Curriculum Vitae Fernando Luiz Lara Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning University of Michigan 2000 Bonisteel blvd Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2069 ferlara@umich.edu phone # 734 763 4584 Education 2001 Ph.D. in Architecture, University of Michigan, USA. 1998 M.S. Architecture, University of Michigan, USA. 1994-1996 M.A. Semiotics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil 1988-1993 B.Arch. Architecture and Urban Planning Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, BRAZIL Registration and professional / honorary societies Registered architect in Brazil, CREA MG 59360 Member of Brazilian Institute of Architects, IAB Member of Brazilian DOCOMOMO (working party for documentation and conservation of modern movement) Academic and Professional Experience 2004-present Assistant Professor of Architecture, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan 2002-2004 Professor Adjunto, Escola de Arquitetura, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil. 1995-2002 Professor Adjunto, Departmento de Arquitetura, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brasil. 2001-2002 Assistant Professor at the Graduate Program in Spatial Information Treatment, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais. 2000-2001 Graduate Fellow, The Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan 1999-2000 Studio Instructor, School of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University, Detroit, MI, USA, winter 1999 and winter 2000. Scholarly work Books LARA, Fernando. The Rise of Popular Modernist Architecture in Brazil, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2008. LARA, Fernando.+ MARQUES, Sonia, editors, Projetar: desafios e conquistas da pesquisa e do ensino de projeto. Rio de Janeiro: EVC, 2003.
Book Chapters LARA, Fernando The form of the informal, investigating Brazilian self-built housing solutions in: Rethinking the Informal Cities: Critical Perspectives from Latin America, edited by Felipe Hernandez, Oxford & New York: Berghahn Books, forthcoming 2009. LARA, Fernando. Explicit ruins: architecture is more visible when it fails, in: What is a City? Rethinking the Urban After Hurricane Katrina, edited by Phil Steinberg and Rob Shields, University of Georgia Press, 2008, pp. 57-60. LARA, Fernando. Towards a design doctorate in Brazil: resistances and opportunities, in Unthinkable Doctorate, edited by. M. Belderbos & J. Verbeke, Bruxelles: Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst 2007, pp.209-214. LARA, Fernando. Designed Memories, the roots of Brazilian modernism, in Memory and Architecture, edited by Eleni Bastea, Albuquerque: U of New Mexico Press, 2004, pp.79-98. LARA, Fernando. (In)disciplina: considerações sobre a autonomia do ensino de projeto. In: LARA, Fernando & MARQUES, Sonia. (Org.). Projetar: desafios e conquistas da pesquisa e do ensino de projeto. Rio de Janeiro, 2003, v. 1, p. 56-63. LARA, Fernando & MARQUES, Sonia. O projeto do projeto. Introduction in: LARA, Fernando & MARQUES, Sonia. (Org.). Projetar: desafios e conquistas da pesquisa e do ensino de projeto. Rio de Janeiro, 2003, v. 1, p. 7-10. LARA, Fernando. Geometrias Belorizontinas: ficções e realidades, Imagens Brasileiras, org L. Luz and W. Bittar, Rio de Janeiro: Papel Virtual, 2000, pp.97-114. LARA, Fernando. Popular Modernism: The Brazilian Experience, City, Space and Globalization, edited by H. Dadenkar, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1998, pp.122-125. Articles Peer reviewed journals LARA, Fernando + KIM, Youngchul. Built Global, Lived Local: a study of how two diametrically opposed cultures reacted to similar modern housing solutions, paper accepted for publication at the Journal of Architecture and Planning Research, forthcoming in 2009. LARA, Fernando. Eolo Maia s hybrid architecture: the crossroads of information paper accepted for publication at AXIS Journal of the Caribbean School of Architecture, no.10, forthcoming in 2009. LARA, Fernando. Filming Under Niemeyer s shadows, review of Oscar Niemeyer, un architecte engage dans le siècle, DVD directed by Marc-Henri Wajnberg, 2003, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol 66. 4, pp. 551-553, December 2007. LARA, Fernando. Design dissemination: evidence from 1950s Brazil, The Journal of Architecture, vol. 11, n. 2, pp. 241-255, 2006. LARA, Fernando. Brazilian Popular Modernism: analyzing the dissemination of architectural vocabulary, Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 23:2, summer 2006, pp. 91-112. LARA, Fernando. In the dark all you have left is architecture, Space and Culture, vol. 9, February 2006, pp.26-27. LARA, Fernando. Modernismo Popular: elogio ou imitação?, Cadernos de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, v. 12, n. 13, p. 171-184, Dec 2005. LARA, Fernando. Interview with Bernard Tschumi, TOPOS, vol 1, no. 3, Belo Horizonte: EA/UFMG, 2005.
