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The postgraduate course Cidades em Disputa – pesquisa, história e processos sociais, at Escola da Cidade, hosted Tainá de Paula, who delivered the open lecture “Body and Territorialities: The Necessary Debate on the Non-City.” Raised in one of the favelas of Praça Seca, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, the architect and urban planner defines herself as a Black woman, mother, and activist for urban struggles, particularly in the peripheries and favelas. During her talk, Tainá—who has also served as a city councilor since 2020—discussed subalternized territories and the “non-city,” which excludes and segregates, while stressing the urgent need to build an agenda to break away from these conditions through racial, class, and gender emancipation.

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Escola da Cidade, through the Architecture, Education, and Society and Mobility and Contemporary City courses of its Graduate Program, in partnership with the Alana Institute's Child and Nature program, invited Ursula Troncoso to deliver two lectures. Aiming to foster an agenda for creating greener, more accessible, and child-friendly cities that places childhood at the center of the urban debate, the initiative recognizes the need to build a collaborative network between universities, public officials, and civil society to promote actions centered on urban innovation, quality of life, sustainability, and well-being for both children and the planet.

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Escola da Cidade, through the Geography, City, and Architecture course of its Graduate Program, hosted architect Camilo Restrepo as a guest speaker to discuss how academic interests continue to drive professional development. During the lecture, in addressing the relationship between territory and design, Restrepo pointed to the Cordillera not as a border but as a compelling condition for architecture in the Tropics, where spatial relationships are almost never horizontal or limited to the floor plan.

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Through its Seminar on Culture and Contemporary Reality course, Escola da Cidade hosted sociologist, professor, and researcher Jessé Souza to discuss social classes in contemporary Brazil, exploring the challenges of overcoming inequality and the impact of these issues on the city.

Through the Contemporary Culture and Reality Seminar course—then coordinated by Professor José Guilherme Pereira, together with Baque Cidade and the Carmen Portinho Feminist Collective—Escola da Cidade welcomed Mestra Joana Cavalcante, from Nação do Maracatu Encanto do Pina, for a discussion on what Maracatu is and how, in its local territories—with the city of Recife (PE) serving as an emblematic case—it resists as a social organization while exposing issues such as racism, sexism, real estate speculation, and socio-spatial segregation.

During a talk at Escola da Cidade, as part of the Seminar on Contemporary Culture and Reality course coordinated by Professor José Guilherme Pereira Leite, philosopher, sociologist, and playwright José Fernando Peixoto draws on two events from 1968—the murder of high school student Edson Luís in Rio de Janeiro and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.—to discuss logics surrounding the Black body and how they manifest in urban dynamics of control and oppression.

The postgraduate program at Escola da Cidade — Geography, City, and Architecture — welcomed David Barragán for a series of lectures. During his visit, we interviewed the partner of Al Borde, an award-winning practice recognized by the 100+ Best Architecture Firms 2019, Panorama Iberoamericano de Obras, XI BIAU Asunción, and Best Feature Documentary at the 5th CINETEKTON, among others. 

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The graduate program of Escola da Cidade — Geography, City, and Architecture — hosted architects Solano Benítez and Gloria Cabral for a series of lectures. On this occasion, an interview was conducted with the partners of Gabinete de Arquitetura, a firm that has won awards such as the SI Swiss Architectural Award 2007-2008 (Switzerland), the AIA Honorary Fellowship 2012 (USA), and the Golden Lion at the 2016 Venice Biennale.

Escola da Cidade, through its postgraduate program Geography, City, and Architecture, hosted Peruvian architect Juan Carlos Doblado for a series of lectures. The architect presented his architectural work, some of the key influences on his career, and contemporary Peruvian architecture, while also exploring themes related to teaching in the architecture department at the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), where he is a professor. Students Alline Lais Nunes, Carolina Lyra, and Adelí Palacios, invited by the Scientific Council of Escola da Cidade (EC), interviewed him on several of the topics covered during the lectures.

The postgraduate program at Escola da Cidade — Geography, City, and Architecture — hosted architects Jean Pierre Crousse and Sandra Barclay for a series of lectures. During their visit, we interviewed the partners of Barclay & Crousse Architecture, winners of awards such as ArchDaily in Spanish's Building of the Year (2019), the XVIII Peruvian Architecture Biennial (2018), and the Oscar Niemeyer Prize (2016), among others.