QUADRENNIUM 2021–2024
APROXIMA: Knowledge transfer through the connection between undergraduate studies in architecture and urbanism and low-income civil society
Start year: 2019 | Duration: Indefinite
Coordination: Thiago Grabois (until 2024); Luciana Bonvino Figueiredo (from 2025)
Team: Marcos Silvoso
Description: The project connects the university to community demands, providing technical and political support to low-income populations while giving students exposure to urban and rural challenges.
Main goals: Support the UFRJ Model Office of Architecture and Urbanism (EMAU). Strengthen practices in the FAU-UFRJ Experimental Construction Site.
Expected impacts: Development of projects for underserved communities. Training professionals who are sensitive to social and urban demands.
Recognition: Approved in the PROFAEX calls of 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Coordination: Thiago Grabois (until 2024); Luciana Bonvino Figueiredo (from 2025)
Team: Marcos Silvoso
Description: The project connects the university to community demands, providing technical and political support to low-income populations while giving students exposure to urban and rural challenges.
Main goals: Support the UFRJ Model Office of Architecture and Urbanism (EMAU). Strengthen practices in the FAU-UFRJ Experimental Construction Site.
Expected impacts: Development of projects for underserved communities. Training professionals who are sensitive to social and urban demands.
Recognition: Approved in the PROFAEX calls of 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Cultural Heritage Inventory of the City of Rio de Janeiro
Start year: 2023 | Duration: Indefinite
Coordination: Juliana Pavan
Team: Rosina Trevisan Martins Ribeiro, Julia Cavalcante de Andrade, Mariana Vaz de Souza
Description: Update of the records of heritage sites listed by the Rio Heritage Institute of Humanity (IRPH), with information on history, style, physical characteristics, and conservation status.
Main goals: Inventory and update the city’s cultural heritage. Train professionals and encourage research in the field.
Expected impact: Encourage reflection on the management of cultural heritage.
Coordination: Juliana Pavan
Team: Rosina Trevisan Martins Ribeiro, Julia Cavalcante de Andrade, Mariana Vaz de Souza
Description: Update of the records of heritage sites listed by the Rio Heritage Institute of Humanity (IRPH), with information on history, style, physical characteristics, and conservation status.
Main goals: Inventory and update the city’s cultural heritage. Train professionals and encourage research in the field.
Expected impact: Encourage reflection on the management of cultural heritage.
Thematic Digital Exhibition Program of FAU/UFRJ's Media Library
Start year: 2020 | Duration: Indefinite
Coordination: Rodrigo Kamimura
Team: Wanda Vilhena Freire, Rodrigo Cury Paraizo
Description: Development of digital exhibitions based on the FAU/UFRJ Media Library collection, featuring Undergraduate Final Projects (TFGs) on various topics.
Main activities: Periodic exhibitions organized by faculty, staff, and students. Dissemination intensified during Rio's title as World Capital of Architecture (2020–2021).
Expected impact: Promote integration between university and society through the appreciation of student work.
Coordination: Rodrigo Kamimura
Team: Wanda Vilhena Freire, Rodrigo Cury Paraizo
Description: Development of digital exhibitions based on the FAU/UFRJ Media Library collection, featuring Undergraduate Final Projects (TFGs) on various topics.
Main activities: Periodic exhibitions organized by faculty, staff, and students. Dissemination intensified during Rio's title as World Capital of Architecture (2020–2021).
Expected impact: Promote integration between university and society through the appreciation of student work.
Housing and Health: Housing improvements in precarious dwellings
Start year: 2022 | Duration: 5 years
Coordination: Marcos Silvoso
Team: Luciana Bonvino Figueiredo, Conrado Gonçalves Carvalho, Reila Vargas Velasco
Description: The project focuses on improving the housing conditions of vulnerable families assisted by the Family Action Plan (PAF) of the DARA Institute, through research, housing diagnostics, technical surveys, and construction monitoring.
Coordination: Marcos Silvoso
Team: Luciana Bonvino Figueiredo, Conrado Gonçalves Carvalho, Reila Vargas Velasco
Description: The project focuses on improving the housing conditions of vulnerable families assisted by the Family Action Plan (PAF) of the DARA Institute, through research, housing diagnostics, technical surveys, and construction monitoring.