LARA, Fernando & BRASILEIRO, Vanessa. Interview with Herman Hertzberger. Cadernos de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Belo Horizonte, v. 9, n. 10, p. 9-16, 2003. LARA, Fernando. One Step Back, Two Steps Forward: The Maneuvering of Brazilian Avant-Garde. Journal of Architectural Education, v. 55/4, p. 211-219, 2002. LARA, Fernando & ÇIL, Ela. In-discipline: an Architectural Dilemma, Dimensions, vol 14, Ann Arbor: TCAUP, 2000, pp.169-176. LARA, Fernando. Reflexões sobre um velho dilema, Cadernos de Arquitetura e Urbanismo vol 6, Belo Horizonte: PUC-Minas, 1999. BAHIA, Denise M. e LARA, Fernando. O uso de modelos tridimensionais no processo de projeto, Cadernos de Arquitetura e Urbanismo vol 6, Belo Horizonte: PUC-Minas, 1999. LARA, Fernando. Between Deserts and Labyrinths: A fictional analysis of the City Dimensions, vol. 12, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Spring 1998, p. 42-47. LARA, Fernando. Belo Horizonte à Beira-Mar, Cadernos de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, vol 5, Belo Horizonte: PUC-Minas, 1997, p.137-186. LARA, Fernando. Designing with a single LINE. Dimensions, vol. 11, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Spring 1997, p. 18-23. LARA, Fernando. Belo Horizonte Fundada a Beira-Mar (Belo Horizonte Founded at the Sea Shore), Revista AP Design vol. 03, November 1995. Professional journals LARA, Fernando. Kieran + Timberlake em Ann Arbor, Michigan. Revista AU Arquitetura e Urbanismo, São Paulo: v.174, p.58-65, September 2008. LARA, Fernando. Eco-materialidad, casa Vila Del Rey, 30-60 Cuaderno Latinoamericano de Arquitectura, Cordoba: I+P editorial, vol 6, 2005, pp. 62-69. LARA, Fernando. Diário de Ateliê/Studio Journal. AR: revista de arquitetura, ensino e cultura. Coronel Fabriciano: UnilesteMG, ano 2, n 2, Dec 2005, p. 100-105, ISSN 1806-7700. LARA, Fernando. Considerações sobre a herança modernista popular construída no Brasil Boletim IAB-SC (journal of the Brazilian Institute of Architects, Santa Catarina), May-June 2005, pp. 1, 3. LARA, Fernando. 25 anos de arquitetura brasileira em revista. Projeto Design, São Paulo, v. 275, p. 28-29, 2003. LARA, Fernando. Vizinhos do Pateta, Revista IAB-MG, October 1999. LARA, Fernando & MARTIN, Rochelle, Lições de Arquitetura: Cranbrook Academy. Revista AU Arquitetura e Urbanismo, São Paulo: v.98, p.45-48, Outubro de 2001. LARA, Fernando. Arquitetura brasileira volta às páginas das publicações internacionais na década de 90, Revista Projeto Design, São Paulo: Arco Editorial, January 2001, pp.8,9. LARA, Fernando. Arquiteturas Glocalizadas, Revista AU, no. 89, Abril de 2000, pp.62-63. LARA, Fernando. Primeiros, Terceiros e outros Mundos em Arquitetura. Boletim Óculum no. 37, November 1999. LARA, Fernando. Borges e o Fantástico na Arquitetura, a periferia das grandes cidades brasileiras entre o labirinto e o deserto (Borges and the Fantastic in Architecture). Revista AP Design no. 05, September 1996, p.74-77. LARA, Fernando. Circus urbi et orbi, honor award on Opera Prima 1994 Competition, Revista Projeto, São Paulo, August 1994.
