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Hello! Good to see you here!
My name is Júlia Moreno Villaça. I'm an Italian-Brazilian Architect born in April 1998, in São Paulo, Brazil.
If you wish to contact me, please send an email to the address julia.moreno.villaca@gmail.com. I'll be glad to hear from you and be sure write back as soon as possible.
12.2019 _ with Pentax Spotmatic and 35mm Kodad Colorplus 400
Being able to study in a school highly focused on understanding Brazil’s complex culture and society I developed, since an early age, a great sensibility about those matters. After that, during Architecture School, I had the opportunity of reshaping and expanding my understanding on space, graduating in December 2021 with a score of 9.75 in my final paper. I believe that the combination of both previously mentioned experiences with my interest and skill in artistic manual activities - such as metal engraving, woodwork, free hand sketching, ceramics and analog photograph - played an important role on my life. Having previously gathered experience in various areas of Architecture while collaborating in different focused studios, I am currently pursuing establishing myself as an independent architect-artist. The ongoing research of a new way to comprehend and act upon spaces has been the focus of my recent work, as I strongly believe that, as architects, we should consider building stronger ties with other areas of knowledge, specially those that have strong interaction with abstraction and subjectiveness.
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exhibitions and residencies
2023 _ Mirante Xique-Xique _ three week artistic research residency at Chapada Diamantina, Igatu, Bahia
2023 _ Ato 1: a 786m acima do nível do mar _ group exhibit at the "Entretempos" exhibition at Edifício Virgínia, São Paulo
2022 _ Porto Academy 2022 group exhibition at Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto
2022 _ Contretemps Exhibition at Fouart Gallery, Paris
2022 _ Mais que um é multidão - three photographs depicting Bom Retiro neighborhood at Território Bom Retiro group photograph installation exhibition at Oficina Cultural Oswald Andrade, São Paulo
2019 - Estúdio Deriva Japão Exhibition at Galeria da Cidade and Japan House São Paulo, in São Paulo
education
2023 - 2025 _ Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL - Situated Practice MA
2016 - 2021 _ Escola da Cidade Arquitetura e Urbanismo - Architecture and Urbanism College
2002 - 2015 _ Colégio Santa Cruz - kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school
English C1 - Cambridge CAE and IELTS Academic
Italian B1 - Certificato CELI 2
French A2 - DELF Certificate
working experience
2023_Marcia Pastore’s Artist Assistant: assistance in construction and development of artworks (beginning on February 2023)
2022_Scenography Assistant “As Aventuras de Alice” (Alice’s Adventures): assistance in design, drawing and assembly of the exhibition at Farol Santander, São Paulo, on display from June to October
2021 - 2022_Architectural Intern and Project Collaborator at Ápiacás Arquitetos: assistance in project design and construction drawings of diverse residential projects. Participation on the executive and construction drawings of SESC’s (Social Service of Commerce) new unit in Franca, SP. Also collaborated on the renewing drawings of Pão de Açucar Group’s new units, during a partnership between Apiacás and MGoes Arquitetura
2021_Architectural Intern at Arara Arquitetura: assistance in development, design, drawing and 3D modelling of large-scale residential buildings
2020_Architectural Intern at Sebastian Beck Arquitetura: assistance in drawing, design and development of a retrofit project in residential building
2019_Architectural Intern at the Escola da Cidade’s Conselho Técnico (Technical Board): in charge of the campus renovation drawings
2019_Two month Architectural Intern at Estúdio Flume: assistance in project design and drafting for a communication office in a historical building in São Paulo’s city centre
workshops and courses
September - December 2022 _ Course Procedimentos artísticos: construção de materialidades no espaço - “Artistic procedures: creating materiality in space” - by Márcia Pastore
July 2022 _ Porto Academy tutored by Diogo Aguiar Studio
July 2022 _ Course Luz em processo: a iluminação na construção de espaços - “The light in a process: lighting design as way of building spaces - by Olívia Munhoz
April - July 2022 _Course Projeto Expográfico: do plano à prática - “Exhibition Design: from planning to action” - by Helena Cavalheiro
May 2022 _ Oficina Território Bom Retiro - Photograph workshop about territoriality in Bom Retiro neighborhood
2019 _ Estúdio Deriva Japão - studio focussed on Japan with three phases: lessons, study trip to Japan and designing of an exhibition showcasing the researches developed by each student on architecture and culture