PORTFOLIO Matthias Vanhoutteghem
Spring 2015
Matthias Vanhoutteghem 째01.04.1991 Wilrijk, Belgium Lambermontplaats 22 2000 Antwerpen +32 479 47 63 76 matthias.vanhoutteghem@gmail.com
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Curriculum Vitae
Masterthesis: collective part Spatial Research & Design 2013-2014
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Masterthesis: individual part Urban Design
Student Area Interior design
2013-2014
2013
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Maggie’s Centre Semi-Public Architecture
De Maalderij Renovation & Detailing
2012
2013
Overview
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Weststation Molenbeek Masterplan
Weststation Molenbeek Residential Architecture
2011
2012
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Event Centre Public Architecture
Structure Installation
2011
2010
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Experience BUUR, 2014 Ir. Arch. Joris Olbrechts, 2012
Extra Existenz Photography
2012-2015
Master of Science in Engineering: Architecture [option Architectural Design] KULeuven, University of Leuven [BE]
2009-2012
Bachelor of Science in Engineering: Architecture KULeuven, University of Leuven [BE]
2003-2009
Secondary Education: Latin - Maths Sint-Ritacollege, Kontich [BE]
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2014
Internship BUUR [Bureau voor Urbanisme], Leuven [BE]
2013
Athens Exchange Programme “From urban to human scale: learning from Lisbon’s renovations experiences” Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon [PT]
2013
Thesis Research in São Paulo, Brazil Universidade Presbeteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo [BR]
2012-2013
Existenz Vice-president of cultural association of 1st master Architectural Engineering Leuven [BE]
2012
Summer-Internship Ir. Architect Joris Olbrechts, Deurne [BE]
1997-2005
Art Academy Academie voor Beeldende Kunst, Mortsel [BE]
Oct - Dec
Nov
Aug - Oct
Jul - May
Sep
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EXPERIENCE
SKILLS Languages Dutch English French Portuguese German
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Software Vectorworks Autodesk Autocad Autodesk Revit ArchiCAD Google Sketchup
INTERESTS Photography, Travel, Arts, Design, Mechanics & Technology
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Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Lightroom MS Office
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Urban Design Strategies of Deviation.Towards a Resilient Tietê Valley, São Paulo Master Thesis, part 1 Spatial Research & Design 2nd Master [2013-2014] About: Exploring instruments of water management in relation to the ongoing developments in the Valley of Tietê, São Paulo, Brazil. Team: Evelien Lambrechts, Michaël Stas & Benjamin Vanbrabant Promotor: Bruno de Meulder Co-promotor: Yuri Gerrits Local Promotor: Eliana De Queiroz Barbosa
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Readers: Guide Geenen, Christian Nolf
Thesis: collective part
Tietê Valley The unruly territory of the Tietê Valley in the vicinity of downtown São Paulo marks an exception within the endless urban expansion of the city. From being a natural floodplain of the meandering Tietê River towards an industrial corridor shaped around a polluted canal, today this territory still holds the legacy of both, as it is currently in a critical stage of transformation, erasing its structuring scars. For the past decade, generic real estate development has been relentlessly consuming large parts of the valley’s land, creating islands of isolated condominiums within a mishmash of warehouses, industrial leftovers and working class neighbourhoods. Only recently the current administration put the Valley forward as part of the city’s most important strategic redevelopment area: Arco do Futuro. In the upcoming decades, the complex and fractured tissue of an industrial past will be transformed into a landscape of housing and offices, creating jobs and increasing São Paulo’s much needed housing stock near the city centre.
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However, São Paulo is facing other major challenges. Flash floods and bursting watercourses repeatedly restrain the city. Due to insufficient water management, the uncontrollable urban expansion, climate change and the negligence of the issues by politicians and inhabitants, these problems only escalate. And yet, the city’s administration has targeted one the most flood prone areas, the Tietê Valley, to transform into a densely populated area.
