Initiated with Elisabete França and the Secretaria Municipal de Habitação of the city of São Paulo (Sehab), S.L.U.M. Lab Columbia University and ANCB

Three scholarships will be given to Brazilian students to be selected according to submission requirements.

About Re-act LabRe-act Lab is a research format of the Aedes Network Campus Berlin. With a  potential-focused rather than problem-focused agenda, it confronts the particular challenges of cities or regions throughout the world by facilitating transdisciplinary enquiry into responsible actions in architecture and urbanism.

Workshop Description and BackgroundThis 10-day Re-act Lab research workshop will introduce a group of advanced students from across the world to the realities of Brazilian cities and provide the wider public with internal and external perspectives on these. In a series of public lectures and discussions the workshop will: introduce São Paulo's metropolitan area by revealing the contrasting morphologies and urban tissues produced over time; address the critical role of everyday life in the experience of urban space; question the possibilities created for architecture and urban planning when housing basic municipal services-key structures in improving quality of urban life; and highlight the need to develop partnerships between the city planning authorities and urban pioneers, in order to build liveable cities at the beginning of the 21st century.

Interested participants should submit: - to reactlab2010@aedes-network-campus.de - before 5pm CET on Friday June 26th 2010 - one pdf file containing CV (2 A4 pages) and sample portfolio (2 A4 pages) - with 200 word expression of interest in body of e-mail Participants must be masters or advanced level students (levels 6-8) in Architecture or related discipline and be fluent in English. Participation in workshop is free except for a nominal administration fee of €150. ANCB will assist in organising affordable accommodation in Berlin.

More information here.