Other published work LARA, Fernando. Mexican Modernity by Ruben Gallo, book review in Technology and Culture, vol 49, April 2008, pp. 39-40. LARA, Fernando. Ars longa vita brevis, book review of Luiz Amorim s Obituário Arquitetônico: Pernambuco Modernista, in Resenhas Online, http://www.vitruvius.com.br/resenhas/textos/resenha181.asp, November 2007. LARA, Fernando + NAIR, Stella, The Brazilianization of Brasília, Journal of the International Institute, Winter 2007, vol 14, n. 2, p.10. LARA, Fernando. O desenho da delicadeza, book review of Helio Pinon s Paulo Mendes da Rocha, in Resenhas Online, http://www.vitruvius.com.br/resenhas/textos/resenha159.asp, February 2007. LARA, Fernando; LOUREIRO, Claudia & MARQUES, Sonia. Pensando a Pós-graduação em arquitetura e urbanismo no Brasil: 2005, Arquitextos periódico mensal de textos de arquitetura, http://www.vitruvius.com.br/arquitextos/arq000/esp334.asp, October 2005 LARA, Fernando. Competition entry mentioned and printed (thumbnail size) on Emergent Memory, National Aids Memorial Competition, edited by Neal Schwartz, San Francisco, 2004, 98pp. LARA, Fernando. A insustentável leveza da modernidade, Arquitextos periódico mensal de textos de arquitetura, http://www.vitruvius.com.br/arquitextos/arq000/esp276.asp, February 2005. LARA, Fernando + MARTELETO, Leticia, Cutting the wire: the story of the landless movement in Brazil, Book review, Progress in Development Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, 78-79, 2004. LARA, Fernando. Brazil, Pampulha, Burle Marx, Rio de Janeiro, contributor to Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture, edited by Stephen Sennott, Chicago: Routledge, 2003. LARA, Fernando, Depois do World Trade Center, Arquitextos periódico mensal de textos de arquitetura, http://www.vitruvius.com.br/arquitextos/arq017/arq017_02.asp, novembro de 2001. LARA, Fernando. Vizinhos do Pateta, Arquitextos periódico mensal de textos de arquitetura, http://www.vitruvius.com.br/arquitextos/arq011/bases/02tex.asp, abril de 2001. LARA, Fernando. Memórias Projetadas, inaugural text on the site 3xamerica, http://www.3xamerica.com/textos.htm, March 2001. LARA, Fernando. Admirável Urbanismo Novo, Arquitextos periódico mensal de textos de arquitetura, http://www.vitruvius.com.br/arquitextos/arq000/esp056.asp, March 2001. LARA, Fernando. Eisenman e Koolhaas: less is less, more is more, Arquitextos periódico mensal de textos de arquitetura, www.vitruvius.com.br/arquitextos/arq000/bases/texto022.asp, November 2000. LARA, Fernando. Espelho de fora: arquitetura brasileira vista do exterior, Arquitextos periódico mensal de textos de arquitetura, www.vitruvius.com.br/arquitextos/arq000/bases/texto012.asp, September 2000. LARA, Fernando & MECHKUNOV, Ivan. Eisenman Parnasiano, Revista L.A, www.puccamp.br/~fau/la/artigos/index.html February 2000. LARA, Fernando. Bohigas: Paixão por Barcelona, Boletim Óculum no. 40, February 2000. LARA, Fernando. No More Hunger, No Less Misery, book review on Carolina Maria de Jesus, I m going to have a little house. Commissioned and published by H-NET Urban History electronic list, April 1998. LARA, Fernando. Belo Horizonte, from the positivist abstraction to the daily contamination: a view through the literature. M.A. Thesis, Belo Horizonte: FALE/UFMG, 1996, 148pp.
LARA, Fernando. Ouro Preto: Espaço Urbano e Literatura (Ouro Preto, Urban Space and Literature) The Theory Bulletin, Department of Theory and History of Architecture, Faculdades Metodistas Integradas Izabela Hendrix, September 1995, p.4-8. Published Conference Papers LARA, Fernando. Is climate change the last chance to bring design and research back together?, paper presented at the Oxford Conference on Architectural Education, Oxford, UK, July 2008, abstract published in the conference proceedings. LARA, Fernando e MARQUES, Sonia. Para inglês ver, uma análise do regionalismo global, Seminário DOCOMOMO N-NE, Salvador, Brazil, June 6th, 2008. LARA, Fernando. Aprendendo com as favelas, paper presented at the VIII DOCOMOMO Brazil Conference, Porto Alegre, Brazil, October 2007 LARA, Fernando. Brazilianism for Export: Carmen Miranda and modern architecture meet in New York, 1939, paper presented at the Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association LASA, Montreal, September 5-8, 2007. LARA, Fernando. Lab Coats Back in Studio: can sustainability bring design and research back together?, paper presented at the ARCC (Architectural Research Center s Consortium) Conference in Eugene, Oregon, April 2007. LARA, Fernando + MARTIN, Rochelle, Winds of Utopia, paper presented at the Symposium for 21 st Century Architecture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, February 2007 GILES, Harry + LARA, Fernando. Innovations in the development of industrially designed and manufactured modular concepts for low energy, multi story, high density, prefabricated affordable housing, paper accepted for presentation and publication at the proceedings of the ACSA Affordable Design: Convening the Conversation Forum, Los Angeles, CA, June 2006. LARA, Fernando. Americanization or Brazilianization? architectural exchanges between Brazil and U.S., 