DEBATE FORUM
Throughout the exhibition period of the 14th São Paulo International Architecture Biennial, a rich program of lectures, panels, and debates will take place at the Debate Forum. Here, you will find a list of this complete program, with links to registration, where applicable. Stay tuned! some activities require advance registration, subject to capacity.
We're counting on you to discuss the future of cities in the face of climate change! The event will take place in the Oca auditorium (where the exhibition is located) and is free. Join us!
Attention:
The opening of FórumSP 25, on October 6th, will be at IABsp
The schedule may be updated, stay tuned for changes.
SCHEDULE
19/09 – Friday
OPENING OF THE DEBATE FORUM: CHINESE ARCHITECTURE
1:30 PM to 5:00 PM – China architecture exhibition day
Debate between China and Brazil with Brazilian and Chinese authorities and architects
6pm to 8pm – Sponge Cities
Opening Conference with Kongjian Yu (Peking University – China)
20/09 – Saturday
TRANSFORMING CITIES WITH SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
10am to 12pm – Breakfast with curators and exhibitors
2pm to 3pm – Reuse: European experiences
Debate with Martino Pedrozzi (USI/Mendrisio – Switzerland) and Fernando Rodrigues (Porto, Portugal)
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM – Niterói Experiences: Orla Piratininga Park – Nature-Based Solutions, and Caminho Niemeyer
Debate with Dionê Marinho Castro and Carlos Krykhtine (Niterói City Hall)
4:30 PM to 6:00 PM – Urban Mobility: Planning and Participation
Debate with Thomaz Richez, Luiz Cortez (Metro), Sérgio Avelleda (Insper)
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – Circulating Together on a Metropolis Scale: The Paris Experience
Debate with Pierre Emmanuel Becherand, Madeleine Houbart, Marc Barani (Winners of the Grand Paris Express Prize)
21/09 – Sunday
TRANSFORMING CITIES WITH SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
12:00 p.m. – Launch of The green dip. Covering the city with a forest
Audiovisual with Javier Arpa Fernández (Delft)
3pm to 5pm – Spatial planning, climate challenges and decent housing: Architecture and Urbanism on the COP30 agenda
Round table to discuss documents produced
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Waters: a dialogue between traditions – India, Holland and France
Panel with Eva Pfannes and Sylvain Hartenberg (Ooze – Netherlands/India), Kareena Kochery and Samidha Patil (urbz – India), Duplantier Martin (France)
23/09 – Tuesday
10am to 1pm – Pantanal Action – Table 1
Readings and mapping of a critical territory. A history of socio-environmental transformations and projects developed in the area. A mapping of flooding, landfilling, occupations, and conflicting urbanization policies.
2pm to 5pm – Pantanal Action – Table 2
Innovative drainage and urbanization solutions / Guides and methodologies developed by public administration. New public policy parameters.
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Urban green infrastructure and technologies
Case studies with Eduardo Cavalieri (Vice Mayor of Rio de Janeiro), Pedro Fernandes (SPUrbanismo), and the Director of Oterprem – Draining Floors
24/09 – Wednesday
SP MEETING
10:00 AM to 10:30 AM – Opening
10:30 am to 11:30 am – Real-World Laboratory for Water Security in the Pitimbu River Basin: Participatory Science and Adaptive Governance
Researchers: Karinne Deusdará, Jonathan Mota, Coca and Vanessa, Joana Darc de Medeiros, Adelena Maia, Sandra Saad, Andreia Lema, Heber, Wagna Moura
11:30 am to 12:30 pm – Fog collectors for vegetation irrigation systems: possibility of sustainable climate adaptation to water scarcity in Portada de Manchay, Peru?
