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Miguel Darcy de Oliveira Miranda Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-Rio) School of Architecture and Urbanism

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CONTENT Curriculum Vitae Index Selected Works

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CURRICULUM VITAE Miguel Darcy de Oliveira Miranda Lives in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil 20.01.1992, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Contact migueldarcymiranda@gmail.com Benjamin Batista Street, 197/402 +55 21 987643120 ZIP: 22461-120

Knowledge Autocad 2013, Rhinoceros 5.0, Grasshopper, Sketchup 8 Pro, VRay, Kerkythea, Adobe CS6 (Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign) Education 1995 - 2009 2009 2010 to today

Corcovado German School, Rio de Janeiro Abitur (Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife) Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio School of Architecture and Urbanism

Language Portuguese German English

Native language Deutsches Spachdiplom der Kultusministerkonferenz Stufe I und II Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) - Cambridge University

Academic 2011 2013 2012 to today 2013 to today 2014 to today

Architectural Drawing teaching assistant Diagrams and Layers-Advanced Representation Techniques teaching assistant CAU PUC-Rio Website teaching assistant TEPP Research Scholarship - “Reverse Atlantis - New Oil Territories in Brazil: Urbanism and Planning” with professors Gabriel Duarte and Marcos Favero Elected to the Student’s Union main board

Professional Experience 2008 2012 - 2013 2013 to today

1 week internship in Índio da Costa AUDT office Internship in Campo AUD office Architectural visualization freelancer

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Workshops and Other Activities 2007 - 2008 2009 2012 2012 - 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014

Art Model Drawing Course in Visual Arts School of Rio de Janeiro Cofounder of the NOVE Group (New Voluntary Student Organization) 3 Shelters Workshop Local contact of Michigan’s Urban Design Studio in Rio (professors Maria Arquero de Alarcón and El Hadi Jazairy) South American Project - SAP Became member of ENTRE Group - Interviews with Architects Held interviews during the X Biennial of São Paulo with ENTRE Group New Cartographies - Exhibition and International Symposium Worked as freelancer for the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy - ITDP Selected to the design team of MoMA’s PS1 89+ Pavillion in Rio de Janeiro

Publications, Awards and Exhibitions 2009 2010 2012 2012 2013 2013

NOVE nominated to the “Personality of the Year Award” by O Globo Newspaper “Weekend Residence in Itaipava” selected to PRUMO Exhibition 3 Shelters Workshop Exhibited in PUC’s and UFRJ’s Campi 3 Shelters Workshop Published in AU Magazine Peace Parks project selected to the XIII Biennial of Buenos Aires New Cartographies’s Map of Rio selected to the X Biennial of São Paulo

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INDEX 8

Peace Parks

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New Cartographies

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Residential Tower in Santo Cristo

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Urban Foundations

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3 Shelters Workshop

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Renovation of Rio’s National Library

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Public Mediateque in Lapa

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Agricultural Expo Center

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Bola Pra Frente Institute

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Urban Plan for Canto de Itaipu

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Shared Residence in Pires de Almeida Street

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Suspended Bicycle Paths

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Art Gallery + 4 Artist Atelliers

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Residential Building in Botafogo

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Weekend Residence in Itaipava

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Peace Parks

Border between Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay

The project explores the concept of ‘Peace Parks’, which are protected ecological sanctuaries with its management shared by all countries involved. The shared park expands the notion of political border by creating a surface of exchange instead of a dividing line.

Coupled with the deployment of the parks are a series of strategies that promote tourism and sustainable development, creating jobs and boosting local economies.

Given the diversity of ecosystems along the longitudinal axis of the South American continent, the project sheds light onto a potential connection between the different biomes through various conservation areas. Within this logic, the proposed Peace Park is part of a strategy which creates a transitional zone between the Pampas and the Brazilian Coastal Forest biomes, fostering a much richer biodiversity.

