‘Urbanismo’ in Australia and Brazil: Differences and opportunities
I would like to start this text by clarifying, as Michael Hebbert did in one of my favorite articles on this topic: ‘urban planning is Anglo-Saxon, urbanism is Latin’. Australia follows the Anglo-Saxon model, Brazil follows the Latin model. Urban planning is process and regulation, urbanism is physical space. Read more…
Month in review: November and December 2017, and January 2018
This condensed month in review post is unusual – a first to be fair! – and these past three months have been eventful ones. On 12th November I left Cairns to atend the International Urban Design Conference in the Gold Coast. From there I flew to Brazil where I participated in an examination panel in my old Architecture and Urbanism School where I did my Masters and was a keynote speaker in an event in the Architecture School where I undertook my Bachelor in Architecture and Urbanism. Read more…
Urban Comfort: The physical and social landscape as constituent of the climate experience
I recently published a paper entitled “Urban Comfort: The physical and social landscape as constituent of the climate experience” (original in Portuguese: Conforto Urbano: A paisagem física e social como constituinte da experiência climática) in Cadernos do PROARQ. This is a Brazilian journal published in Portuguse by the Postgraduate Program in Architecture at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Read more…
Landscape architecture in Brazil and New Zealand
I have recently co-authored a conference paper with Glauco Cocozza. The paper compares the teaching of landscape architecture in Brazil and New Zealand, and made me revive some thoughts and impressions that I had and have about the profession. Read more…
“Whose games?” China (and Brazil) post-Olympics
At Lincoln University, where I currently work and study, there is a large number of Asian students, especially Chinese. It has been a revealing experience to get to know more about their country. Read more…
