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Brutalist ConnectionsInvisible Voids
BH On Rails
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MS Justice CourtVale do Sereno
Xisto Guerra Bus Station
Vintém Park
Saudade Square
Lapinha Studio
Laender House
National Museum
Tiradentes House
Carmo Coffes
Ateliê Wäls
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Doctor of Philosophy in Architectural History
Fully funded by the Edinburgh College of Art PhD Scholarship
Thesis provisional title: Brutalism Between Brazil and Britain
Supervisors: Dr Richard Williams and Dr Alistair Fair
Master of Research in Architecture and Urbanism
Dissertation: Invisible Voids: The Zero Consumption Real Estate
Vacancy Identification Method
Supervisor: Dr Maria Lúcia Malard
– Unanimously approved by the examination board without recommendations for corrections
– Awarded 3rd place in the 2021 Premio Latinoamericano Luis Unikel Spector en Estudios Urbanos y Ambientales (CEDUA - El Colegio de México)
Master of Science in Housing and City Planning
Fully funded by the Chevening ScholarshipAwarded a DistinctionRecipient of the MSc Housing and City Planning Prize for 2020
(top student in the class)
Dissertation: Visualising vacancy using electricity consumption data:
A study of the centre of Belo Horizonte
Supervisor: Dr Tatiana Moreira de Souza
– Awarded a Distinction (A+)
– Awarded the prize for the best dissertation of the programme
Bachelor of Architecture and Urbanism
GPA: 4.44 out of 5
Exchange Programme: One year at Anglia Ruskin University (UK)
Fully funded by the Science Without Borders Scholarship
Final Project: Rethinking Urban Mobility in Belo Horizonte
Supervisor: Dr Carlos Alberto Maciel
– Awarded the maximum grade