1939-1947, Conference on the Americanization of Postwar Architecture, University of Toronto, December 1-3, 2005. LARA, Fernando. Eolo Maia s territorial architecture: a life-long engagement with practice, ACSA SE Regional Conference on Territorial Practices, Clemson, South Carolina, October 28-30 th, 2005. LARA, Fernando. Modernism meets popular taste: a tale of a few strange encounters, paper presented and published at the proceedings of the ACSA International Conference, Mexico City, June 9-12 th, 2005. LARA, Fernando. Towards a design doctorate in Brazil: opportunities and challenges, paper presented and published at the proceedings of: The Unthinkable Doctorate, Brussels, Sint-Lucas School of Architecture, April 15 th, 2005. LARA, Fernando. Uma análise da distribuição dos arquitetos-urbanistas pelos municípios de Minas Gerais, In: III Brazilian Meeting of Regional Studies, 2004, Belo Horizonte. LARA, Fernando, Lessons from a Brazilian experience: architectural dislocations between high and popular culture, in: ACSA ANNUAL MEETING, 2004, Miami, FL. Proceedings of the 92 nd ACSA annual meeting. 2004. LARA, Fernando. Considerações sobre a extensão do movimento moderno no Brasil, V Seminário DOCOMOMO Brasil, São Carlos, 2003, published in the CDRom proceedings. LARA, Fernando. Indisciplina: indagações sobre a autonomia da arquitetura. In: I SEMINÁRIO ARQUITETURA E CONCEITO, 2003, Belo Horizonte. Published in the Proceedings CDRom
LARA, Fernando. Jogo de espelhos - mapeando as arquiteturas brasileiras publicadas no país e no exterior. In: XVII CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE ARQUITETOS, 2003, Rio de Janeiro. Proceedings of the XVII CBA. 2003. LARA, Fernando & VIVANCO, Sandra. Body in Spectacle. In: ODYSSEYS -- WORLDS ON THE MOVE, 2002. Proceedings of the ACSA Southeast conference - Odysseys. Atlanta, Georgia: ACSA, Georgia Tech, 2002. v. 1. LARA, Fernando Luiz Camargos. Modernismo de fachada? Considerações sobre a apropriação popular da estética modernista. In: VII SEMINÁRIO DE HISTÓRIA DA CIDADE E DO URBANISMO, 2002, Salvador. Caderno de Resumos do VII SHCU. Salvador: PPGAU / FAUUFBA, 2002. v. 1, p. 52-53. LARA, Fernando. Modernist Heritage: the spread of modern architecture in Brazil. In: XXI WORLD CONGRESS OF ARCHITECTURE - UIA, 2002, Berlin. Resource Architecture, CD Proceedings. 2002. LARA, Fernando. Brazilian middle-class aproppriations of modernist vocabulary, paper presented and published in the proceedings of the conference on Transcultural Architecture in Latin America, London, Institute of Romance Studies, University of London, 2001. LARA, Fernando & MARTIN, Rochelle, Ensinando com o "outro": 2 experiencias de workshops internacionais In: Resumen de Ponencias del 2o. Congresso Virtual de Arquitectura, 2001, Caracas, Venezuela, 2001. LARA, Fernando, Presenca brasileira nos periodicos internacionais nos anos 90 in: Resumen de Ponencias del 2o. Congresso Virtual de Arquitectura, 2001, Caracas, Venezuela, 2001. LARA, Fernando, Produção versus reprodução: dois pesos e duas medidas da arquitetura moderna brasileira, paper presented and abstract published in the proceedings of IV Seminário DOCOMOMO Brasil, Viçosa Cataguases, 2001. LARA, Fernando, Via Satélite, análise panorâmica da arquitetura brasileira publicada no exterior, paper presented and abstract published in the proceedings of XIX Conferencia Latinoamericana de Escuelas y Faculdades de Arquitectura- CLEFA, 2001, v.1. p.51 53. LARA, Fernando & MARTIN, Rochelle, Cranbrook Mythology: Tectonics As Design Limits, paper presented at the ACSA Conference on (Re) Viewing the Tectonics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, November 2000, published at the proceedings. LARA, Fernando & MARQUES, Sonia, Where has Truman gone? paper presented at the ACSA conference on Homelands, University of North Carolina Charlotte, october 2000, published at the proceedings. LARA, Fernando, Modernidade Popular: apropriações brasileiras na década de 50, paper presented at XVI Congresso Brasileiro de Arquitetos, Cuiabá, Brazil, September 2000, abstract published at Colóquio Arquitetura Brasileira, IAB-MG: Cuiabá, 2000, p.61-62. LARA, Fernando, Outros Espelhos: Arquitetura Brasileira Vista de Fora, paper presented at XVI Congresso Brasileiro de Arquitetos, Cuiabá, Brazil, September 2000, abstract published at Colóquio Arquitetura Brasileira, IAB-MG: Cuiabá, 2000, p.92-93. LARA, Fernando & TIBURCIO, Isa, Investigando o Medíocre: Metodologias Empíricas de Pesquisa para Avaliação de Edifícios Residenciais paper presented at Seminário Internacional Psicologia e Projeto do Ambiente Construído, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2000. LARA, Fernando, Modernism before Modernity: Traces of Avant-garde in Brazilian Modern Architecture, paper presented at the Society of Architectural Historians Meeting, Miami, FL, June 2000. LARA, Fernando, Beyond Regionalism: Reflecting on Lina Bo Bardi s Navigations, paper presented at ACSA Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 2000. LARA, Fernando. Memórias Projetadas, paper presented at XXII LASA (Latin American Studies Association) Conference, Miami, FL, March 2000.
