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) and mediation by Renata Falzoni
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 with Vera França e Leite and Henrique Barandier (IAB-RJ); Hannah Machado and Luiz Florence (GT Clima IABsp); Ana Paula Khoury (CPUAT CAU/SP); Miguel Buzzar (Anparq), Marcos Bros (IAB-MA); mediation Raquel Schenkman (IAB-SP).
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). Mediated by Claudia Visoni
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 Lucas Padilha (Secretary of Culture of Rio de Janeiro), Pedro Fernandes (SPUrbanismo), Marcos Barral (Oterprem – Drainage Floors), and mediation by Camila Reis (Natureza Urbana and IABsp)
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
7:00 pm – 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 José Renato Nalini (Secretary of Climate Change), Edmilson Dias de Freitas (USP), Maria de Fátima Andrade (USP). Mediated by Renato Anelli (Mackenzie Presbyterian University and curator of the 14th BIAsp) and Judith Johanna Hoelzemann
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 Pedro Henrique HF de Christo (Principal +D, 4D and Harvard Climate Urban Resilience Brazil Group), Diane Davis (Charles Dyer Norton, Harvard Graduate School of Design and Harvard Climate Urban Resilience Brazil Group), Carlos Leite (FAU Mackenzie and Harvard Climate Urban Resilience Brazil Group), Elena Tudela (ORU-Office of Urban Resilience), Paulo Artaxo (IPCC-ONU and CEAS-USP)
1/10 – Wednesday
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Means of production
Conference with Jane Hall and guest panelists Felipe Carnevalli and Mariana Meneghetti. Opening remarks by Rafael Ferraz (British Council) and mediation by Marcella Arruda.
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
Table with Patricia Sanches (Cashier), Ricardo Cardim, Adriana Sandre, and Oscar Bressane. Guest speaker: Marina Bragante. Moderated by Leandro Fontana (IABsp)
3/10 – Friday
REUSE FOR HOUSING AND CULTURE
10am to 1pm – Housing policies for the homeless population and the experience of the FICA Fund
With Father Julio Lancellotti, Marta Machado (Ministry of Justice), Élida Lauris dos Santos (Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship), Augusto Rabelo (Ministry of Cities), Carlos Hashimoto (Caixa Econômica Federal), and Simone Gatti (FICA Fund) – mediation and curation
2pm to 5pm – Innovating the Regularization of Affordable Housing
Panel with Fernando Damata Pimentel (CEO of Emgea), Antônio César Bochenek (Federal Judge of the 4th Region), José Carlos Alves (Director of Operations of Emgea) and guests
6pm to 8pm – To Connect: Radically and Poetically
Lecture and debate with Li Hu (s)leisure Founder of OPEN Architecture) and mediation by Carlos Eduardo Comas
4/10 – Saturday
5pm to 6pm – Discussion round with Instituto Cambará and guided tour
6pm to 8pm – Film: When Brazil was modern
Preceded by a conversation and presentation by director Fabiano Maciel
5/10 – Sunday
CIRCULARITY IN THE CITY
2pm to 5pm – Urban Agriculture: the circularity of food in the city
Lecture and debate with Lia Palm (Sampa+ Rural), Roberta Curan (Food of Tomorrow), Luisa Haddad (Bean Stalk), Leyuan Li (Office For Roundtable), and mediation by Vitória Leão (CPDA/UFRRJ)
6pm to 8pm – Cycles of construction and deconstruction: circular design
Lecture and debate with Akemi Ino, Leticia Grappi, Natalia Lessa, Karina Schwartzman and mediation by Graziela Nivoloni
6/10 – Monday
SP FORUM 25
7pm 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.
6:00 PM to 8:45 PM – Panel 1: Environment, Infrastructure and Urban Risks
With Joice Berth, 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
Presentation of works.
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm – Panel 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.