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Example of support base: Kayak Station

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South American continent with political borders, urban centers and all its preservation zones highlighted 13 of 79

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New Cartographies - Rio de Janeiro Map X Sรฃo Paulo Biennial and Studio-X Rio de Janeiro

The New Cartographies project proposes to work mapping as a creative instrument of recognition, criticism and action on the urban territory. Sponsored by the Prรณ-Design program of the City of Rio de Janeiro, the project, conceived by CAMPO aud, developed partnerships and research on participative mapping that strives to go beyond mere physical representations of the territory, having the city of Rio de Janeiro as its main focus.

The New Cartographies Exhibition happened between May 17th and June 8th, 2013 at the Carioca Design Center, and showed works from CAMPO and from invited artists, architects and designers (Lize Mogel, Christian Nold, Fabio Lopez, Wikimapa, Wellington Canรงado and Renata Marques).

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Carthographic base onto which the layers were projected Dimensions: 10m x 3m

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This map was created with the intention of provide a complete and immediate visualization of the urban area of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Today, there aren’t any available maps that allow us to understand the relation between the form of the city and its empty areas with such detail and clarity as the one presented here. Due to the precision of the drawing, it is possible to identify relations of mass, density, proximity, importance, location, among others, with each building and with the city as a whole. The trac system shows the accessible extension of the territory and, as a consequence, how the city is served by the transportation system infrastructures.

Alongside the information related to the built / artificial areas, the drawing of the natural landscape presents in a flattened way the landforms that compose the typical “carioca” landscape. From that, it is possible to see the influence that the mountains have over the limits and the construction of the city.

As a strategy to organize the collected information and diminish the visual complexity generated the high amount of printed information, we decided to control the exposition

of the map through the intensity of light projected over it.

Then, the same projection was used to highlight, with colors and light in a controlled way, a sequence of information considered important to clarify how the city if organized today.

The projection is prepared in a loop that puts together 65 layers which vary from basic information about the political division of the city (macrozones, administrative regions, neighborhoods) to more complex information about urban dynamics (areas transformed for the Olympic complexes, the main future projects for the city, etc.).

With this map, we intend to offer a tool to understand the city of Rio in a clear and objective way, and to some extent democratize the access to essential information to understand the direction that the city is taking.

Coordenadas geográficas Geographical coordinators

Sub-bacias hidrográficas Sub watershed

Vias de transporte Transportation system

Áreas do Morar Carioca Areas for the

Foto aérea Aerial photo

Rios Rivers

Futuro trem de alta velocidade Future high speed train

Lotes irregulares Irregular plots

Foto aérea + macrozonas Aerial photo + macrozones

Pluviosidade Rainfall

Túneis Tunnels

Mar: perfil atual Seashore: current ou

Regiões Administrativas Administrative Regions

Logradouros Streets

Áreas de preservação Preservation areas

Mar: perfil original Seashore: original

Bairros Neighborhoods

Logradouros principais Main streets

Favelas Slums

Aterros sobre alagadiços Landfill ove

Bacias hidrográficas Watershed

Linhas de BRT BRT system

Unidades de Polícia Pacificadora (UPPs) Pacifying Police Units (UPPs)

Aterros sobre o mar Landfill over the

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Information Source Most of the digital files that served as a base for the construction of the printed map came from dwg files created in 2008 by the Rio de Janeiro Municipality. 753 files were gathered and 15 layers were selected, cleaned and modified in order to form the content of the eight vertical stripes, measuring 67x255 cm each, which together form this complete map. The other files used, with information about the streets network, represented by the axis of the roads, were extracted from a digital base offered by Pereira Passos Institute on its website.

Primary Information Most of dwg bases provided by the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro are incomplete. The areas that lack most information are located in the far west, close to the Sepetiba Bay, and in the northwest area, close to Campo Grande and Santa Cruz.

