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Join us for The Fluvial City, Manaus, a workshop exploring housing and sanitation in the urbanizing Amazon.
Bringing together researchers, practitioners, and students from Brazil and MIT, the workshop focuses on real conditions and design responses in Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon. The program includes perspectives on Indigenous culture and the built environment, as well as discussions on the role of architecture and planning in rapidly changing urban contexts.
The workshop features Vanda Witoto and Washington Fajardo, with faculty from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning and partner institutions in Brazil, including the Federal University of Amazonas and the University of São Paulo.
Organized with support from the Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism and MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, the event highlights ongoing collaboration across SA+P on climate, infrastructure, and urban futures.
📍 MIT Building 7 (Long Lounge)
🗓 April 6, 9:00 am–12:30 pm
🔗 Registration at the link in bio
Also on view: an exhibition of student work presented at COP30 in Belém, exploring housing and sanitation across residential typologies in Manaus (Building 9 lobby, April 6–11).
FACULTY PARTNERS
— Professor Marcos Cereto of the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Brazil and the Núcleo de Arquitetura Moderna na Amazônia (NAMA)
— Professor Alexandre Delijaicov (virtually) of the University of São Paulo (USP)
— Professor Angelo Bucci of MIT - Architecture
— Professor Gabriella Carolini of MIT - Department of Urban Studies and Planning
— with support from Professor Marcelo Coehlo (MIT - Architecture) and Gabriela Bila (MIT Media Lab)
STUDENT PARTNERS
— UFAM: Alex Martins, Ângelo Pontes, Beatriz Atem, Ester Komorowski, Eliana Rego, Giovanna Assis, Julia Mendes, Juliana Cambeiro (in-person), Maria Eduarda Cohen, Nathyele de Souza Dias, Isabela Cavalcante
— USP: Ana Julia Bettio Pereira (virtual), Lucas Karmann, Mariana Peruchi
— MIT: Shreya Bansal, Aashna Daga, Valeria Duenas, Marine Gapihan, Anushka Maqbool, Reishan McIntosh, Jacob Payne, Kaede Polkinghorne
Bringing together researchers, practitioners, and students from Brazil and MIT, the workshop focuses on real conditions and design responses in Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon. The program includes perspectives on Indigenous culture and the built environment, as well as discussions on the role of architecture and planning in rapidly changing urban contexts.
The workshop features Vanda Witoto and Washington Fajardo, with faculty from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning and partner institutions in Brazil, including the Federal University of Amazonas and the University of São Paulo.
Organized with support from the Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism and MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, the event highlights ongoing collaboration across SA+P on climate, infrastructure, and urban futures.
📍 MIT Building 7 (Long Lounge)
🗓 April 6, 9:00 am–12:30 pm
🔗 Registration at the link in bio
Also on view: an exhibition of student work presented at COP30 in Belém, exploring housing and sanitation across residential typologies in Manaus (Building 9 lobby, April 6–11).
FACULTY PARTNERS
— Professor Marcos Cereto of the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Brazil and the Núcleo de Arquitetura Moderna na Amazônia (NAMA)
— Professor Alexandre Delijaicov (virtually) of the University of São Paulo (USP)
— Professor Angelo Bucci of MIT - Architecture
— Professor Gabriella Carolini of MIT - Department of Urban Studies and Planning
— with support from Professor Marcelo Coehlo (MIT - Architecture) and Gabriela Bila (MIT Media Lab)
STUDENT PARTNERS
— UFAM: Alex Martins, Ângelo Pontes, Beatriz Atem, Ester Komorowski, Eliana Rego, Giovanna Assis, Julia Mendes, Juliana Cambeiro (in-person), Maria Eduarda Cohen, Nathyele de Souza Dias, Isabela Cavalcante
— USP: Ana Julia Bettio Pereira (virtual), Lucas Karmann, Mariana Peruchi
— MIT: Shreya Bansal, Aashna Daga, Valeria Duenas, Marine Gapihan, Anushka Maqbool, Reishan McIntosh, Jacob Payne, Kaede Polkinghorne
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