The Valley as a destinct hitch in the city ‘s tissue
Spatial Research & Design
Structure
Morphology of the Valley
Water Issues
The collective research consists out of six chapters and acknowledges the true identity of the Tietê’s deprived floodplain. The first three chapters provide an analysis on the city’s water issues of the past and present, while casting a critical glance on the taken measures. After an atlas as an intermediate chapter which situates flooding and other geographical conditions, a fifth chapter depicts the past, present and future urban processes in de Valley itself, followed by an analysis of the area’s specific hydrography and water isssues. The final chapter proposes a series of resilient design strategies, which have the ambitiion to create a framework for future phases of transformation whilst resolving current and future water issues.
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Morphology of the floodplain
Thesis: collective part Perimeter of the city’s area of development versus flood prone areas
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Design Scenarios
The common research is concluded by the introdruction of four individual design projects: Impluvium, Waterchamber, Suture and [Re]trace. Each of them explores the conceptual propositions and strategies within a specific site, scale and theme. Together, these four design scenarios contribute to a larger vision for the TietĂŞ Valley, serving as a framework for future development, while regenerating the Valley as a Riverplain.
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Resilient design propositions
Stitching the Valley: concrete spaces vs landscaping
Possible scenario for the Valley as a Riverplain
Urban Design Strategies of Deviation.Towards a Resilient TietĂŞ Valley, SĂŁo Paulo: Suture Urban Design 2nd Master [2013-2014] About: Etching the blueprint for a tissue in transformation. Promotor: Bruno de Meulder Co-promotor: Yuri Gerrits Local Promotor: Eliana De Queiroz Barbosa
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Readers: Guide Geenen, Christian Nolf
Thesis: individual part
Barra Funda Railyard Acknowledging the true character of the Tietê River’s deprived floodplain, this design research embraces the vision of regenerating the Valley into a Riverplain by further elaborating on the resilient design strategies presented in the common part of this research. Suture is an exploration on the area around the old Barra Funda train station and rail yard. Characterized by a rupture between two tissues with a distinct identity and being inherently connected to the history of the railroad, this area is currently undergoing its first major transformations. As the presence of the railroad is questioned by the current development plans and real estate developments are fearlessly consuming land in the Valley, it is only a matter of time when the urban void of the old rail yard will be subject to this generic transformation. Therefore in my design research I proposed a framework by etching the blueprint for future transformations. Driven by water management, it exploits the intrinsic identity of the surrounding tissue and explores new building typologies within three strategic projects.
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Exploring the site during fieldwork
Analysis of the site: functions & flows
Thesis: individual part
Concepts
Concept of Urban Drainage
A first key concept of the design process is to provide sufficient drainage and storage capacity in relation to the tissue and built typology. A second, more profound design concept is the quay. This rigid elevated figure runs along the edge of the railway and the existing tissue. On one hand it links different places secured from flooding, on the other it demarcates surrounding flood prone areas or areas intended to flood due to topographical manipulations.
The Quay as a Design Concept
18 Profile of the floodable landscape and stages of flooding. By excavating the tracks of the railyard, the scar of the railroad will remain stronly visible during future transformations, while providing sufficient overflow capacity for the redistributor between the main tracks. This latter is explored in the individual thesis Impluvium.
Urban Design 19 Large system of water management
possible water storage
drainage
watersheds
sluice
overflow
Thesis: individual part Manipulation of the larger surroundings
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Rooftopplan of new development
Preconditions and projects
Marked by three distinct situations, three exemplary/strategic projects exploit the preconditions set by the Suture in relation to the existing fabric while serving as beacons of the floodable landscape. Each project depicts a distinct typology, set out by the architectural tectonic and relationship towards its environment on the ground floor.
Urban Design
Together, the product of the concept of the quay and the vision towards water mangement create the foundation, the blueprint, for future phases of transformation. The result is a figure that imposes specific conditions along its edges by interacting with the existing urban mophology and creating new types of qualitative public space. It is the ambition to extrapolate the contrast between both tissues; between a lanscape with large chunks of development and a consolidated urban tissue.
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Blueprint
Thesis: individual part
The Clip
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The Barge
The Station
Urban Design 23 Collage of topographical model
Clips & Barges
Through the design process, the quay became more than just a retaining wall. It bacame the framework for a whole variety of building typologies as well as a network of public spaces. Suture is therefore to be understood as a strategy for protecting and revaluating the identity of the Valley. In the future, the explored building typologies of Clips and Barges can therefore become a destinctive trademark of the edge of Valley, even if the railroad might ever disappear.
