINI JUNQUEIRA
Title: "Domestic Itineraries: a wandering celebration of the loving domesticity of the Girls from Magé"
Committee: Valci Rubens Oliveira da Andrade (Advisor, PROARQ), Ethel Pinheiro Santana (PROARQ), Letícia Castilhos Coelho (UFRJ). Alternates: Ana Paula Polizzo (PROARQ), Michelle Sales (School of Fine Arts UFRJ).
Date: June 13, 2024, at 2:00 p.m., In-person.

FELIPE DE OLIVEIRA BARROS LIMA
Title: "THE CITY OF THE EDGES: Mapping territories shaped by the social representations of adolescents from the Palmeiras community - São Gonçalo"
Committee: Ethel Pinheiro Santana (Advisor, PROARQ), Giselle Arteiro Nielsen Azevedo (Internal member, PROARQ), Glaucineide do Nascimento Coelho (ESDI-DAU-UERJ), Luis Antônio Baptista (UFES - Graduate Program in Institutional Psychology).
Date: May 14, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. In-person.

NATÁLIA DE FREITAS CRUZ
Title: “Forgetting Architecture – life, death, and imagination in Aldo Rossi’s Scientific Autobiography”
Committee: Fabiola Zonno (Advisor, PROARQ); João Masao Kamita (PUC-Rio), Gustavo Rocha-Peixoto (PROARQ), Laís Bronstein (PUC-Rio). Internal substitute: Niuxa Drago (PROARQ).
Date: May 03, 2024, at 2:00 PM.

CAMILA CUNHA DE SOUZA
Title: "The role of undergraduate students in promoting BIM integration into Architecture education”
Committee: Mônica Santos Salgado (Advisor, PROARQ), Aline Calazans Marques (Internal member, PROARQ FAU UFRJ), Cristiane Ramos Magalhães (FIRJAN).
Date: April 30, 2024, at 2:00 PM. In person.

CLARICE FUTURO MÜHLBAUER
Title: "The experience of Place and the values of cultural heritage”
Committee: Cristiane Rose de Siqueira Duarte (Advisor, PROARQ), Carla Maria Teixeira (External member, FIOCRUZ), Priscilla Alves Peixoto (PROARQ/FAU/UFRJ).
Date: April 30, 2024, at 2:30 PM. Remote.

RODRIGO DANTAS DE MENDONÇA
Title: “The potential of BIM for teaching and learning architectural design: a cognitive approach”
Committee: Aline Calazans Marques (Advisor, PROARQ); Mônica Santos Salgado (PROARQ); Fernando Lima (Belmont University).
Date: April 29, 2024, at 2:00 PM.

RAISSA BEZERRA DE MENEZES CRUZ
Title: "Quality in the design process for public contracts: a case study in a university office"
Committee: Monica Santos Salgado (Advisor, PROARQ), Thiago Melo Grabois (Internal member, PROARQ FAU UFRJ), Wendell Diniz Varela (FAU UFRJ), Giuseppe Miceli Junior (Military Institute of Engineering). Substitutes: Aline Calazans Marques (PROARQ FAU UFRJ).
Date: April 25, 2024, 2:00 PM, In person.

ALEXANDRE EFFORI DE MELLO
Title: "The social representation of sustainability in interior design: an analysis of the CASACOR exhibition on Instagram”
Committee: Sylvia Meimaridou Rola (Advisor, PROARQ); Marcos Martinez Silvoso (PROARQ); Stella Spagolla Hermida Martin (EBA-UFRJ). Substitutes: Mônica Santos Salgado (PROARQ); Neilton Fidelis (PPGUSRN-IFRN).
Date: March 20, 2024, at 2:00 PM. Hybrid.

