Thiago Tavares Abranches de Soveral graduated from the Architecture and Art Centre of Universidade Snt Ursula, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2003. He subsequently studied at the Bauhaus in Germany at the Transnational Spaces Kolleg Programme. He worked as an architect in Rio de Janeiro before joining the MPhil in Projective Cities at the Architectural Association. In 2013 he earned a scholarship from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) to develop his PhD research at the AA.
Security and Architecture: Violence and the Urban Design in Rio de Janeiro
Supervisors: Jorge Fiori, Dr Sam Jacoby
In Rio de Janeiro, architecture, topography, legislation and social conflicts have shaped an urban model where fear and security are visible. This thesis explores the consequences of violence on the morphologies and typologies in Rio, identifying and analysing the shifts in definition and perception of security and violence that have transformed the idea and form of the city over time.