LARA, Fernando; OLIVEIRA, Carina e NEVES, Clarissa. Modernismo Popular: uma análise da recepção da arquitetura moderna brasileira. Paper presented at: III Seminário Docomomo Brasil, São Paulo, December 8-10, 1999. LARA, Fernando. Beyond Frampton s Critical Regionalism: a reflection of multiple architectural worlds paper presented at the Conference First World/Third World, Universidad Politechnica de Puerto Rico, October 7-10, 1999. LARA, Fernando. Manobrando a Arquitetura para for a da crise dos significados, Primer Congresso Virtual de Arquitectura, Venezuela, December 1999. LARA, Fernando. Maneuvering Out of Architecture s Meaning Crisis, Proceedings of ACSA Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, March 1999. LARA, Fernando. Designed Memories: The Roots of Brazilian Modernism, Proceedings of the ACSA Conference on Architecture and Memory, Washington University at Saint Louis, MO, October 2-4 1998, pp.117-125. LARA, Fernando. Modernity Adopted and Adapted: Heritage s Role in Brazilian Architecture, paper presented at the ACSA/NE conference on Heritage and Modernity, Newport, Rhode Island, October 24-26 1997. LARA, Fernando and BAHIA, Denise. Models Research in Architectonic Creation Education, work presented at the seminar: Standards and Diversity in Architectonic Education, Bucharest, Romania, July 1995. LARA, Fernando and OLIVEIRA, Flavia. Multimedia Research in Architectonic Creation, presented and published at the First Symposium Multimedia for Architecture and Urban Design, São Paulo, Brazil, April 1994. Awards and Honors Earl Lewis Honoree, Students of Color of Rackham Association, SCOR, 2007. Honorable Mention: DASLU Bridge Competition, Sao Paulo, 2006, with Horizontes Arquitetura. 1 st Prize at the Architectural Competition for the Minas Gerais Symphonic Orchestra, May 2005, with Humberto Hermeto, David Mosqueira and co.arquitetos. Recipient of the Outstanding Dissertation Award, College of Architecture, University of Michigan, 2001. Recipient of the King Award for research on the built environment, Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), 2001. Second prize at the Concurso das três praças (Competition for the three public square axis), Formiga, Minas Gerais, Brazil, August 1997. Team leaded by architect Maria Elisa Baptista. Honor Award at VI Opera Prima Prize (Annual prize for Brazilian young architects), with the project Circus Urbi et Orbi, August 1994. Junior Designer in the team led by Arch. José Eduardo Ferolla, Honor Awarded at BH Centro competition (Ideas for the Downtown Belo Horizonte), Belo Horizonte City Hall, 1989 Grants PI- CRLT Whitaker Grant: SLUM, a four-letter word, U$ 10,000.00 (with Gavin Shatkin) PI- U of Michigan OVPR grant: Living differently in similar buildings, U$ 12,000.00 Co-PI at NSF PATH Research Grant 05-547, Technological Innovations in Modular Housing, Harry Gilles PI, U$ 300,000.00 PI - Graham Foundation Grant: Popular Modernism, could those words ever make sense together?, U$ 5,000.00
International Institute Experiential Learning Fund. U$ 10,000 to fund graduate students participating in LACS 619 (Latin American Architecture seminar) to visit Brazil in June 2006. Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, U$ 3,000 to support the Brazil Studio Initiative. Co-PI at Masonry Ordinances Research contract Brick Industry Association, with Lan Deng, TCAUP Urban Planning, U$ 70,000.00 PI - Analysis of the dissemination of modernist spatial qualities, research grant Brazilian Council for Research, CNPq, R$ 19,000.00 PI - Research Fellowship, Brazilian Council for Research CNPq Co-PI at Digital Atlas of Architectural Heritage in Minas Gerais, Grant from the State Council for Research Fapemig, R$ 230,000.00 Graduate Fellow / Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan 2000 - Rackham Pre-doctoral fellowship, declined. 