MARIA EDUARDA ALBERTO DE MIRANDA
Title: "Social Life Cycle Assessment of construction workers"
Committee: Marcos Martinez Silvoso (Advisor, PROARQ/UFRJ), Luciana Maria Bonvino Figueiredo (PROARQ/UFRJ), Jardel Pereira Gonçalves (POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL/UFBA), Celso Alexandre De Souza Alvear (NIDES/UFRJ). Substitutes: Thiago Melo Grabois (PROARQ/UFRJ), Reila Vargas Velasco (FAU-UFRJ).
Date: February 29, 2024, at 9:00 AM, Hybrid

MYLENNA LINARES MERLO
Title: "Flood-Resilient Cities: Water as the Structuring Axis of Territorial Planning – The Case of Guaratiba/RJ"
Committee: Aline Pires Veról (Advisor, PROARQ/UFRJ), Osvaldo Moura Rezende (Co-advisor, Environmental Engineering Program – PEA/UFRJ), Giselle Arteiro N. Azevedo (PROARQ/UFRJ), Rodrigo Rinaldi de Mattos (MPAP/UFRJ), Maria Fernanda Rodrigues Campos Lemos (PUC-RIO). Substitutes: Virginia Maria Nogueira de Vasconcellos (PROARQ/UFRJ), Noêmia de Oliveira Figueiredo (PPGDT/UFRRJ).
Date: February 29, 2024, at 10:00 AM. Hybrid.

CLARICE FREITAS TEÓFILO
Title: "The Cultural Significance of Industrial Heritage: the case of the Marques de Almeida Factory in Campina Grande – Paraíba, Brazil"
Committee: Maria da Conceição Alves de Guimaraens (Advisor, PROARQ/UFRJ); Analucia Thompson (PAEP Iphan); Priscilla Alves Peixoto (PROARQ/UFRJ). Substitutes: Evelyn Mendonça Furquim (UniRio).
Date: February 27, 2024, at 9:00 AM. In person.

JULIA CAVALCANTE DE ANDRADE
Title: "House in Mendes’: authenticity, value, and cultural significance of an Oscar Niemeyer work in Mendes/RJ"
Committee: Rosina Trevisan Martins Ribeiro (Advisor, PROARQ); Fabiola do Valle Zonno (PROARQ); José Simões de Belmont Pessôa (UFF). Substitutes: Daniella Martins Costa (PROARQ); Juliana Silva Pavan (PGPP).
Date: February 02, 2024, at 1:30 PM. In person.

2023

BEATRIZ CRUZ AMBACK
Title: “Priority Matrix for Multifunctional Urban Projects Structured by Sustainable Urban Drainage”
Committee: Aline Pires Veról (Advisor, PROARQ); Marcelo Gomes Miguez (Co-advisor, Environmental Engineering Program - UFRJ); Aline Calazans Marques (PROARQ/UFRJ); Bruno Luis de Carvalho da Costa (FAU/UFRJ); Noêmia de Oliveira Figueiredo (PPGDT/UFRRJ). Alternate members: Virgínia Maria Nogueira de Vasconcellos (PROARQ/UFRJ); Andreia Saúgo (AU/UFFS).
Date: December 04, 2023, at 1:00 PM. In person.

ALINE OURIQUE TOLEDO
Title: “Landscape of vulnerability: a morphological study of the urban slopes of Nova Friburgo – RJ”
Committee: Andrea Queiroz Rego (Advisor, PROARQ), Aline Pires Veról (PROARQ), Noemia de Oliveira Figueiredo (UFRRJ).
Date: September 22, 2023, at 1:00 PM. Remote.

JULIA FERRARI RODRIGUES DOS SANTOS
Title: “Restorative environments: analysis of the internal courtyards of the Jorge Machado Moreira Building - UFRJ"
Committee: Patrizia Di Trapano (Advisor, PROARQ), Maria Lygia Niemeyer (Co-advisor, FAU/UFRJ), Aline Calazans Marques (PROARQ), Giselle Arteiro Nielsen Azevedo (PROARQ), Maria Julia de Oliveira Santos (FAU-UFRJ).
Date: August 31, 2023, at 3:00 PM. Remote.

ADRIANA GUILHERMANO LEAL
Title: “Women’s places: spaces of resistance and aspirations in virtual samba circles”
Committee: Cristiane Rose de Siqueira Duarte (Advisor, PROARQ), Giselle Arteiro Nielsen Azevedo (PROARQ), Maíra Machado Martins (PUC-Rio).
Date: August 30, 2023, at 2:00 PM. Remote.

