EDUCATOR
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Unhoused and Invisible: Research + Action
EDUCATOR
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Unhoused and Invisible: Research + Action
Project Team
Ethel Santana
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“Cartographies of an Invisible City” is a research project which provides the basis for a design studio in Rio de Janeiro. With a focus on unhoused people, this action-research initiative draws on select SDGs to achieve environmental, social and housing justice.
Overview
The research “Cartographies of an Invisible City” is the basis for the construction of an Advanced Design Studio, to be held between March and July 2026 at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at UFRJ. The Studio aims to expand the scope of methodologies for a sustainable approach to public spaces, focusing on unhoused people (UH). Through mapping the location of UH in Rio de Janeiro, the collected data will be used to foster interventions that could generate responses towards environmental and social justice. With the support of civil and governmental associations, this Studio will focus on developing permanent and temporary equipment for health and hygiene support, as well as ideas for social housing.
Institution
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Postgraduate Program in Architecture
Community Organization
SOVAMOS RJ — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
sovamos.org
Additional Team Members
Rachel Alves and Leonardo Muniz (collaborators), Izabela Silva, Beatriz Pintucci, João Victor Porto and Vitor Igarashi (participants, undergraduate research students).
Community Engagement
Dialogues with former unhoused people will mediate students’ proposals, with the partnership of TRT-RJ and “Trilhas do Cuidado nas Ruas” Association. The community engagement will be facilitated through monthly field visits to UH locations, with the support of SOVAMOSRJ.
Partners
In NY, the OHI; in RJ, the Supreme Labor Court (TRT-RJ), “Trilhas do Cuidado nas Ruas” – FioCruz, NGO SOVAMOS RJ, and former Unhoused people.