Student Area
Interior Design 1st semester, 2nd Master [2013] About: Interior design of a student area in the attic space of the faculty of architecture. Mentor: Sarah Flebus
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Other: Exhibited at ASRO Open Studio [Jun 2014]
Student Area 26 Collage with view from printing area
Context
For the design studio interior we were asked to organise, design and detail a student area in the attic of the 16th century Arenberg castle; home of the faculty of architecture. The program included a seating area, flexible and multifunctional tables, a small closable kitchen, a printing area and sufficient storage. The aim was to come up with a strong overall concept in respect to the historical context and with a clear vision towards materialisation and further detailing.
Interior Design
Design
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My concept was to accentuate the historical wooden roof structure by keeping the design as simple as possible with maximal flexibility and respect to the historical layout. The space is subdivided into three areas by several elements that give character, identity and functionality to each specific area. In that sense, the relax area is parted from the workplace by a central element and a difference in floor height. The printing area on the other hand is visually defined by a series of vertical wooden slats.
Plan and section
Student Area
Materialisation
For the materialisation I have chosen to make a clear distinction between the existing and new. Simple materials such as plywood, white painted wood and MDF and E27 socket lamps give the space a studenty and DIY feel. For the back wall I applied Lacobel to reflect the light and roof structure while it allows the use as a blackboard.
Materials
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Detail kitchen element
Interior Design 29 Collage with view from relax-area
Maggie’s Centre
Semi-Public Architecture 1st semester, 1st Master [2012] About: Design of a caring environment for people who have been affected by cancer. Mentors: Mauro Poponcini, Elina Karanastasi & Fatima Pombo
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Other: Selected to present for a group of empirical experts [Dec 2014]
Maggie’s Centre
Context
In a small, forested area near the university hospital of Leuven, we had the assignment to design a caring environment for people who have been affected with cancer. Also known as a Maggie’s Centre. The centre is not intended as a place for treatment but rather a place that provides support, information and practical advice. The programme had to include a communal kitchen, living area, smaller areas for conversations and contemplation as well as limited space for staff.
Concept: analogy
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Semi-Public Architecture
Design
Instead of arranging all functions around a central courtyard, I challenged myself to explore how the programme could fit in longitudinal volume. As I noticed a gradation of density in the forest from small trees and dense shrubs towards a more open area with beautiful old oak trees, this gradation was also present in varied programme: from public to private and open to more enclosed spaces. Therefore my goal was to design a building that could assimilate with the environment and find harmony in the analogy of gradation between the programme and the forest. The result is a beam that partly hovers over the leafcovered surface and is partly dug in; like a fallen tree. The smaller, more private spaces are situated on the same level or below the more dense forest, while the living area and the communal kitchen exploit the light en wide-open views. The use of perforated and non-perforated cortensteel panels matches the colour spectrum of the forest and allows for a uniform architectural appearance and flexibility.
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Plan, section and front facade
Maggie’s Centre Collage of the view from the library
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Semi-Public Architecture 35 Collage from the back facade
De Maalderij
Renovation & Detailing 2nd semester, 1st Master [2013] About: Renovation and detailing of an old milling factory redesignated into a shared office space. Team: Stef Turelinckx & Miguel Moreira Negr達o
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Mentors: Els Claessens, Piet Stevens & Staf Roels
De Maalderij
Construction In a second phase of the design and renovation of the old milling factory in Anderlecht, Belgium, we were asked to detail the construction of our proposal in coรถperation with a student civil-engineering. The whole project consists of two volumes, of which I will look into one in detail. For this volume we proposed to replace the existing closed brick faรงade by a curtain-wall covered with perforated cortensteel panels. The details include the structure to bear the load of the curtain wall as well as the external frame with footbridges to mount the cladding. .