Affective Mapping of Rio de Janeiro: Childhood, social participation, and public policies
Start year: 2023 | Duration: 30 months
Coordination: Giselle Arteiro
Team: Vera Tângari, Rafael Ferreira Diniz Gomes, Andrea Queiroz Rego, Alex Lamounier, Mariana Coviello Rebelo Pereira, Vitor Maciel, Viviane Costa, Esther Ribeiro Costa Xavier, Fernanda Moraes dos Santos, Ingrid Laia de Mendonça, Juliana Oliveira Castelo Branco, Leticia Lage da Silva Pereira, Maria Julia da Silva Costa, Matheus Castro da Silva, Pietra Castro Hernandes
Description: The project aims to include the perceptions and aspirations of students from the municipal school system in the city’s urban planning. In partnership with the Planning Office and the Municipal Department of Education, it seeks to promote the creation of quality urban spaces, aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Main goals: Connect teaching, research, and outreach. Incorporate children's and youth's experiences into urban planning.
Expected impact: Development of healthier and more sustainable urban spaces. Civic education for children and youth.
Coordination: Giselle Arteiro
Team: Vera Tângari, Rafael Ferreira Diniz Gomes, Andrea Queiroz Rego, Alex Lamounier, Mariana Coviello Rebelo Pereira, Vitor Maciel, Viviane Costa, Esther Ribeiro Costa Xavier, Fernanda Moraes dos Santos, Ingrid Laia de Mendonça, Juliana Oliveira Castelo Branco, Leticia Lage da Silva Pereira, Maria Julia da Silva Costa, Matheus Castro da Silva, Pietra Castro Hernandes
Description: The project aims to include the perceptions and aspirations of students from the municipal school system in the city’s urban planning. In partnership with the Planning Office and the Municipal Department of Education, it seeks to promote the creation of quality urban spaces, aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Main goals: Connect teaching, research, and outreach. Incorporate children's and youth's experiences into urban planning.
Expected impact: Development of healthier and more sustainable urban spaces. Civic education for children and youth.
Educational Territories in the City of Rio de Janeiro
Start year: 2023 | Duration: 30 months
Coordination: Vera Tângari
Team: Giselle Arteiro Azevedo, Andrea Queiroz Rego, Flora Fernandez, Alex Lamounier, Daniel Athias de Almeida, Narjara Xavier dos Santos, Sofia Taiarol, Lidiene Helena Avelino, André Martins Barbosa Begonha, Juliana Oliveira Castelo Branco, Leticia Lage da Silva Pereira, Carolina Mocellin Alves, Crystal Sanson Sampayo, Deborah Fonseca de Abreu, Fernanda Moraes dos Santos, Ingrid Laia de Mendonça, Isabela da Fonseca Grenha, Jessica Costa Mesquita, Julia Akemi Yamada, Katarina Soares Borges, Leticia de Moraes Ferreira, Leticia de Souza Vieira, Matheus Castro da Silva, Rafaela Silva Bezerra, Rayane Pinto Gomes
Description: The project aims to include the perceptions, desires, and perspectives of children and youth from the municipal education system in urban planning.
Main goals: Study the relationship between schools and their surrounding territories. Analyze public urban spaces. Systematize cartographies based on data from the SEL-RJ group.
Expected impact: Contribute to critical urban mapping and the inclusion of children and youth in urban planning.
Coordination: Vera Tângari
Team: Giselle Arteiro Azevedo, Andrea Queiroz Rego, Flora Fernandez, Alex Lamounier, Daniel Athias de Almeida, Narjara Xavier dos Santos, Sofia Taiarol, Lidiene Helena Avelino, André Martins Barbosa Begonha, Juliana Oliveira Castelo Branco, Leticia Lage da Silva Pereira, Carolina Mocellin Alves, Crystal Sanson Sampayo, Deborah Fonseca de Abreu, Fernanda Moraes dos Santos, Ingrid Laia de Mendonça, Isabela da Fonseca Grenha, Jessica Costa Mesquita, Julia Akemi Yamada, Katarina Soares Borges, Leticia de Moraes Ferreira, Leticia de Souza Vieira, Matheus Castro da Silva, Rafaela Silva Bezerra, Rayane Pinto Gomes
Description: The project aims to include the perceptions, desires, and perspectives of children and youth from the municipal education system in urban planning.
Main goals: Study the relationship between schools and their surrounding territories. Analyze public urban spaces. Systematize cartographies based on data from the SEL-RJ group.