Due to the fact that the road system originates from a dierent file than the rest of the map, and because it is more complete and consistent with the actual reality, it is possible to observe the areas where there is lack of information: on those areas we can see the axis of the streets, but there are no buildings close to them.

Added Information An important part of the work was to approximate those bases of the reality. Manual work was necessary to draw buildings that were not on the original dwg files. Those drawings were based on Goggle Earth aerial photos. This process was used in critical situations where the lack of information could have compromised the understanding on how the city works and how it is organized nowadays. The buildings on the ‘favelas’ (slums), which are completely missing from the original dwg base, were represented as a pile of buildings, where its form and position do not correspond to reality, but where the general border of the favela does.

Limits Because of the diculty to find dwg files with the built areas to cities around Rio, and because the data and indexes found were presented according to municipalities, we decided to consider as a study area the city of Rio de Janeiro inside its limits, and not the metropolitan region, which goes beyond this political outlining.

Desmontes Disassembles

Projetos futuros Future projects

Índice rendimento Yield index

Aeroportos Airports

Hotéis: projeto, reforma, construção Hotels: project, renewal construction

Índice população Population index

utline

Cemitérios Cemeteries

Equipamentos públicos Public equipment

Índice de densidade Density index

outline

Equipamentos urbanos de destaque Main urban equipment

Empresas do setor de óleo e gás Oil and gas companies

Índice crescimento populacional Population growth index

er swamps

Olimpíadas Olympic Games

Índice de alfabetização Literacy index

Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano (IDH) Human Development Index

e sea

Intervenções no porto Interventions in the port area

Índice de envelhecimento Aging index

Moradores em setor subnormal Citizens in the subnormal sector

e Morar Carioca project

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Residential Tower in Santo Cristo Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Structural system

Vertical circulation and building’s hydraulics

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Yellow: 1 bedroom Orange: 2 bedrooms Red: 3 bedrooms

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Urban Foundations, Plan d’Aou - Europan Competition Marseille, France

This project was conceived to accommodate for both highly successful futures of the site and drastic failures. Like infrastructures designed to create conditions for other activities to happen, the Urban Foundations project enables its adaptation for calculated densifications and potential eventual evacuations.

The main concept of the project uses an analogy with the foundations of a building to create a series of architectural, urban, and landscape conditions that can respond to the uncertainties of Plan d’Aou. Developed as a prototypical strategy that can permeate and influence development for the entire study site, the architectural and urban strategies presented here establish an indissoluble relationship founded upon adaptability.

Both the urban and architectural strategies have been conceived to guarantee the adequate implementation of site development in different levels. The relatively excessive use of structural materials (concrete) in the construction of the armature can be justified by its infrastructural role, and occupied over time, if necessary.

This might seem odd at first, but this type of investment consciously

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accounts for flexibility in development. The armature can as much be used as a bare spatial structure for outdoor activities – assuming the role of interactive monument – as it can a plinth for vertical expansion, provided the market highlights this opportunity and an increase in density is desired by the community and local planning authorities.

The project was conceived with the simplest possible expression – the least technical, least lyrical, and an almost primitive structural solution. This simplicity allows it to create a generous platform for myriad programs to occur. The static armature is equipped with all the basic technical features that a multifunctional building requires for fluid programming.

The concrete armature contrasts with the lightweight wooden and plaster partitions used to create the different compartments of the building. This contrast does not only accommodate any number of layout variations, but also gives the building a tectonic identity that is unique and enduring, in light of the multiple changeable scenarios that are enabled.

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3 Shelters Workshop Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PUC’S MATERIAL DEPOSIT - OLD DESKS

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Renovation of Rio’s National Library Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Worked as freelancer for Campo AUD

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View from pedestrian Street

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Frontal view from MĂŠxico Street

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Public Mediatheque in Lapa Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Before: Parking lot

After: Public square

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Public School-

Metropolitan Cathedral-

Fundição Progresso.

Circo Voador.

