Online Lecture | Architecture Speaks: Gloria Cabral

On Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 1.15–2.30 pm (Finnish time UTC+2)
The online lecture will be held on Zoom, and registration is required.

Every construction deconstructs elsewhere; materials are territories carried into form. The task of architecture is to create a positive balance where structures give back more than they take. Architecture, once born of shelter and survival, must again learn from nature’s cycles of efficiency and renewal. Architecture stands at the intersection of structure and resources, where every act of construction echoes far beyond its site.

In the eleventh season of the Architecture Speaks lecture series, organized jointly by Aalto University and the Architecture & Design Museum, Professor and Head of department of Architecture Jenni Reuter invites six architects to share insights into their design processes and their roles in the world of architecture. The theme of this season is Structures and Resources.

Gloria Cabral

Gloria Cabral is a Brazilian-Paraguayan architect, a former partner of the Paraguayan firm Gabinete de Arquitectura. She now runs her own studio in Laguna, in southern Brazil.

Her work reflects a sensitivity to space and a commitment to resource efficiency, minimising waste and using the knowledge deriving from craftsmanship. This approach focuses on the creative use of local materials, finding value in waste material and demonstrating how design can generate architectural, historical and social structures for a reinvented future, even in the absence of adequate resources.

Her many awards include the Golden Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016, shared with her partners, for best participant in the International Exhibition; the Moira Gemmill Prize granted by The Architectural Review and The Architects’ Journal in 2018. In 2021 she won the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, organised by the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine.

”The reason why I wanted to invite architect Gloria Cabral is her sensitive relation to materiality and place. Especially her brick structures have cought my attention. With a great love of materiality and texture, she challenges persistent, common materials. She operates with an open-minded approach to the premises of every site and project.” – Jenni Reuter

How to participate

The online lecture will be held on Zoom Webinar platform. Registration is required, and the registration is open until the lecture is finished. Participation link and instructions for participation are sent in a separate email after registration.

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