Author Archives: Ligia Milagres

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Lígia Milagres
(Graduation Project, 2nd term/2008, unit master: Silke Kapp)
The following boards summarize the proposal of the Graduation Project developed by me at the School of Architecture at UFMG, in 2008. The project suggests the insertion of free spaces through the routes and quotidian activities of the inhabitants of the oldest part in Bairro [...]

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The following text has been published in Jornal do Brasil online and tells the history – with some very interesting parts – of the High Line, part of a viaduct that was turned into a park in New York last month. It is a great initiative, and the final result of the intervention is amazing [...]

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“Herbs, vegetables, strange flowers and rogue weeds pioneer tiny cracks in the urban landscape.”
CMG Landscape Architecture
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The Crack Garden, made by the Californian office CMG Landscape Architecture, was one of the works awarded in the ASLA 2009 Professional Awards, the present award of the American Society of Landscape Artists. The idea is interesting and contrasts with [...]

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It is worth taking a look at this project here. “Slinkachu” – a pseudonym of some Londoner – breeding miniature scenes on the streets and other places in London, shooting after playing with the scale …

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Here’s the video of Arthur Ganson’s presentation at TED (May 2008). His work explores incredibly trivial, delicate mechanical movements; a dense play with the notions of function and aesthetic experience.

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The 10th International Architecture Forum – Brazil happens on 27 and 28 March, at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, in Ecuador. Carlos was invited to present the work of Vazio S/A in the first day of the event.

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The journalist Patricia Lapertosa wrote a story (see here and here) about Vazio S/A for the latest issue (January-March) of the quarterly magazine Imobiliare.

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Written by Roberto Andrés and published on the journal of the Graduate School of Design at USP (University of Sao Paulo) in June 2009, the following text builds a  keensighted critique on the possible theoretical and practical repercussions of the interventions presented in the book Collateral Spaces (see also the post above  Collateral Spaces – [...]

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A série do artista Scott Teplin, inspirada no filme Alphaville, é bastante curiosa e instiga um olhar cuidadoso sobre cada desenho. O conjunto de invenções minuciosas é feito a partir de isométricas divertidas e permite a exploração visual de uma porção de detalhes bizarros e aspectos íntimos/orgânicos dos espaços (uma analogia inventiva ao controle do [...]