Fernanda Barbara is a Partner of UNA Barbara e Valentim Arquitetos and associate professor at Escola da Cidade. She has participated in international seminars and given lectures in cities such as Chicago, Paris, Porto, Lisbon, Querétaro, Santiago, Montevideo, La Plata and several Brazilian cities. She has been a guest lecturer on postgraduate courses: Maestria en Proyectos at the FAU of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata| Argentina since 2022, Diploma de Especialización en Investigación Proyectual FADU/UDELAR in Montevideo|Uruguay, in 2017, and, Des Mutations Urbaines at the École Speciale d’Architecture – Paris| France, in 2015.She was a member of the curatorial team for the Brazilian representation at the Venice International Biennale in 2006 and was a member of the curatorial team for the Ibero-American Biennale in 2019. She was a jury member for the SAU (Sociedad de Arquitectos del Uruguay) National Competition in 2023 and the international competition for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale – Début Award in 2016.She has been an associate professor at Escola da Cidade (since 2006), where she has coordinated various subjects and Plataforma Plus, a research laboratory on the central region of São Paulo, with architects Fréderic Druot, Camille Bianchi and sociologist José Guilherme P. Leite, based on the experience of projects by the French firm Lacaton&Vassal.
Courses
Design Across Boundaries: Materiality and Place in Brazil and Beyond
Dive into the work of UNA Barbara e Valentim—a São Paulo-based studio focused on enhancing public and private spaces for better collective and individual life. Discover the diverse cultural and environmental issues in the Global South and how São Paulo's architects, planners, and iconic projects have helped shape the modern architecture movement globally.
Explore and be inspired by designs that exemplify refined materiality, climate adaptation, contemporary construction methods, and a respectful relationship with natural surroundings, with projects ranging from residential buildings to large facilities and public spaces. You’ll learn how architects in different contexts address current habitation issues and how regional design approaches are interpreted at various scales—enriching your understanding and perspective on global architecture and design.
This session was recorded live on September 18, 2024.