DOMITILA GOMES ALMENTEIRO
Title: “Hidden landscapes: mapping narratives in the traces of the Carioca River”
Committee: Vera Regina Tângari (Advisor, PROARQ), Paulo Afonso Rheingantz (FAU-UFRJ), Alex Assunção Lamounier (UFF).
Date: August 18, 2023, at 1:30 PM. In person.

MARINA BARCELLOS DE OLIVEIRA CALAZÃES
Title: “Learning from modernism: an analysis of the Prefeito Mendes de Moraes Housing Complex”
Committee: Maria Lucia Vianna Pecly (Advisor, PROARQ), Leopoldo Bastos (Co-advisor, PROARQ), Patrizia Di Trapano (PROARQ), Stella De Barros Spagolla Hermida (EBA-UFRJ), Lygia Niemeyer (FAU-UFRJ).
Date: October 09, 2023, at 10:00 AM. Remote.

FABIANA FERREIRA DE CARVALHO
Title: “SUDS-UP: A prototype tool to support the design of sustainable urban drainage projects in consolidated fabrics”
Committee: Aline Pires Veról (Advisor, PROARQ), Matheus Martins de Sousa (Co-advisor, POLI-UFRJ), Andrea Queiroz Rego (PROARQ), Paulo Canedo de Magalhães (Environmental Engineering Program - UFRJ), Alex Assunção Lamounier (UFF).
Date: August 08, 2023, at 10:00 AM. In person.

MARIANA FROTA AGUM
Title: “The parallel city of waste: an ethnotopography of recyclable material collectors in the streets of Botafogo, RJ”
Committee: Cristiane Rose de Siqueira Duarte (Advisor, PROARQ), Ethel Pinheiro Santana (Internal member, PROARQ), Alice Barros Horizonte Brasileiro (FAU-UFRJ).
Date: July 18, 2023, at 2:00 PM. Remote.

CÂNDIDA ZIGONI DE OLIVEIRA LANDEIRO
Title: “The paths of uberization: public spaces shaped by the dynamics of an app delivery workers in a pandemic context”
Committee: Cristiane Rose de Siqueira Duarte (PROARQ-UFRJ), Giselle Arteiro Nielsen Azevedo (PROARQ-UFRJ), Maíra Machado Martins (PUC-RIO).
Date: June 23, 2023, at 4:00 PM. Remote.

VANESSA SARTORI RODI
Title: “Political-landscapes: socio-spatial intercessions between countryside-city and their reflections in the Landless Movement”
Committee: Valci Rubens Oliveira de Andrade (Advisor, PROARQ); Ethel Pinheiro Santana (PROARQ); Jorge Baptista de Azevedo (EAU-UFF).
Date: June 15, 2023, at 1:30 PM. In person.

GLEISON JOSÉ DE SOUZA JUNIOR
Title: “On the banks of the Rio Branco: riparian landscape dynamics and socio-spatial values of the Amazon”
Committee: Valci Rubens Oliveira de Andrade (Advisor, PROARQ); Virginia Maria Nogueira Vasconcellos (PROARQ); Pedro de Tarço Mergulhão (UNIFAP).
Date: June 15, 2023, at 9:30 AM. In person.

WAGNER LEONID ELESCANO LADERA
Title: “Contribution to environmental quality in vernacular housing of the Andean plateau in Santo Domingo de Cachi – Peru”
Committee: Leopoldo Eurico Gonçalves Bastos (Advisor, PROARQ-UFRJ), Aline Calazans Marques (Co-advisor, PROARQ-UFRJ), Marcos Martinez Silvoso (PROARQ-UFRJ), Teresa Cristina Ferreira de Queiroz (FAU-UFRJ), Letícia Maria de Araújo Zambrano (UFJF).
Date: June 06, 2023, 4:00 PM. Hybrid.

ESTHER RIBEIRO COSTA XAVIER
Title: “The countryside as an educational territory: case study of the Serra School, in Vieira, Teresópolis/RJ”
Committee: Giselle Arteiro Nielsen Azevedo (Advisor, PROARQ); Andrea Queiroz da Silva Fonseca Rego (PROARQ); Flávia Schmidt de Andrade Lima (UERJ).
Date: May 26, 2023, at 9:00 AM. In person.