Researchers: Loyde Vieira De Abreu Harbich, Mariana Zuliani Theodoro de Lima, Sasquia Hizuru Obata, Anny Cardeli, Ariella Cristine Cabezas Piffer, Pearl Felipette Brocaneli, Andre Luiz Nery Figueiredo, Jose Alonso Pajuelo Bravo, Thiago Oliveira Leite, Taizy de Jesus Santos, Luan Fagner de Almeida Esteves, Julia Tiemi Martins Goia
2pm to 3pm – EMR Sagi, RN
Researchers: Venerando Eustáquio Amaro, Afonso Celso Vanoni De Castro, Ana Marcelino
3pm to 4pm – Climate change and experiences and knowledge in local space: a Real World Experiment in Ponta Negra, Natal/RN
Researchers: Sarah de Andrade e Andrade, Ruth Maria da Costa Ataíde, Venerando Amaro Eustáquio, Zoraide Sousa Pessoa
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM – Climate change and experiences and knowledge in local space: a Real World Experiment in Ponta Negra, Natal/RN
Researchers: Judith, Jean, Thallysson, Ricardo, Roney
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – SP Meeting – INCT Klimapolis Conference: Climate Science, Actor-Network Theory and Real-World Laboratories
Lectures and debate with Tércio Ambrizzi (USP), Stelio Marras (USP) and mediation by Maria de Fátima Andrade (Klimapolis)
25/09 – Thursday
SP MEETING
10:30 am to 12 pm – How can science support the sustainable reuse of conversion areas in metropolises?
Author: Martin Gegner and Jonas Fahlbusch
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm – Climate monitoring in Latin American investigations
Author: Silvia Maciel Savio Chataignier
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM – Between policies and practices: popular territories facing the climate emergency
Author: Maria Isabel Imbrunito and Patrícia Rodrigues Samora
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM – Nature-based solutions for public spaces: reinventing the city through the water cycle
Authorship: Pierre-André Martin, Amanda Saboya and Caroline Fernandes
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – SP Meeting Conferences – Promoting the circular economy through reuse
Lectures and debate with Maarten Gielen (Halfwerk – Belgium), Jörg Schröder (Leibniz University Hannover – Germany) and mediation by Pedro Alban
26/09 – Friday
SP MEETING
10:30 am to 12 pm – Tree planting in climate mitigation and adaptation in cities: new paradigms
Author: Rubens do Amaral
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm – Contemporary Architecture and Climate Emergency: Sustainable Paths between Public and Private
Author: Renata Gilio – KAAN Architecten
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM – Climate federalism and sustainable local urban development
Authorship: Alexandre Fontenelle-Weber and Fernando Túlio Salva Rocha Franco
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM – Heritage at risk: ancestral cosmologies and climate action
Authorship: Bruno Amaral de Andrade, Sandoval dos Santos Amparo and Luana Cristina da Silva Campos
Sesc Architecture Competition Awards Ceremony
6:00 p.m. – Announcement of the results of the Sesc Architecture Competition – Presidente Prudente Thermas Unit
September 27th – Saturday
SP MEETING
10:30 am to 12 pm – Urbanized coastal regions: amphibious and poikilothermic territory
Authorship: Fabrício Ribeiro dos Santos Godoi
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm – Cities in climate crisis: planning and resilience in vulnerable territories
Authorship: Angélica Benatti Alvim and Ruth Maria da Costa Athaíde
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM – Beyond architecture: the role of the architect in the climate crisis
Authorship: George Alexandre Ferreira Dantas and Francisco Ricardo Avelino Dantas Filho
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM – Community risk reduction plans in times of climate crisis
Authorship: Fernanda Accioly Moreira, Francisco de Assis Comaru, Leonardo Ferreira da Silva and Felipe Rakauskas
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – SP Meeting Conference on Climate Science and Cities Research
Lectures and debate with Edmilson Dias de Freitas (USP), Maria de Fátima Andrade (USP) and Renato Anelli (curator of the 14th BIAsp)
28/09 – Sunday
SP MEETING
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM – Rethinking office buildings: adaptive reuse as urban strategies
Author: Elena Guidetti and Caterina Barioglio
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM – Shared mobility – Urban planning nexus for accelerating urban mobility system
Author: Aksel Ersoy and Diego Hernando Florez Ayala
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM – The urban microclimate: a thermal construction of socio-environmental imprints (Reforesing cities)
Author: Mariami Maghlakelidze
6pm to 9pm – SP Meeting Conference – Climate Urbanism
With architect Pedro Henrique de Christo (Harvard Brazil Office) and architect Carlos Leite (FAU-Mackenzie)
1/10 – Wednesday
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Means of production
Conference with Jane Hall and guest speakers Felipe Carnevalli and Mariana Meneghetti. Opening remarks by Rafael Ferraz (British Council)
2/10 – Thursday
URBAN FORESTS
10am to 1:30pm – Amerindian Farms in Oca. Amazonia from the Margins to the Extremes: Labya-Yala of FAU-USP
Labya-Yala. Laboratory of Decolonial Studies at FAU-USP.
