Bairros Unbounded: Multiscalar Duality in Lisbon’s Urban and Architectural Forms

Join us on Wednesday, January 31, at 5:00 p.m. EST for a presentation by 2022 RAMSA Prize recipients Avani Agarwal and Daniela Déu.

Avani and Daniela traveled to Portugal to study the architectural styles and urban conditions of five neighborhoods in Lisbon. Their research included an analysis of the relationships between public and private spaces, street hierarchy, massing techniques, fenestration details, and materiality.

Avani Agarwal joined RAMSA full-time in 2019 and is currently working on the Marina at Kaplankaya, a pedestrian-oriented seaside resort community located north of Bodrum, Turkey. She has previously worked on residences in Hong Kong and Turkey as well as a site analysis project for the U.S. State Department, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations. Avani serves as the events chair of RAMSA’s Women’s Leadership Initiative and co-leads our firm’s participation in the ACE mentor program, a not-for-profit organization that encourages high school students to pursue careers in engineering, design, and construction. She received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University.

Daniela Déu joined RAMSA in 2018. She is currently working on Paramount Theatre, the renovation of a landmarked theater in Palm Beach, Florida. She previously worked on the design of a new residential neighborhood on a five-acre site San Francisco, California. Daniela is a member of RAMSA’s Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Alliance (IDEA) group. She received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Miami and a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University.

Now in its eighth year, the RAMSA Prize is a $7,000 grant awarded annually to RAMSA staff to fund a two-week-long travel and research project exploring a location’s sense of place. The prize encourages staff to engage in targeted, in-depth research into a city, town, or place in a way that can meaningfully inform design work. It also supports collaboration with peers and the development of personal architectural interests as an extension of the firm’s research-based design principles. Previous recipients have traveled to Argentina, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Mexico, the Caribbean, and even closer to home, throughout Harlem and Miami. 

For more information about the RAMSA Prize and to register for the event, visit www.ramsa.com/prize.