DIOGO GRANJA CAPRIO
Title: “Architectural and design guidelines for urban aquaponics”
Committee: Mauro César de Oliveira Santos (Advisor, PROARQ); Marcos Martinez Silvoso (Co-advisor, PROARQ); Luciana Maria Bonvino Figueiredo (PROARQ); Thiago Melo Grabois (PROARQ); Ubiratan da Silva Ribeiro de Souza (FAU-UFRJ).
Date: May 15, 2023, at 1:30 PM. In person.

FELIPE MOURA MORAES CARDOSO
Title: “The materialization of pedagogical practices and the space-curriculum relationship: the Jorge Machado Moreira Building and the adaptation of teaching spaces for the 21st century”
Committee: Maria Angela Dias (Advisor, PROARQ); Andrea Queiroz Rego (PROARQ/UFRJ); Guilherme Lassance (PROURB/UFRJ); Fabricio Oliveira (IPPUR-UFRJ).
Date: May 09, 2023, at 2:00 PM. In person.

GABRIEL DE SOUZA PARREIRA
Title: “A discussion on the railway territory based on urban regulations and their influence on gaps and centralities in the Carioca suburb”
Committee: Vera Regina Tângari (Advisor, PROARQ); Alex Assunção Lamounier (Co-advisor, EAU-UFF); Ethel Pinheiro Santana (PROARQ); Inês de Azevedo Isidoro (DINÂMIA'CET-IUL); Fabricio Oliveira (IPPUR-UFRJ).
Date: May 05, 2023, at 1:00 PM. Hybrid.

2022

JULIA ROIZEMBERG BAHIANA
Title: “Social components and target images in the river requalification of the Piraquara River, Realengo, Rio de Janeiro”
Committee: Aline Pires Veról (advisor, PROARQ); Andrea Queiroz Rego (PROARQ/UFRJ); Osvaldo Moura Rezende (PEA-POLI/UFRJ).
Date: December 21, 2022, at 10 a.m.

IGOR DE MORAES VIEIRA DIAS
Title: “Museum of Memory and Human Rights of Chile: Architecture and the Memory of Pain”
Committee: Fabiola do Valle Zonno (advisor, PROARQ); Valci Rubens de Andrade (PROARQ); Sonia Hilf Schulz (FAU/UFRJ).
Date: December 21, 2022, at 2 p.m.

MARIA VITÓRIA RIBEIRO GOMES
Title: “Green and blue infrastructures as a flood resilience strategy and rediscovery of marginal landscapes in the Acari River Watershed, Rio de Janeiro.”
Committee: Aline Pires Veról (advisor, PROARQ); Virgínia de Vasconcellos (PROARQ); Osvaldo Moura Rezende (PEA-POLI/UFRJ); Andréia Saúgo (UFFS).
Date: December 20, 2022, at 10:30 a.m.

ISABEL NOGUEIRA MUZI
Title: “Kinetic Facades with Responsive Technology – Light Comfort in Hospital Environments: The Case Study of Casa de Saúde Nossa Senhora da Piedade, in Magé/RJ”
Committee: Sylvia Meimaridou Rola (advisor, PROARQ); Paula de Castro Brasil (co-advisor, Unilasalle/UEZO/UERJ); Mauro Santos (PROARQ); Fábio Bittencourt (UNESA); Patrizia Di Trapano (EBA/UFRJ).
Date: December 12, 2022, at 10 a.m. In person

VICTORIA FERREIRA ROBADEY CARVALHO
Title: “The soundscapes of the Guanabara Bay's shoreline in Niterói, RJ”
Committee: Andrea Queiroz Rego (PROARQ, advisor); Vera Tângari (PROARQ); Marcela Alves Maciel (UFFS). Alternate members: Virgínia Vasconcellos (PROARQ); Juliana Simili (UFJF).
Date: December 07, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. Remote.

JULIANA CHRISTINY DA SILVA
Title: “School Neuroarchitecture: Environments Sensitive to Sensory Discrimination Disorders in Children with Autism (ASD)”
Committee: Sylvia Meimaridou Rola (advisor, PROARQ); Paula de Castro Brasil (co-advisor, Unilasalle/UEZO/UERJ); Giselle Azevedo (PROARQ); Diego Souza Caetano (Unilasalle/UEZO/UERJ); Patrizia Di Trapano (EBA/UFRJ).
Date: December 07, 2022, at 2 p.m. In person.