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM – Trees and Thermal Justice
Lecture and debate with Lucas Gobatti (MIT and ETH Zürich), Gabriela Alves (Perifa Sustentável) and Rodrigo F. Iacovini (Pólis Institute)
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Preserving Biodiversity in the City
Panel with Adriana Sandre, Ricardo Cardim. Guest speaker: Marina Bragante, and mediation by Leandro Fontana (IABsp).
3/10 – Friday
REUSE FOR HOUSING AND CULTURE
10am to 11:30am – Living First: FICA and Father Júlio Lancellotti project for homeless people in São Paulo
Lecture and debate with Simone Gatti and Aline Araújo (FICA Fund), Father Júlio Lancellotti and Renata Quintella (Our Journey Institute)
11:30 am to 1 pm – Public housing policies for the homeless population
Lecture and debate with the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Human Rights, Caixa Econômica Federal and FICA.
2pm to 5pm – Innovating the Regularization of Affordable Housing
Panel with Fernando da Mata Pimentel (CEO of Emgea), Antônio César and José Carlos Alves (Director of Operations of Emgea) and guests.
6pm to 8pm – Cultural facilities in adapted historic buildings
Lecture and debate with Li Hu (Open Architecture) and mediation by Carlos Eduardo Comas
4/10 – Saturday
10am to 11am – Performance-lecture Geography, Memory and Landscape
With Gian Spina
11am to 12pm – Topologies of softness – Clouds, bodies of air & water
With Gabi Schillig
12pm to 1pm – The choreography of crumbs: reconstructing territory through food
With David Menzi
5pm to 6pm – Discussion round with Instituto Cambará and guided tour
6pm to 8pm – Film: When Brazil was modern (Otis support)
Preceded by a conversation and presentation by director Fabiano Maciel
5/10 – Sunday
CIRCULARITY IN THE CITY
11am to 1pm – Multispecies architectures
Lecture and debate with Husos arquitectos (Spain), Festival agrocuir (Spain), Leyuan Li Roundtable (Your greenhouse is your kitchen)
2pm to 5pm – Urban Agriculture: the circularity of food in the city
Lecture and debate with Leyuan Li (Your greenhouse is your kitchen), Office for Roundtable (Colorado), Lia Palm (Sampa+ Rural), Juliana Tângari (Comida do Amanhã LUPPA), Luisa Haddad (Pe de Feijão)
6pm to 8pm – Cycles of construction and deconstruction: circular design
Lecture and debate with Akemi Ino, Leticia Grappi, Natalia Lessa Arquivo SSA, Karina Schwartzman and mediation by Graziela Nivoloni
6/10 – Monday
SP FORUM 25
6pm to 9pm – Opening at IABsp – Bento Freitas Street, 306
Lecture with Carlos Nobre and organizers of the SP 25 Forum
7/10 – Tuesday
SP FORUM 25
2:00 PM to 3:45 PM – Thematic Session 1. Environmental heritage, climate change and public policies
Presentation of works.
4:00 PM to 5:45 PM – Thematic Session 2. Living with water, adapting infrastructure and redefining waste
Presentation of works.
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm – Table 1: Environment, Infrastructure and Urban Risks
With Joice Berth (to be confirmed), Fernando Nogueira (UFABC), Marussia Whately (Institute of Water and Sanitation), Renato Anelli (Klimapolis/INCT/Mackenzie). Coordination/mediation: Nabil Bonduki (FAUUSP). Reporting: Carolina Heldt (Escola da Cidade)
8/10 – Wednesday
SP FORUM 25
2:00 PM to 3:45 PM – Thematic Session 3. Rehabilitating architectural and urban heritage, valuing pre-existing structures and building green
Presentation of works.