.Originally Proposed Site

Carioca Aqueduct-

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Municipal TheaterMEC. National Library-

Odeon Cinema-

.Museum of Modern Art

Paris Square.

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.Deserted Street .Underutilized Land as Parking Lots

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.Pedestrian Walkway

Square Integrates Nearby Programs.Mediatheque Location

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How a new idea forms in the brain CLASH OF CONCEPTS CONCEPT 1

Mediatheque as catalyst of new contents CLASH OF CONTENTS CONTENT 1

NEW CONCEPT

CONCEPT 2

NEW CONTENT

CONTENT 2

RAMP VISUALLY CONECTS ALL THE DIFFERENT ROOMS AND WORKS AS A MIXING SPACE, CLASHING VARIOUS CONTENTS AS A WAY OF PRODUCING NEW ONES

SUN FAÇADE

SHADOW FAÇADE FILM EXHIBITION AUDITORIUM FOYER VIDEO ROOM MUSIC ROOM INTERNET ROOM CHILDREN’S MULTIMEDIA BOOK SHOP

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RESTAURANT AND CAFETERIA ARCHIVES INDIVIDUAL READING GROUP READING CHILDREN’S LITERATURE ART GALLERY ADMINISTRATION

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Agricultural Expo Center Planaltina, Brazil

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Rear view with park

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Bola Pra Frente Institute Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Urban Plan for Canto de Itaip煤 Niter贸i, Brazil

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Reforested dune with public path 57 of 79

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Beach view with new public equipments, dwellings and existing church 59 of 79

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Dwellings

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Shared Residence in Pires de Almeida Street Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The 23 buildings in Pires de Almeida Street were built to house all the employees of an insurance company, in the decade of 1920.

The street is organized diagrammatically, and its elements reflect the hierarchical structure of the company at the time. In the first 4 buildings lived the president and directors, therefore they have a higher quality in terms of natural ventilation, insulation and materials used, as well as being the only ones with lifts. The second step’s units are a little smaller, but still very comfortable to live in and face a bucolic square, with plenty of trees and a playground, while the units of the next two steps keep getting smaller and denser.

While the regular apartment of the first 4 buildings is 200m² big on average, the unit in the far end is only 63m².

As time went by, the street no longer was inhabited merely by the company’s staff, but its structure remained the same. The hierarchy is now a reflex of the economic conditions of its residents, creating a healthy environment where people of different social classes coexist. Historically, due to its low costs, the last 2 sets of buildings used to house artists, students and exiles who had just returned to the country, giving to the street a character of an intense cultural production.

However most of these traits have been lost during the years and because of the rising real estate speculation in the city, even the last 2 buildings went through changes and fusions, leaving behind the street’s biggest quality: being a democratic environment.

Our project seeks to restore the residential diversity of the street, bringing its apartments to a minimal size as a way of insuring its accessible prices while, on the other hand, provides a wide living space, enhancing therefore the quality of life and connecting its inhabitants. It operates on the last building on the right and on the cul-de-sac, which was formerly used as soccer field and nowadays is a parking lot.

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Existing slabs of the street’s last building, adjacent to the cul-de-sac

Creation of a void that permeates the slabs in half of the building, while the other one remains intact

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18 individual apartments of 2mx2m each, in both sides of the void

Stretchment of the slabs towards the cul-de-sac

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Creation of a second void, which defines a collective living space

Stretchment of the stairs’ steps, which develop as tables, walkways and a bleacher

Project creates an alternative for cheap residence without, however, compromising the quality of the spaces

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Collective void

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Suspended Bicycle Paths Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Art Gallery + 4 Artist Ateliers Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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ATELIERS

PUBLIC TERRACE

MEZZANINE

CONNECTION WITH ARGEMIRO BULCÃO ST.

ACCESS TO THE GALLERY

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ARTISTS’ TERRACE

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Residential Building in Botafogo Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Weekend Residence Itaipava, Brazil

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