PAULA DE ASSUMPÇÃO VIEIRA
Title: “The Sacred and the Secular: The Baptist Church and its connection to place”
Committee: Cristiane Rose de Siqueira Duarte (advisor, PROARQ); Giselle Arteiro Nielsen Azevedo (PROARQ); Felipe Berocan Veiga (PPGA-UFF).
Date: December 02, 2022, at 2 p.m.

JORGE DAVID MORALES ALVEAR
Title: “Beyond Simplicity: Four Works by Studio MK27”
Committee: Laís Bronstein (advisor, PROARQ); Gustavo Rocha-Peixoto (PROARQ); Cláudia Piantá Cabral (PROPAR/UFRGS).
Date: November 30, 2022, at 4:00 PM.

MARIANA COVIELLO REBELO PEREIRA
Title: “The Educational Territory and its Lines of Flight: Children's Practices on the Home-School Routes in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro”
Committee: Giselle Arteiro Nielsen Azevedo (advisor, PROARQ); Vera Regina Tângari (PROARQ); Alexandre Maurício Matiello (UFFS).
Date: October 28, 2022, at 10:00 AM. Remote.

ISABELA CORREIA DE QUEIROZ
Title: “RAMBLA CARIOCA: A Case Study of the Space Underneath the Railway Viaduct in Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro”
Committee: Vera Regina Tângari (advisor, PROARQ); Frederico Braida (co-advisor, UFJF); Andrea de Queiroz Rego (PROARQ); Alex Assunção Lamounier (UFF); Danielly Aliprandi (IFF-Campos).
Date: October 11, 2022, at 12:30 PM. Remote.

LUIZA DE FARIAS MELO
Title: “CARNIVALESQUE SUBLIMATING AMBIENCES. The Experience of Virtuality and the Role of Desire in Olinda's Street Festivities”
Committee: Ethel Pinheiro (Advisor – PROARQ), Cristiane Rose Duarte (PROARQ), Niuxa Dias Drago (FAU UFRJ), and Maria Laura Cavalcanti (UFRJ).
Date: November 04, 2022, at 2:00 PM, In-person.

MARIANA SILVEIRA MORETZSOHN
Title: “Arcanos of Lina Bo’s: the Wall [of Mercy]”
Committee: Gustavo Rocha-Peixoto (advisor, PROARQ); Ana Paula Polizzo (co-advisor, PROARQ); Laís Bronstein (PROARQ); Maria Cristina Cabral (PROURB/UFRJ); Claudia Piantá Costa Cabral (PROPAR/UFRGS).
Date: September 16, 2022, at 4:00 PM, In-person.

CAROLINA FERREIRA DE CARVALHO
Title: “Peter Eisenman, Architecture and Fiction in Venice and Verona”
Committee: Laís Bronstein – Advisor (PROARQ/UFRJ), Gustavo Rocha-Peixoto (PROARQ/UFRJ), and Otávio Leonídio (PUC-RJ).
Date: August 12, 2022, at 9:00 AM.

MICHELE BARUFFALDI
Title: “Contemporary Minimal Living: New Issues and Demands Brought by the COVID-19 Pandemic in Housing”
Committee: Mauro César de O. Santos (advisor, PROARQ/UFRJ), Ivani Bursztyn (co-advisor, IESC/UFRJ), Thiago Grabois (PROARQ/UFRJ), Luciana Bonvino Figueiredo (FAU/UFRJ), and Wilder Manuel Ferrer Tenicela (DAU/ESDI UERJ).
Date: August 01, 2022, at 10:00 AM.

CELI KIYOMI OKUMURA
Title: “STUDY OF SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS IN BUILDING AND LOTS FOR EFFICIENT WATER MANAGEMENT IN CONSOLIDATED URBAN BASINS: THE TRAPICHEIROS RIVER SUB-BASIN, RIO DE JANEIRO”
Committee: Aline Veról (Advisor – PROARQ), Andrea Rego (PROARQ), Paulo Canedo de Magalhães (UFRJ), and Luciene Pimentel (UFRJ).
Date: February 22, 2022, at 2:00 PM.

