Elizabeth de Portzamparc
| Elizabeth de Portzamparc | |
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| Born |
Elizabeth Jardim Neves Rio de Janeiro Brésil |
| Nationality |
 France e  Brazil
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| Occupation | Architect |
Elizabeth de Portzamparc is a French-Brazilian architect.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, she developed very early a passion for art. While she was still a child, her father, who was from Belo Horizonte and was passionate about architecture, took her regularly to Pampulha and talked to her about the "genius Oscar Niemeyer", which he knew and admired. Motivated by Iberê Camargo, a friend of her parents, she started to practice conceptual art in her youth. She studied in the schools Sacred Heart of Jesus, Santa Ursula, Brasileiro de Almeida, and then passed the "vestibular" exams and entered the PUC (Pontifical Catholic University) faculty in Rio, which she had to abandon very soon because of the urge to leave the country.
Later on, in France, simultaneously to her studies in arthropology, urban sociology (Paris V) and regional planning (IEDES-Paris I), she dedicated herself exclusively to urban themes: new towns, IAURIF, and particularly to the urbanism workshop of Antony. There, in 77/78, she set pioneer studies on the concepts of "neighborhoods/sub-neighborhoods", bringing the notions of “local life” and territorial links to the center of the founding principles of territorial planning policies.
In 1980 she obtains the ability to teach in French architecture schools and teaches in the (UP9) between 1984 and 1988.
In 1982, she works on a research named Extension de la Démocratie Locale for the French Ministry of Environment and Quality of life.
In 1984, she carries an operational research for the French Ministry of the Equipment, by creating the first inter-communal urbanism structure for the project of the South Paris “”. This research was later developed and completed by the IAURIF (called IAU nowadays).
In 1986, she opens and manages the Mostra gallery in Paris. Surrounded by artists, designers and architects such as Jean Nouvel, Rem Koolhaas, Christian de Portzamparc, François Rouan, Pierre Buraglio, Arata Isozaki, Bernar Venet and Peter Klasen, among others, she questioned the creative approach proper to architects, artists and contemporary furniture designers of that time. Consequently, through themed exhibitions, she developed a profusion of unique ideas showing very clearly the specificities of each creative field, which brought her to the headlines of many French and international magazines and put her gallery on the podium of the best Parisian galleries.
In 1985 she designed the "24 hours" desk, which was exposed in the Decorator Artist's Fair and in the Cartier Foundation during the exhibition called MDF, des créateurs pour un matériau (MDF, creators for a material - free translation). It witnessed a great success and was then acquired by the Fonds National d'Art Contemporain.
In 1987 she created her own architecture agency, which is since then characterized by many projects touching different levels of development.
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