Laura Belik

Ph.D. Student - Architecture

Research Interests/Specializations

Urbanism, public space, politics of space, urban democracy, commons, Latin America, Brazil, post-industrial cities, urban palimpsest, art and activism, curatorial works, cultural frameworks.

Degrees

M.A. Design Studies - Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY

B.Arch. Architecture and Urban Planning – Escola da Cidade, Sāo Paulo Brazil

Courses Taught

ARCH 170A - A Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism (Fall 2019) - Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley

ARCH 170B - A Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism (Spring 2019) - Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley

ARCH 298-2/ Rhetoric 244a - Global Urban Humanities Colloquium “The City and Its People” interdisciplinary speaker series (Fall 2018) – Instructor and organizer, UC Berkeley

ARCH 170A - A Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism (Spring 2018) - Reader, UC Berkeley

PSDS 1052 - NYC: Architecture (Spring 2017) - Part-time lecturer, Parsons, The New School

PUFY 1011 – Integrative Seminar 2: Constructed Environments (Spring 2017) – Part-time lecturer, Parsons, The New School

PSDS 2100 - Research and Development Methods (Spring 2017) – Part-time lecturer, Parsons, The New School

PLDS 2190 B - History of Design: 1850 –2000 (Fall 2016) – Instructor of record, Parsons, The New School

History of Urban Planning (Spring 2014) – Teaching assistant, Escola da Cidade, São Paulo

Awards + Recognition

Joan E. Draper Research Fellowship, Architectural History Research Endowment Fund (2020)

Human Rights Center Fellowship (Summer 2019)

Diversity Platforms Award, Arcus Endowment (2018)

Tinker Field Research Grant - Center for Latin American Studies (Summer 2018)

Center for Race and Gender Student Research Grant (2019)

Spiro Kostof Grant in Architectural History, UC Berkeley's Architecture Department (2017-2022)

Parsons Dean Scholarship, Parsons The New School (2014-2016)

University Scholarship, The New School (2014-2016)

Pesquisa Experiemental Escola da Cidade (2011-2012)

Selected Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications:

Book review: Depositions: Roberto Burle Marx and Public Landscapes under Dictatorship (author: Catherine Seavitt Nordenson). JSAH Journal of Architectural History. Volume 78, Number 4, December 2019. Available at: https://jsah.ucpress.edu/content/78/4/488.abstract

Belik, Laura. “Cities: to whom, by whom? The Minhocão elevated highway case study in São Paulo/ Brazil” In: TU Wien The Public Sector Journal Vol. 43, Issue 1: Commons reloaded. Potentials and Challenges in Urban and Regional Development, page 57-66
https://repositum.tuwien.ac.at/oes/periodical/titleinfo/1953111

Other Publications:

Spring 2020 – Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “Michael Sorkin, 1948-2020. O pensador do ambiente urbano.” In Vitruvius, Drops, ano 20, n. 150.08. São Paulo, mar. 2020 https://www.vitruvius.com.br/revistas/read/drops/20.150/7687

Spring 2019 - Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “Campos de concentração no Nordeste brasileiro 1915/1932”. In Vitruvius, Drops 136.07 São Paulo, 2019
http://www.vitruvius.com.br/revistas/read/drops/19.136/7229

Spring 2019 - CLAS UC Berkeley Blog
“Concentration Camps in Northeast Brazil: 1915/1932”
https://clas.berkeley.edu/research/concentration-camps-northeast-brazil-1915-1932

Fall 2017/ Spring 2018 - UC Berkeley Arts and Research Center Blog
Several articles | Graduate student correspondent
https://arts.berkeley.edu/category/blog/

Fall 2016 - Smithsonian NMAAHC Blog
“Black Architectural History: Beyond Design”
https://nmaahc.tumblr.com/post/159527778852/black-architectural-history-beyond-design

Fall 2013 - Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. Carmagnani, Maria Pia. “Artacho Jurado: Polêmico Visionário”. In Vitruvius, Drops 072.07 São Paulo, 2013
http://vitruvius.com.br/revistas/read/drops/14.072/4889

Fall 2013 - Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “Artacho, carros e metro - Reflexão sobre mobilidade e moradia em São Paulo”. In Vitruvius, Drops 075.06 São Paulo, 2013
http://vitruvius.com.br/revistas/read/drops/14.075/4999