Laura Belik

Modern and contemporary history and theory of architecture and urbanism / 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries

Exhibitions and curatorial practices

Design studies/ Theory of Design

Public spaces, spatial politics

Preservation and heritage

Refugee and migration studies

Geographical area of interest: Latin America | Brazil

M.A. Design Studies – Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NYB.Arch. Architecture and Urban Planning – Escola da Cidade, Sāo Paulo Brazil

ESPM 15 – Introduction to Environmental Sciences (Summer 2021) – Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley

História da Arquitetura e do Urbanismo de Nova York (Summer 2021) – Lecturer, Escola da Cidade, São Paulo

ARCH 170B – A Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism (Spring 2021) – Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley

ESPM 50AC – Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management (Fall 2020) – Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley

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 170B – 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

Global Metropolitan Studies Summer Research Award (Summer 2021)
Graduate Remote Instruction Innovation Fellow (2020-2021)
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)

Peer-reviewed Publications:

Belik, Laura. “Paxiúba: Traditional Housing in the Western Amazon.” In: Architectural Theory Review, 2021. DOI: 10.1080/13264826.2021.1973047

Belik, Laura. “Radio as a tool of education and resistance in Brazilian communities during the pandemic.” In: Design and Culture: The Journal of the Design Studies Forum. 13:1, 79-90. January, 2021. DOI: 10.1080/17547075.2020.1871192

Belik, Laura. “Spatial Transformation and Debates on Urban Democracy: The Case of Minhocão Elevated Highway, São Paulo.” In: Planning Megacities in the Global South. Deden Rukmana (Editor). Routledge, 2020
DOI: 10.4324/9781003038160

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.
DOI: 10.1525/jsah.2019.78.4.488

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
DOI: 10.34749/oes.2017.2395

Other Publications:

Spring 2021 – Pandemic Discourses
Belik, Laura. “Radio Resistance: Radio as a Tool for Empowerment and Resistance during the COVID-19 Crisis in Brazil” In: Pandemic Discourses Blog (The New School India China Institute), New York, April 15, 2021.
https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/2021/04/15/radio-resistance-radio-as-a-tool-for-empowerment-and-resistance-during-the-covid-19-crisis-in-brazil/

Spring 2021– Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “O apito do guardinha:Vigilância urbana em cidades desiguais” In Vitruvius, Minha Cidade, ano 21, n. 249.02. São Paulo, Abril 2021.
https://vitruvius.com.br/revistas/read/minhacidade/21.249/8061

Summer 2020 –Jornal Nexo
Belik, Laura. “O Papel dos Museus em Tempos de Pandemia” In Nexo Jornal, Debate. June 30th, 2020.
https://www.nexojornal.com.br/ensaio/debate/2020/O-papel-dos-museus-e-seus-espa%C3%A7os-durante-e-ap%C3%B3s-a-pandemia

Summer 2020 – ArchDaily Brasil
Belik, Laura. “Turistas não há mais: chamada de ensaios sobre cidades turísticas no pós-pandemia” In ArchDaily Brasil. June 23rd, 2020.
https://www.archdaily.com.br/br/942176/turistas-nao-ha-mais-chamada-de-ensaios-sobre-cidades-turisticas-no-pos-pandemia

Summer 2020 – Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “Arquitetxs: um novo Neufert está por vir? Sobre como projetar em tempos de pandemias”. Drops, São Paulo, ano 20, n. 153.03, Vitruvius, jun. 2020 https://www.vitruvius.com.br/revistas/read/drops/20.153/7772

Spring 2020– Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “Jane’s Walk em Casa: Morte e Vida de Grandes Cidades na Pandemia” In Vitruvius, Arquiteturismo, ano 20, n. 157.05. São Paulo, Maio 2020.
https://www.vitruvius.com.br/revistas/read/arquiteturismo/14.157/7726

Spring 2020– Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “Pela volta do Cinema Drive-in [em breve]?,” In Vitruvius, Minha Cidade, ano 20, n. 237.03. São Paulo, April 2020.
https://www.vitruvius.com.br/revistas/read/minhacidade/20.237/7706

Spring 2020 – Jornal Nexo
Belik, Laura. “Sociabilidade Virtual em Tempos de Covid 19,” In Nexo Jornal, Debate. April 6th, 2020.
https://www.nexojornal.com.br/ensaio/debate/2020/Sociabilidade-virtual-em-tempos-de-covid-19

Spring 2020 – Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “Michael Sorkin, 1948-2020. O pensador do ambiente urbano.” In Vitruvius, Drops, ano 20, n. 150.08. São Paulo, March 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, January 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