1998, 1999, International Institute Travel Grant University of Michigan Summer Research Grant, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, U of Michigan Ph.D. Fellowship CAPES/ Brazilian Ministry of Education M.A. Fellowship CAPES/UFMG Invited lectures and presentations Lecture: Studio Toró: uma nova relação com as águas urbanas, UNIFACS, Salvador, Bahia, June 18th, 2008. Lecture: Studio Toró: uma nova relação com as águas urbanas, PUC-Minas University, May 26th, 2008. Invited Speaker at: Concrete & Cast Stone in 21st Century, MIT, Cambridge, MA, March 29-30, 2008 Lecture: Disseminations, architecture and research, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, March 17 th, 2008. Lecture: Studio Toró, Curso de Arquitetura da Universidade FUMEC, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, August 29 th, 2007 Innaugural lecture at UNA architecture school, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, August 20 th, 2007 Lecture: Diversidade e sustentabilidade, o desafio da arquitetura no novo século, Catholic University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, August 16 th, 2007. Workshop: Desafios da habitação no século 21, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, August 8-10, 2007 Lecture: Brazilian Contemporary Architecture, Chung-Ang University, South Korea, May 10 th, 2007. Lecture: Brazilian Architecture, 77 years of sustainability, Seoul National University, South Korea, May 8 th, 2007. Lecture: Incomplete Utopias: exploring inequalities imbedded in Brazilian Modern Architecture, Atlantic Seminar Series, LS&A, March 23 rd, 2007. Lecture: Oscar Niemeyer 99 years, in Profs. Sueann Caulfield and Paul Johnson class, History Dept, Ls&A, February 15 th, 2007. Lecture: Frustrations: strategies for navigating architecture, AIAS lecture, TCAUP, February 7 th, 2007
Lecture: Brazilian Modern Architecture in Prof. Paulina Alberto class on Brazilian literature, U-M, LS&A, Nov 1 st, 2006 Presentation: Affordable Housing, Business School seminar on non-profit entrepreneurship, October 2006. Lecture: Contemporary Brazilian Architecture, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala, August 7 th, 2006. Lecture: Desafios contemporâneos da habitação, Centro Federal de Tecnologia, Ouro Preto, Brazil, June 6 th, 2006. Lecture: Brazil, the land of carnival, soccer and..airplanes, Michigan Council of Social Sciences Conference, Grand Rapids, January 31 st, 2006. Lecture: Contemporary Architecture in Minas Gerais, Ryerson University School of Architecture, Toronto, Canada, December 2 nd, 2005. Lecture: Research and Design, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI, October 18th, 2005. Lecture: Desafios da (in)disciplina da arquitetura, School of Architecture, Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil, August 2004 Lecture: Arquitetura da Conceição, Department of Architecture, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil, June 2004. Lecture: Current Architectural Challenges, School of Architecture, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil, December 2002. Lecture: Brazilian Modernism, Ashok Lall s studio, for the faculty of SPA School of Architecture, New Delhi, India, January 6 th, 2001. Lecture: Popular Modernism, Institute for the Humanities Lecture Series, University of Michigan, December 5 th, 2000. Lecture: Jam-space: por uma arquitetura da colaboração, Departmento de Arquitetura, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil, August 30 th, 2000. Lecture: Integrated Design Studio, Escola de Arquitetura, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, August 15 th, 2000. Lecture 500 Years of Brazilian Architecture, Housing International Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 18 th 1999. Lecture 500 Years of Brazilian Architecture, Crambrook Academy, Graduate Program in Architecture, October 17 th 1999. Lecture Maneuvering Architecture, Lawrence Technological University, Masters Program in Architecture, October 18 th 1999. Modern Architecture, Art History Course, invited by Prof. Howard Lay, University of Michigan, April 12 th 1999. Le Corbusier and the modernist purist strategy, Architectural History Course, University of Michigan, coordinator: Prof. Anatole Senkevitch, April 1 st, 1999. Baroque Governance, November 11 th, International Seminar on Latin American Urbanization, UTEP, University of Michigan, November 1998. Modernism before and After Modernity, Brazil Brown Bag Series, International Institute, Latin American Studies Center, University of Michigan, October 22 nd 1998. Amphibious Architecture, lecture sponsored by AIAS, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, September 30 th 1998.
