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Petropolis Sports-for-Change: A Capsule Chronicle

March 12th, 2012  |  by Flavia Scognamillo and Aikaterini Myrizaki  |  published in Rio Floods Project, Student Blog

Petropolis Sports-for-Change: A Capsule Chronicle

A brief account of the masters field trip to Brazil… Now it’s time for reflections. São Sebastião Cathedral reflected in a skyscraper. Rio de Janeiro’s night skyline seen from the Sugarloaf. Photos by Flavia Scognamillo We are on the plane ride back, only 10 hours away from Barcelona. During the last few days, I’ve kept [...]

Petropolis Sports-for-Change, Day 8 | Last day in Brazil

February 28th, 2012  |  by Alice Liburdi  |  published in Rio Floods Project, Student Blog

Petropolis Sports-for-Change, Day 8 | Last day in Brazil

This is the student blog documenting the master’s field trip to Brazil to continue work on the Rio Floods Petropolis Sports-for-Change project in Brazil, in collaboration with Architecture for Humanity. Click here for the entire series. ———————————— Today is the final day of our field trip; our last day in Brazil. After this vivid and [...]

Petropolis Sports-for-Change, Day 7 | Meeting with local architect Demetre Anastassakis

February 27th, 2012  |  by Ella Chau and Elaine Morales  |  published in Rio Floods Project, Student Blog

Petropolis Sports-for-Change, Day 7 | Meeting with local architect Demetre Anastassakis

This is the student blog documenting the master’s field trip to Brazil to continue work on the Rio Floods Petropolis Sports-for-Change project in Brazil, in collaboration with Architecture for Humanity. Click here for the entire series. ———————————— Part 1 | by Ella Chau Today was the last working day for us to refine our Sports-for-Change [...]

Petropolis Sports-for-Change Day 6 | Revising Initial Proposals

February 22nd, 2012  |  by Andrew Benham  |  published in Rio Floods Project, Student Blog

Petropolis Sports-for-Change Day 6 | Revising Initial Proposals

This is the student blog documenting the master’s field trip to Brazil to continue work on the Rio Floods Petropolis Sports-for-Change project in Brazil, in collaboration with Architecture for Humanity. Click here for the entire series. ———————————— Nogueira, Itaipava – Sunday February 12th 9am: Sunshine and clear skies….. Nathaniel Corum, Architecture for Humanity’s head of [...]

Petropolis Sports-for-Change, Day 5 | Site Visit and Reality Check

February 21st, 2012  |  by Wan-Ting Chiang  |  published in Rio Floods Project, Student Blog

Petropolis Sports-for-Change, Day 5 | Site Visit and Reality Check

This is the student blog documenting the master’s field trip to Brazil to continue work on the Rio Floods Petropolis Sports-for-Change project in Brazil, in collaboration with Architecture for Humanity. Click here for the entire series. ———————————— Second day in Itaipava, the day began with beautiful sunlight and a soft breeze carrying fresh tropical air [...]

Petropolis Sports-for-Change, Day 4 | UN-HABITAT in Rio de Janeiro

February 20th, 2012  |  by Tommaso Sacconi  |  published in Rio Floods Project, Student Blog

Petropolis Sports-for-Change, Day 4 | UN-HABITAT in Rio de Janeiro

This is the student blog documenting the master’s field trip to Brazil to continue work on the Rio Floods Petropolis Sports-for-Change project in Brazil, in collaboration with Architecture for Humanity. Click here for the entire series. ———————————— Eight o’clock: Four taxis are waiting downstairs to drive us to the UN-HABITAT compound. Through the windshields, we [...]

Petropolis Sports-for-Change, Day 3 | From Niemeyer in Niteroi to the Favelas of Rio

February 16th, 2012  |  by Ana Livi and Aude Choppinet  |  published in Rio Floods Project, Student Blog

Petropolis Sports-for-Change, Day 3 | From Niemeyer in Niteroi to the Favelas of Rio

This is the student blog documenting the master’s field trip to Brazil to continue work on the Rio Floods Petropolis Sports-for-Change project in Brazil, in collaboration with Architecture for Humanity. Click here for the entire series. ———————————— Part 1 | by Ana Livi On the third day of our trip we went on a bus [...]

Petropolis Sports-for-Change, Day 2 | The People and Places of Rio

February 14th, 2012  |  by Yuya Fukada  |  published in Rio Floods Project, Student Blog

Petropolis Sports-for-Change, Day 2 | The People and Places of Rio

This is the second student blog entry of the master’s field trip to Brazil to continue work on the Petropolis Sports-for-Change project in Brazil, in collaboration with Architecture for Humanity. ———————————— Rio de Janeiro: Sunny, hot and humid. Looks like all of us are getting used to the heat and ready to set about the [...]

Petropolis Sports-for-Change, Day 1 | Talking Favelas with Jáuregui

February 9th, 2012  |  by Michela Guglielmi  |  published in Featured, Rio Floods Project, Student Blog

Petropolis Sports-for-Change, Day 1 | Talking Favelas with Jáuregui

This is the first student diary entry of the master’s field trip to Brazil to continue work on the Petropolis Sports-for-Change project in Brazil, in collaboration with Architecture for Humanity. ———————————— A warm light bathes a chaotic sea of cubes, the flitter of colorful kites guided by barefoot children hopping atop the rooftops. Antennas, cables, [...]

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