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Sections of the extension
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Frame for the panels
Detail of curtain-wall and load-bearing structure
Detail of the footbridge and foldable panels
Weststation Molenbeek: Masterplan Masterplan 1st semester, 3rd Bachelor [2011]
About: Urban design and masterplan for +-100 housing units and a covered marketplace. Team: Olivier Van Calster, Nicolaas Van Orshoven & Bram Van Sever Mentors: Ivo Vanhamme, Brecht Verstraete & Han Vandevyvere
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Other: Exhibited at ASRO Open Studio [Jun 2012]
Weststation Molenbeek
Context
In the light of the search towards more dense and compact forms of housing in the urban fringes and periphery, a large triangular plot near Brussels’ West station was put forward as the site for an urban analysis by design. Situated at the rupture between new and old, poor and rich, green and grey Molenbeek and alongside a busy traffic artery, the area of the site is characterised by industrial remnants and more importantly by poor living conditions and a general sense of insecurity. The target of this project was to reinforce and restructure such urban fringes by combining attractive public spaces with new qualitative and compact forms of living.
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Longitudinal section trough the marketplace and collective garden
Masterplan Buffer
Open space
4th facade
Concept
By proposing a buffer along the traffic artery, our design aims to create a morphological division between the busy commercial axis and the adjacent residential area. While commercial activities on the ground floor of the buffer will reinforce and revaluate the existing commercial activities, valuable public space such as a covered marketplace, urban deck and collective garden open up towards the backside. In that sense we incorporate the surroundings in the design by considering the buildings of the adjacent street as a “fourth façade”, as they enclose and intensify the character of each public space. Furthermore is the project a reflection of the surrounding urban morphology. By adapting the built height to the existing tissue, interesting relationships and housing typologies arise. At the tip, a tower in dialogue with the other high-rise will serve as a landmark; the starting point of a greener and more qualitative urban environment.
Buffer with public ground floor
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Passages
Weststation Molenbeek Cross section marketplace
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Masterplan Marketplace
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Buffer
Collective garden
Relation collective garden
Weststation Molenbeek: Architectural Design Residential Architecture 2nd semester, 3rd Bachelor [2012]
About: Architectural elaboration of the masterplan and further technical detailing. Team: Bram Van Sever Mentors: Ivo Vanhamme, Brecht Verstraete, Han Vandevyvere & Joost Ruland
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Other: Exhibited at ASRO Open Studio [Jun 2012]
Weststation Molenbeek
Design
In the second phase of the design we focused on the elaboration of the tip of the masterplan; including the tower, marketplace and urban deck. It comprised the architectural design, structure and detailing of each element while maintaining and enhancing the values and qualities proposed in the masterplan. The covered market space in the tip of the site forms the nucleus of a new commercial centre for the area, while its canopy serves as a semi-public urban deck. The peculiar tectonics of the shared structure provide stiffness and allow for a varied urban landscape in accordance to the adjacent functions on the deck.
Marketplace
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Secton marketplace and buffer
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Ground floor
Residential Architecture
Weststation Molenbeek Impression of tower
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Tower
Rather than simply stacking up of floors, the tower is a volumetric play of positive and negative and so creating a variety of interesting in- and outside areas. One of the criteria’s was to make sure none of the housing units were completely orientated towards the North. Therefore the concept was to design an all-round terrace which benefited to a uniform architectural design language as well as several fire-safety regulations and the risk of overheating. As a result, each unit has a large outside area with 180°-270° panoramic views. The orthogonal core versus the skewed perimeter enables zoning of the outside areas and gives the tower a more slim and dynamic appearance.
Facade and section
Residential Architecture Detailing terrace buffer
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Detailing of terraces of the tower
Event Centre
Public Architecture 2nd semester, 2rd Bachelor [2011] About: Design of an event centre including a theatre, restaurant and nightclub. Mentor: Joke Vermeulen
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Other: Exhibited at ASRO Open Studio [Jun 2011]
Event Centre
Assignment Whereas the original assignment was to design a sports hall in the centre of Leuven, our mentor gave us the freedom to question the imposed programme in search of a more appropriate function. Due to the limited surface area of the site for a full-fledged sports function, I proposed an event centre combined with a large square which could benefit the bus stop and connection to the adjacent school. The programme included a theatre, restaurant and concert hall/ nightclub.