Workshop Contemporary Architectural Pr(o)positions, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, PUC-Minas University, August 25-28 1997. Inaugural Lecture at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, PUC-Minas University, August 21st 1996. Workshop Spaces and Words, Literary reading of the urban space of Ouro Preto, XXVII Winter Festival of UFMG, Ouro Preto, Brazil, July 10th to Jully 12th, 1995. The contamination of the positivist design of Belo Horizonte, lecture at the course City Planning invited by Prof. Marcus Vinicius Rios Meyer, Specialization Degree in Urban Planning, School of Architecture UFMG, August 28th 1995. Lecture: From Chaos to Semiotics at the Department of Architecture, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa MG, March 1994. Professional work Design projects, awards and publications Casa Malco, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2007 Centro Matucana Competition, Chile, 2007 (with Humberto Hermeto) TRT Goiânia Competition, Brazil, 2007 (with Humberto Hermeto, Sylvio Podesta and Igor Macedo) San Isidro Housing Competition, Lima, Peru, 2007 (with Horizontes Arquitetura) CAPES building competition, Brasilia, Brazil, 2007 (with Humberto Hermeto and Sylvio Podesta) IPHAN building Competition, Brasilia, Brazil, 2006 (with Humberto Hermeto) Honorable Mention: DASLU Bridge Competition, Sao Paulo, 2006 (with Horizontes Arquitetura) German Ministry of Interior competition, Berlin, 2006 (with Roger Hubeli and Julie Larsen) Chan Chan beach lodge competition, Peru, 2006. First Prize OSMG Competition, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2005 (with Humberto Hermeto and Co.arquitetos) Giants Causeway competition, Ireland, 2005 (with Humberto Hermeto) Guimaraes House, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, 2005 Fernandez House, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, 2004 AIDS memorial competition, San Francisco, CA, 2005 (with Raul Smith and Débora Bohmerwald) Jannuzzi House, Vila Alpina, Minas Gerais, constructed, 2003. Great Egyptian Museum competition, Egypt, 2002, (with Carlos Teixeira and Bruno Campos) Grupo Corpo National Competition, Brazil, 2001 (with William R. Abdalla) Contamination - a plan for Cayenne, French Guiana, Europandom Competition, 1999. House for Scattering Ashes, J+A Competition, 1998 Pier 41 Competition, New York, 1997. Soccer Club Reinaldo de Lima, Nova :Lima MG,partially constructed 1993
GEVISA Industrial Remodeling, Contagem MG, constructed, 1993 ABASE Building, Belo Horizonte, constructed, 1992 Macedo House, Belo Horizonte MG, 1991 Emergency Health Unit, Coromandel MG, constructed, 1991 K House, Ibirité MG, partially constructed, 1994 Exhibitions 365 dias comuns, aquarelas by Fernando Lara, Cozinha de Minas, Belo Horizonte, Aug 4 Sep 1st, 2008 Chan-Chan beach lodge, Virtual Exhibition of competition entries, March 2006, http://www.arquitectum.com/concursos/chanchan_es.php URBE: watercolors by Fernando Lara, individual art exhibition, Institute for the Humanities, Ann Arbor, Michigan, January 30 th, March 3 rd, 2001. First International Design Workshop, PUC-Minas, Brazil, September 2000. Popular Modernism: an analysis of the acceptance of modern architecture in Brazil (Modernismo Popular: um estudo da recepção da arquitetura moderna brasileira) poster presented at 51a. Reunião da Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência (SBPC), Porto Alegre, Brazil, July 1999. Using Limits for Teaching Design (A idéia de limites no ensino de projeto). PUC-Minas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, May 1999; Universidade Santa Úrsula, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 1999. Design Studio Exhibition, Lara section, Lawrence Tech IDS-2, Secretary of State building, Southfield, MI, April 15 th -May 28 th, 1999. Popular Modernism: The Brazilian Experience, poster presented at the 86 th ACSA Annual Meeting, Cleveland, March 14 th - 17 th, 1998. The same poster was also exhibited in Raleigh, North Carolina, at the conference on: Research in Design Education, sponsored by European Association of Achitectural Educators/Association pour l Enseignement de l Architecture (EAAE/AEEA) and by the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC). Popular Modernism: The Brazilian Experience was also presented at the AIA Convention and Expo 98, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, May 14 th - 17 th, 1998. II Brazilian Architectural Bienal Exposition, BiAB, with K house, Recife, PE, October 1994 Intinerant Exhibition of VI Opera Prima Prize, Porto Alegre, Blumenau, Curitiba, Florianópolis, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Campinas, Santos, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Viçosa, Vitória, Salvador, Belém, Fortaleza e Recife, from August 1994 to June 1995 II International Bienal de Arquiettura de São Paulo, with project Pronto Socorro de Coromandel (Emergency Health Unit at Coromandel, MG) Bienal Pavilion, Ibirapuera, São Paulo, August 1993. Architects of the 90 s exhibition, School of Architecture UFMG, Belo Horizonte, May 1990. Thesis committees PhD. Advisor, Youngchul Kim, 3 rd year Doctoral Student. PhD. Advisor Laura Smith, 1 st year Doctoral Student. PhD Co-advisor, Suma Pandhi, 1 st year Doctoral Student
