8 October
Talk
Learning from Brazil An evening exploring architecture, community, and resistance through a Brazilian lens.
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Join rearc institute and Architecture Foundation for an evening exploring architecture, community, and resistance through a Brazilian lens, featuring lectures from Gabriela de Matos and collectives Ruina and Arquitetura na Periferia.
Presented by the Barbican as part of its Architecture on Stage series, the this conversation will be held Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 19:00 in Frobisher Auditorium 1, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London.
Speakers
- Gabriela de Matos is an architect and urban planner whose award-winning work centers Black Brazilian heritage, memory, and the decolonization of space
- Ruina is a São Paulo–based collective creating experimental architectural installations and publications that interrogate urban transformation and decay.
- Arquitetura na Periferia is a women-led initiative based in Belo Horizonte that empowers residents of peripheral neighborhoods to design and build their own homes through collective action.
Together, these practitioners share innovative, socially grounded approaches that challenge conventional models of architectural practice. Join us to hear how they are reshaping the built environment from the ground up.
Chaired by Manon Mollard, editor of the Architectural Review.