Concept
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Concept
The concept was to design two cubic volumes that are in stark contrast to one another in terms of scale and materialisation. A small, robust and enclosed volume gives access to the underground connection of a larger semitransparent volume. Furthermore does the architectural design and layout of the event centre propose a solution to the noise disturbance. PLan -1
Longitudinal section I
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Plan +2
Longitudinal section II
Event Centre Restaurant
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During daytime, the small volume serves as a meeting point and provokes questions concerning its specific function.The larger volume covered in perforated sheet-metal opens up towards the square and charges the public domain with a cafĂŠ/restaurant and entrance to the theatre.
At night, the event centre transforms into a mysterious closed volume, only accessible trough the cube in front the square. This duality enhances the perception of the building as a dynamic entity.
Structure
Installation 1st semester, 2nd Bachelor [2010] About: A fragile and transparent structure based on tensile and compressive forces. Team: Jasper Aerts & Max Baeyens
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Mentors: Francis Catteeuw & Karel Vandenhende
Structure
Nylon and Glass As part of the assignment “Context and Structure” we were challenged to design and built an installation with interesting structural qualities at the former laboratories of pharmacy in Leuven. This intriguing building formed the context and source of inspiration and material for each team’s design. By using slender glass tubes found on location, our ambition was to create a modular and transparent structure by exploiting the key structural features of glass and nylon thread. The result was an installation by combining several individual modules in search of the equilibrium. Fragile, elegant and contextual, the structure was almost only visible by its reflections; a reflection of the building’s former use, as well as an optical illusion enhanced by the checkerboard tiling.
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Installation 61
Detail of connections
Picture from above
Experience Internships
BUUR [Bureau voor Urbanisme] October - December 2014
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Ir. Arch. Joris Olbrechts September 2014
BUUR [Bureau voor Urbanisme] Leuven [BE] October - December 2014
As a continuation of my architectural education and thesis in urbanism I wanted to gain experience in urban design and have a better taste of practice in a larger office . Therefore I did a two-month internship as a student at BUUR, which is an office specialised in the broad spectrum of urbanism. During this period I was involved in a wide variety of projects going from public space, to landscape, infrastructure, and urban design. My work included designing, modelling, working with GIS and making imagery for projects, competition entries, and research.
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SNEDE A
3D model for the project definition of a competition in Ghent [BE]
Sections for a landscape project in Leuven [BE] SNEDE B
Experience Testelt
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Demer
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Aarschot 10
Scherpenheuvel-Zichem
Demer
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E314
Rotselaar
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Designmatrix for a bikepath between Testelt and Aarschot [BE]
Ir. Architect Joris Olbrechts Deurne [BE] September 2012
During this short internship at a small architecture office I was very closely involved in a couple of projects. Some of which were already under construction, others still in the design phase. For one specific project I had to design a façade where I was asked to take the specific context, programme and foreseen structure into account. Three years later I’m proud to say that they used my exact design for the project.
Antwerp Student Hostel, Antwerp [BE], 04/2014
Original design of the facade, 2011
Extra
Occupations
Existenz June 2012 - May 2013
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Photography
Existenz
Existenz is a cultural organisation ran by the students of the 1st master of architectural engineering. During my fourth year I was elected vice-president and was therefore closely involved in the organisation of a series of events. The highlight of our year was a project week held in the impressive and desolated Stella Artois bottling plant. During this week, preceded by over a month of hard labour on location, we organised several workshops, lectures, a debate and an unforgettable closing party.
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Extra 69 by Hannelore Veelaert
Photography
Since I bought my first camera I’ve been getting more and more passionate about photography. From the technical aspects to finding the right composition and waiting for that exact moment, it is an occupation I very much enjoy. Lately I’ve been working as a freelance photographer but I most of all like travel photography, as I find it the most desirable way to capture memories. In addition to the section about my master thesis, the selection below shows some of my impressions during my fieldwork in Brazil.
70 MAR, Rio de Janeiro [10/2013]
Minhocão, São Paulo [08/2013]
Extra 71 Elderly homes, S達o Paulo
Teatro Oficina, S達o Paulo, [09/2013]
Barra Funda, S達o Paulo [08/2013]
72 Sardar Patel Stadium by Charles Correa , Ahmedabad, India [02/2015]