6:00 PM to 8:45 PM – Panel 3: Governance, Representation and Social Participation
Andre Lerner, Maria Lucia Refinetti Martins, Eduardo Della Manna, Silvio Oksman, Sidney Pita and José de Abraão. Coordination/mediation: Daniel Montandon (Uninove). Reporting: João Meyer (FAUUSP)
10/10 – Friday
RISK-FREE OUTSKIRTS
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM – Risk-Free Periphery in the Context of Climate Change
4pm to 6pm – Knowing to Transform: Community Climate Risk Reduction and Adaptation Plans
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – Inclusive Adaptation: Nature-Based Solutions in the Peripheries
11/10 – Saturday
ARCHITECTURES AROUND THE WORLD
11am to 12pm – Learning to inhabit the Anthropocene: the crisis of architecture
Lecture with Wellington Cançado (Piseagrama)
EU TALKS
2pm to 3pm – Architecture for Learning and Civic Use
With Gustav Düsing & Max Hacke (Germany – MIES Award Winners), Matheus Seco (Bloco Arquitetos)
3pm to 4pm – Culture and Public Architecture
With Elena Orte and Guillermo Sevillano (EUmies 2024 Revelation Winner), Carlos Aberto Maciel (Associated Architects)
4pm to 5pm – Reconnecting with Nature & Circular Design
With Florian Foerster (Representative of Bauhaus Earth – Germany), Gloria Cabral (Pending)
5pm to 6pm – Architecture of Belonging: Interpreting Heritage Through Place
With Amélia Tavella (French architect finalist for the EUmies 2024 Prize), Adriano Mascarenhas (Sotero Arquitetos – Bahia)
Palmas, the ecological capital of Tocantins for 36 years
[CANCELED] 7pm to 8:30pm – Round table with guests and launch of Palmas City Hall contest
12/10 – Sunday
TRAINING, CITIZENSHIP AND NATURE
10:30 am to 12 pm – Childhoods and Climate: Climate Justice in Vulnerable Territories
Ateliê Navio, Casa Ecoativa, Coletivo Flutua, Descubra Brincando, Ecobairro, Paisagem Design Regenerativo, Flora: nature in motion, Parliamentary Front for Childhood, Brazilian Network of Collaborative Urbanism, Urban 95
3pm to 4pm – Doing a lot with a little: architectures for a planet in transition
Lecture with Esteban Benavides (Al Borde, Ecuador), mediated by Pedro Rossi (Cultural Director, IAB-DN)
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
5:45 PM to 8:00 PM – French presence at the Biennale and screening of the film AJAP – Albums of Young Architects and Landscape Architects
With Rachel Gregório, Anaïs Guéguen-Perrin and Daniel Bicho (Dieu & Bicho Architectes). Mediation by Valter Caldana (FAU Mackenzie)
October 14th – Tuesday
TRAINING, CITIZENSHIP AND NATURE
10am to 1pm – Urgent Overview
2pm to 5pm – Urgent Overview
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), Pedro Linhares (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 Diosmar Filho and Gisele Moura. Mediated by Marcella Arruda
3pm to 5pm – Academic Meetings: Escola da Cidade talks with the curators
Conversation with curators: Marcella Arruda, Karina Silva and Renato Anelli
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM – Technical assistance to communities in Bahia
With Thais Rosa (Periphery Living in the UFBA Residence), Débora Didonê (Collective Flowerbeds), Glória Cecília dos Santos (FAUUFBA), Zara Francisco Rodrigues (Show Your Neighborhood), Flora Tavares (TRAMA), Daniel Morastegan (FAUUFBA)
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 and president of the National Front of Mayors), Alê Youssef (former Secretary of Culture of São Paulo), Marta Moreira (partner at the MMBB office)
October 17th – Friday
PERIPHERIES IN CLIMATE ACTION
10am to 1pm – Citizen Science in Climate Adaptation
With Luisa Gusmão (Escalar Collective), Marta Raquel da Silva Alves (Brazilian Observation Network), Rian de Queiroz, mediated by Clevio Rabelo
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM – Black Women for Climate: Strengthening Urban Peripheries
With Ana Claudia Barbosa (leader of the Promised Land Occupation – São Paulo/SP), Bizza Araújo (Coordinator at the MTST Solitary Kitchen in Sol Nascente – Brasília/DF), Dayane Monteiro (leader of the Aratu Collectors Club – João Pessoa/PB), Lília Melo (leader of the Terra Firme Film Club – Belém/PA) and Simone Sigale (Co-coordinator of the Collective Women of the Quebrada – Belo Horizonte/MG)
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM – Territorial climate action and justice
With Luana Alves (Periphery Without Risk), Claudia Gibeli Gomes (Casa Fund), Vitor Mihessen (Casa Fluminense), mediation by Alan Brum
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 Tainá de Paula (City of Rio de Janeiro), Tamires de Oliveira (City of São Paulo), Cecilia Sá (MinC), Rafael Passos (Iphan-RS), Flávio Tavares (SNP), Thiago Reis (Secult-Bahia). Mediation Raquel Schenkman (President of IABsp and architect of SMC – PMSP)
2pm to 5pm – Achieving decarbonization and resilience in the built environment
C40 Cities & Consulate of Denmark
6:30 PM to 8:15 PM – Closing Session + Awards Ceremony of the 14th BIAsp International Schools Competition
With Camila Camargo (CAU/SP), Taynara Gomes (CAU/PA), Pedro Rossi (IAB Cultural Director), Cid Blanco (SDG/UIA Commission), Raquel Schenkman (IABsp president), curators, Lucas Fehr and competition jury
October 19th – Sunday
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM – Let the water flow…A tribute to architect Kongjiang Yu and cinematographers Luiz Ferraz and Rubens Crispim