4:00 PM to 5:45 PM – Thematic Session 4. Circulating and accessing a sustainable city together and 5. Promoting decent housing and climate justice
Presentation of works.
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm – Table 2: City Production, Mobility and Heritage
With Adriano Borges (Insper), Bianca Tavolari (Cebrap/Tide Setubal), Evaniza Rodrigues (UNMM), Flavia Brito (FAUUSP). Coordination/mediation: Angélica Alvin (Mackenzie). Reporting: Maria Cristina da Silva Leme (FAUUSP)
9/10 – Thursday
SP FORUM 25
2:00 PM to 3:45 PM – Thematic Session 5. Promoting decent housing and climate justice
Presentation of works.
4:00 PM to 5:45 PM – Thematic Session 6. Governing with inclusion, participation and social control
Presentation of works.
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm – Table 3: Governance, Representation and Social Participation
With Maria Lucia Refinetti Martins (representation of universities), Eduardo Della Manna (representation of businesspeople), Silvio Oksman (IABsp), Sidney Pita (ULC) and José de Abraão (Northwest Zone Movement – representation of the housing movement). Coordination/mediation: Daniel Montandon (Uninove). Reporting: João Meyer (FAUUSP)
10/10 – Friday
RISK-FREE OUTSKIRTS
10am to 12:30pm – The role of PMRR risk mapping for peripheral communities in the context of climate change
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM – SBN Peripheries Feasibility Study
4pm to 6pm – The role of PCRAs in peripheral communities in the context of climate change
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – SBN in the adaptation of the peripheries to climate change
11/10 – Saturday
ARCHITECTURES AROUND THE WORLD
11am to 1pm – Pan-African Architecture Biennale
With Omar Degan and coordination by Ligia Nobre
EU TALKS
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM – Architecture for Learning and Civic Use
With Gustav Düsing & Max Hacke (Germany – MIES Award Winners), Matheus Seco (Bloco Arquitetos)
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM – Culture and Public Architecture
With Elena Orte and Guillermo Sevillano (EUmies 2024 Revelation Winner), Carlos Aberto Maciel (Associated Architects)
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM – Reconnecting with Nature & Circular Design
With Florian Foerster (Representative of Bauhaus Earth – Germany), Gloria Cabral (Pending)
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM – Architecture of Belonging: Interpreting Heritage Through Place
With Amélia Tavella (French architect finalist for the EUmies 2024 Prize), Adriano Mascarenhas (Sotero Arquitetos – Bahia)
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Palmas, the ecological capital of Tocantins for 36 years
Round table with guests and launch of Palmas City Hall contest
12/10 – Sunday
TRAINING, CITIZENSHIP AND NATURE
10am to 1pm – Childhoods and Climate in the City
With Ateliê Navio, Allma, Parliamentary Front PI, Combi Flora, Mobile Naturalized Park, Urban95, BR Network of Collaborative Urbanism
2pm to 3pm – Doing a lot with a little: Anthropocene and the crisis of architecture
Lecture with Wellington Cançado (Piseagrama)
3pm to 4pm – In Formation: Architectures for a Planet in Transition
Lecture with Esteban Benavides (Al Borde, Ecuador)
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM – Earth – building a sustainable and democratic future
Table with Alain Briatte, Anaïs Guéguen-Perrin, Argus Caruso, Francisco Barros, representative of the MST
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Living With – French Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and AJAP – Albums of Young Architects and Landscape Architects
With the Curator of the Living with (Vivre Avec) French Pavilion in Venice, Dieu & Bicho Architectes, Danielle Khoury Gregorio and Raquel Khoury Gregorio
