Cristiane Muniz & Fernando Vi茅gas | UNA MUNIZVIEGAS
"Work In Progress"
Lecture
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 | 6:00PM | ARCH 132 DF Pray Lecture Theatre
Cristiane Muniz and Fernando Vi茅gas did their graduate and master鈥檚 degrees at FAUUSP, and started Una architects in 1996 with other colleagues. They have received many awards for projects and built works, such as the Brazilian Institute of Architects; Gold Medal at the IX Quadrennial of Prague; or awards at S茫o Paulo鈥檚 International Biennials. In 2003, they joined architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha鈥檚 team in the urban project for S茫o Paulo鈥檚 candidacy to host the 2012 Olympics. They have exhibited in the Venice Bienniale, Iberoamerican Biennial and Lisbon Triennial. The varied production in scales and programs is taken to the new studio, created in 2019. The academic experience provided by Escola da Cidade, School of Architecture and Urbanism based in S茫o Paulo complements their practice and supports their applied research. Since 2019 Muniz has also been the faculty director and Vi茅gas is the deputy president of the school鈥檚 sponsoring Association.
鈥淩evealing and understanding our place in the world, both geographically as culturally, is one of the reasons we work. Furthermore, remaking, reforming, reoccupying are contemporary actions. Thus, we propose these actions as responses to reality, in conversation with pre-existences, considering the energy used to build what we have. We don鈥檛 start from a blank paper, expanding the perception of the essence of each place is fundamental. Its substance, that which subsists by itself. Cities are never ready and the transformation has been very fast in recent times. What was defined became to have diffuse limits and gain overlaps, such as the separation between countryside and city, culture and nature.
We will present recent projects and works to discuss these ideas.鈥 CM & FV
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