Expected impact: Contribute to critical urban mapping and the inclusion of children and youth in urban planning.
Affective Sound Zoning
Start year: 2023 | Duration: 30 months
Coordination: Andrea Queiroz
Team: Vera Regina Tângari, Giselle Arteiro Nielsen de Azevedo, Alex Lamounier, Daniel Mancebo, Fernanda Melo Aguiar, Victoria Robadey, Felipe Machado de Aguiar, Gabriella Oliveira, Ingrid de Souza Soares, Lucas Sampaio
Description: The project conducts a sound assessment of the city of Rio de Janeiro based on the listening experiences of 80,000 children and young people.
Main goals: Plan the urban territory based on qualified listening. Recognize sound identities and potentials of different territories.
Expected impact: Contribute to urban planning from a sonic and affective perspective.
Coordination: Andrea Queiroz
Team: Vera Regina Tângari, Giselle Arteiro Nielsen de Azevedo, Alex Lamounier, Daniel Mancebo, Fernanda Melo Aguiar, Victoria Robadey, Felipe Machado de Aguiar, Gabriella Oliveira, Ingrid de Souza Soares, Lucas Sampaio
Description: The project conducts a sound assessment of the city of Rio de Janeiro based on the listening experiences of 80,000 children and young people.
Main goals: Plan the urban territory based on qualified listening. Recognize sound identities and potentials of different territories.
Expected impact: Contribute to urban planning from a sonic and affective perspective.
Corpo Morada: The favela as cultural and architectural heritage of the city
Start year: 2021 | Duration: 2 years
Coordination: Luciana Bonvino Figueiredo
Team: Alcyr de Morisson Faria Neto, Aruan Francisco Diogo Braga, Lino Teixeira
Description: The project seeks to reposition and reframe the favela as cultural and architectural heritage of Rio de Janeiro, highlighting its morphology and urban aesthetics. Structured around virtual classes, collective research, and proposals for valuing the favela as a cultural territory.
Coordination: Luciana Bonvino Figueiredo
Team: Alcyr de Morisson Faria Neto, Aruan Francisco Diogo Braga, Lino Teixeira
Description: The project seeks to reposition and reframe the favela as cultural and architectural heritage of Rio de Janeiro, highlighting its morphology and urban aesthetics. Structured around virtual classes, collective research, and proposals for valuing the favela as a cultural territory.
Heritage Dialogues: Contributions to the preservation of the historic urban site of Petrópolis, RJ
Start year: 2022 | Duration: 3 years
Coordination: Daniella Martins Costa
Team: Gabriel Rodrigues dos Santos, Nicolle de Lima Peixoto, Larissa Vivian Dionisio de Farias, Catherine Wilbert Schmitt
Description: In partnership with the Technical Office of the Mountain Region (IPHAN/RJ), the project proposes a new protection boundary for Petrópolis and develops studies, mappings, and support materials for residents of the historic site.
Coordination: Daniella Martins Costa
Team: Gabriel Rodrigues dos Santos, Nicolle de Lima Peixoto, Larissa Vivian Dionisio de Farias, Catherine Wilbert Schmitt
Description: In partnership with the Technical Office of the Mountain Region (IPHAN/RJ), the project proposes a new protection boundary for Petrópolis and develops studies, mappings, and support materials for residents of the historic site.
DeteC HIS: Construction technologies for social housing
Start year: 2019 | Duration: 11 months
Coordination: Luciana Bonvino
Team: Marcos Martinez Silvoso, Beatriz Fernandes Valencia, Mauro César de Oliveira Santos, Alcyr de Morisson Faria Neto, Aruan Francisco Diogo Braga, Lino Teixeira
Description: Project developed in the Maré community, focusing on construction solutions that improve salubrity, safety, and comfort. It values local knowledge and sustainable practices.
Expected impact: Improve housing quality and strengthen social innovations in architecture.
Coordination: Luciana Bonvino
Team: Marcos Martinez Silvoso, Beatriz Fernandes Valencia, Mauro César de Oliveira Santos, Alcyr de Morisson Faria Neto, Aruan Francisco Diogo Braga, Lino Teixeira
Description: Project developed in the Maré community, focusing on construction solutions that improve salubrity, safety, and comfort. It values local knowledge and sustainable practices.
Expected impact: Improve housing quality and strengthen social innovations in architecture.