October 14th – Tuesday
TRAINING, CITIZENSHIP AND NATURE
10am to 1pm – Urgent Panorama – Panorama
With André Dal'Bo, Welton Oliveira, Mariana Fix (FAU USP), Nelson Brissac, Bete França (SMUL), Pedro Fernandes (SP Urbanismo), Afonso Castro, Jéssica Fernandes (FAU Mackenzie)
2pm to 5pm – Urgent Panorama – Paraisópolis
With Carmen Silva (Homeless Movement of the Center – MSTC), Janilton de Oliveira (Vice-president of the Residents and Commerce Union of Paraisópolis), Denis de Souza Neves (ArqCoop+), Lucca Maia (SP Urbanism)
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Launch of the “Nature-Based Education” Guide
Jerá Guarani (indigenous leader and activist of the Guarani Mbya ethnic group), Fernanda Pacopahyba (FNDE), Luiz Miguel Martins Garcia (UNDIME), Jaume Barnada (Climate Refuges project, Barcelona)
October 15th – Wednesday
TRAINING, CITIZENSHIP AND NATURE
10am to 1pm – For an Anti-Racist Adaptation
With Mariana Belmont (Geledes), Rodrigo Jesus (Greenpeace), Diosmar FIlho (Iyaleta), Thaynah Gutierrez (Anti-Racist Adaptation Network)
3pm to 5pm – Seminar on Culture and Contemporary Reality at Escola da Cidade
Conversation with curators: Marcella Arruda, Karina Silva and Renato Anelli
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Technical assistance to communities in Bahia: collaboration as research and research as collaboration
With Daniel Marostegan (Model Conservation Site), Débora Didonê (Collective Sites), Zara Francisco Rodrigues (Show Your Neighborhood), Glória Cecília dos Santos (FAUUFBA), Thais Rosa (Periferia Viva at the UFBA Residence)
October 16th – Thursday
CAU/SP
10am to 1pm – Presidents' Forum
2pm to 5pm – Presidents' Forum
REUSE IN LARGE URBAN CENTERS
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Revive the Center
Panel with Eduardo Paes (Mayor of Rio de Janeiro/National Front of Mayors), Alê Youssef (former Secretary of Culture of São Paulo), Marta Moreira (MMBB)
October 17th – Friday
PERIPHERIES IN CLIMATE ACTION
10am to 1pm – Citizen Science in Climate Adaptation – experiences in Bahia
With Talita Stael (Map of the outskirts), Marta Raquel da Silva Alves (Brazilian Observation Network), Luisa Gusmão (Escalar Collective), Paulo Zangalli Junior (Thermal Maps of Salvador)
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM – Territorial climate action and justice
With Georgia Haddad (Procomum), Claudia Gibeli (Casa Fund), Luana Alves (Risk-Free Periphery), Andrea Coutinho (CBJC) Vitor Mihessen (Comuá/Casa Fluminense)
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Living Periphery
With Guilherme Simões
October 18th – Saturday
THE ROLE OF ARCHITECTURE IN CLIMATE ACTION
10am to 1pm – Taking action for climate adaptation from the Public Authorities
With Taina de Paula (City Hall of Rio de Janeiro), Tamires de Oliveira (City Hall of São Paulo, SVMA), Rafael Passos (IPHAN RS), Cecilia Sá (MinC), Flavio de Tavares (SNP) and mediation by Raquel Schenkman (President IABsp)
2pm to 5pm – Building a decarbonized and climate-resilient urban environment
With Birgitte Krohn (Consulate of Denmark), Elisabete França, Henrique Goes (C40), SIURB, SMUL, SECLIMA, Denise Duarte (FAU-USP), Andrea Bergamaschi (IDB) and mediation by Cristiane Borba (C40)
4:00 PM – Book launch of the 2nd Climate Emergency and Cities Seminar
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM – Closing Session of the 14th BIAsp – Paths to the Future
With Lygia Nassar (Lab da Cidade), Taynara Gomes (CAU PA), Odilo Almeida (national president IAB), Cid Blanco (ODS/UIA Commission), mediation by Raquel Schenkman (president IABsp).
7:30 pm to 8:15 pm – International Schools Competition Award at the 14th International Architecture Biennial
8:15 p.m. – Closing Cocktail