PhD Co-advisor, Robert Welch, 4 th year Doctoral Student PhD. Co-advisor, Kush Patel, 3 rd year Doctoral Student PhD. Dissertation Committee, Tara Flannigan, U of Michigan, Doctoral Program in Architecture, current PhD. Dissertation Committee, Pyiarat Mullard, U of Michigan, Doctoral Program in Architecture, current PhD. Dissertation Committee, Omar Bahgdadi, U of Michigan, Doctoral Program in Architecture, current. PhD. Dissertation Committee, Jim Moon, U of Michigan, Doctoral Program in Architecture, current PhD. Dissertation Committee, Vandana Baweja, "Otto Koenisgberger: Tropical, Architect, Planner, and Educator", U of Michigan, Doctoral Program in Architecture, defended May 2008 PhD. Dissertation Committee, Jatuwat Varonpondum, U of Michigan, Doctoral Program in Arch, defended December 2007 PhD. Dissertation Committee, Flavio Carsalade, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, defended November 2007. MSc. Advisor, John Scott-Railton, 2006-2007 MSc. Thesis, Mapping methodology for areas of high social risk, Daniel Poyanco Bravo, 2003 B.Arch thesis, Cultural center in abandoned industrial area, Lidia Pimentel, PUC-Minas, 2002. B.Arch thesis, Daycare in Sete Lagoas. Renata Palhares, PUC-Minas, 2002. B.Arch thesis, Sports Center for the disable, Ângela Marcondes, PUC-Minas, 2001. B.Arch thesis, Flat for the ederly Carolina Fonseca, PUC-Minas, 2001 M.Arch thesis, Supermarket Erotica, Joseph Rom, University of Michigan, 1999. B.Arch thesis, Marina in Vitoria, Mônica Fardin Grasseli, PUC-Minas, 1999. B.Arch thesis, Mining museum, Santuza Affonseca, PUC-Minas, 1996. B.Arch thesis, Observatory, Maria Aparecida Santos, PUC-Minas, 1996. Invited studio juror Kent State University, final reviews, December 4 th, 2007 University of Colorado at Denver, final reviews, May 3 rd -4 th, 2007 Lawrence Tech Final Reviews, December 11 th -12 th, 2006 Studio 4, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala, August 9 th, 2006 Detroit Studio, Prof. Joongsub Kim, Lawrence Tech, Detroit, MI, November, 2005 IDS 4 design studio, Prof. Rochelle Martin, Lawrence Tech, Detroit, MI, April 20 th, 2004 Invited Critic, Thesis Presentation, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil, December 2003. Invited Critic, Thesis Presentation, Universidade Izabela Hendrix, Brazil, December 2001. Invited Critic, Thesis Presentation, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil, June 2001. Recognition/citations of student work AIAS award, Kee Lew, UG1 Lara studio, Fall 2004
Alumni merit award, Whitney Cooper, UG1 Lara studio, Fall 2005 Competition juror Invited Juror, International Ideas Competition for Dajeon Urban Renaissence, Korea, December 2007. Willeke Portfolio Competition, TCAUP, February 2007. Juror for the Brazilian selection towards the Ibero-American Architecture Biennal, (Montevideo, Uruguay, 2006), Summer 2006. IAB Brazilian Institute of Architects, member of the regional awards jury, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2002. Jury Member, Student Architectural Competition (maratona) at I Integrado de Arquitetura de Belo Horizonte, Brazil, May 20 th, 2001. Exhibitions curated Permanent Exhibition on The history of the Pampulha buildings, Administracao Regional da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, august 2005. Academic service Editorial boards and paper reviews. Member of the editorial board of the ACSA/Routledge Publication series on Architectural Education. Member of the editorial board of Brazilian Online journal Vitruvius. Member of the editorial board of Brazilian journal Cadernos de Arquitetura e Urbanismo. Member of the editorial board of Brazilian journal IP Informática Pública. Member of the editorial board and reviewer, Revista TOPOS, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. Reviewer of papers for the Journal of the American Institute of Conservation, 2008 Reviewer of research proposals for the Pernambuco State (Brazil) Research Foundation, 2008 Reviewer of manuscript for the Texas University Press, 2008 Reviewer of papers for the Journal of Urban Design International, 2008 Reviewer of papers submitted for ACSA Annual Meeting 2008, Houston, TX, October 2007 Reviewer of papers submitted for ACSA Regional Meeting 2007, Waterloo, CA, May 2007 Reviewer of paper submitter to Revista Impulso, May 2006. Reviewer of papers submitted for ACSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, March 2006. Reviewer of papers submitted for ACSA Regional Meeting on Territorialized Practices, Clemson University, October 2005. Member of the Scientific Committee of the V Seminar DOCOMOMO Brazil, 2003. Member of the Scientific Committee of the I Brazilian Seminar on Design Process, PROJETAR, 2003. Member of the referee committee of the journal Cadernos de Arquitetura e Urbanismo PUC-Minas, Brazil. Member of the editorial board of the journal Revista Aqui do IAB-MG (Brazilian Institute of Architects, Minas Gerais chapter). Member of the editorial board of the site 3xamerica.com, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Reviewer of papers submitted for ACSA Regional Meeting on (Re) visiting the Tectonics, University of Michigan, November 2000. Reviewer of papers submitted for ACSA 2000 Annual Meeting on Architecture and Design topic area, October/November 1999. Reviewer of papers submitted for ACSA 2000 International Conference held in Hong Kong, December 1999.