On Wednesday 8th October the Architecture Foundation hosted an evening exploring architecture, community and resistance through a Brazilian lens, featuring lectures Gabriela de Matos and collectives Ruina and Arquitetura na Periferia.
Gabriela de Matos is an architect and urban planner whose award-winning work centres Black Brazilian heritage, memory, and the decolonisation of space.
Ruina is a collective based in São Paulo, 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 neighbourhoods 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.
This lecture was recorded on 08/10/25 at the Barbican Centre, as part of the Architecture on Stage series hosted by the Architecture Foundation.
The event was supported by the public discourse programme of re:arc institute.
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