THIAGO COUTINHO TORRES
Title: “THE JORGE MACHADO MOREIRA BUILDING: ENVELOPE ANALYSIS IN MODERN HERITAGE FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY”
Committee: Marcos Silvoso (Advisor – PROARQ), Maria Lygia Niemeyer (PROARQ), Maria Maia (UFRJ), and Maria Julia Santos (UFRJ).
Date: February 10, 2022, at 2:00 PM.

RODRIGO DE ALMEIDA SPINELLI PINTO
Title: “EVALUATION OF ACOUSTIC QUALITY IN 19TH-CENTURY SALON ROOMS: TAVARES GUERRA MANSION AND FERREIRA LAGE VILLA”
Committee: Andrea Rego (Advisor – PROARQ), Lineu Passeri Jr. (co-advisor, Passeri Associados), Ethel Pinheiro (PROARQ), Ceça Guimaraens (PROARQ), Luis Otávio de Souza Santos.
Date: February 24, 2022, at 2:00 PM.

BIANCA QUEIROZ DE CARVALHO
Title: "TUNING THE FORM: ACOUSTIC METAMORPHOSIS IN THE EXPERIMENTAL SCENIC SPACE"
Committee: Maria Lygia Niemeyer (Advisor – PROARQ), Marcos Martinez Silvoso (PROARQ), Maria Angela Dias (PROARQ), Evelyn Furquim Werneck Lima (UNIRIO).
Date: January 10, 2022, at 2:00 PM.

2021

EDUARDO SEIXAS SALSAMENDI
Title: "Penitentiary Architecture: Representations of Security Discourse and Its Interfaces with Social Reintegration Objectives through Design Decisions"
Committee: Mauro Santos (Advisor – PROARQ), Marcos Silvoso (PROARQ), Ivani Bursztyn (IESC UFRJ), Alexandra Sanchéz (ENSP FIOCRUZ); Alternates: Ethel Pinheiro Santana (PROARQ), Luciana Figueiredo (FAU UFRJ), Ubiratan Ribeiro de Souza (FAU UFRJ).
Date: July 19, 2021, at 10:00 AM.

GISELLE GRAÇA BAHIENSE DE LYRA
Title: "High-Performance Solar Envelopes: Potentialities and Challenges of Using Building-Integrated Photovoltaics in Brazil"
Committee: Sylvia Meimaridou Rola - Advisor (PROARQ/UFRJ), Maria Júlia de Oliveira Santos (MPPP/UFRJ), and Louise Land Bittencourt Lomardo (PPGAU/EAU/UFF). Alternate memberss: Leopoldo Bastos (PROARQ/UFRJ) and Neilton Fidelis da Silva (IFRN).
Date: June 30, 2021 at 9:00 AM.

LAYS DE FREITAS VERÍSSIMO
Title: "HYGROTHERMAL COMFORT IN A CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS INNER COURTYARD: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SÃO BENTO MONASTERY, RIO DE JANEIRO"
Committee: Virgínia Maria Nogueira de Vasconcellos (Advisor – PROARQ), Sylvia Rola (PROARQ), Maria Maia Porto (FAU UFRJ); Alternate members: Maria Lygia A. de Niemeyer (PROARQ), Patrícia Regina Chaves Drach (ESDI UERJ).
Date: June 24, 2021 at 9:00 AM.

IGOR DE MORAIS VIEIRA DIAS - cancelled
Title: "Architecture and the Memory of Pain in Latin America"
Committee: Fabiola Zonno - Advisor (PROARQ/UFRJ), Gustavo Rocha-Peixoto (PROARQ), Rubens de Andrade (PROARQ/UFRJ), and Sonia Hilf Schulz (FAU/UFRJ). Alternate member: Claudia Nóbrega (MPPP/UFRJ).

WEBER SCHIMITI
Title: "The Margin and the Bridge: Two Brazilian Cultural Centers from the 1980s"
Committee: Conceição Guimaraens – Advisor (PROARQ), Gustavo Rocha-Peixoto (PROARQ), and Guilherme Araújo de Figueiredo (DAU-UFF). Alternate members: Leopoldo Bastos (PROARQ) and Hilton Berredo (USU).
Date: June 29, 2021, at 10:00 AM.