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About this story
Glossário para a Cidade do Nosso Futuro com Esperança is a book organized and edited by architect and professor Thereza Christina Couto Carvalho and published by Rio Books. ArchDaily reports that it brings together 47 authors from research, architecture, urban planning, and other fields, addressing urban challenges, climate change, and relations between society and nature. Its five sections cover subjects including the climate emergency, circular economy, ecological cities, mobility, green infrastructure, heritage, culture, landscape, and innovation. It includes two previously unpublished texts by landscape architect and urban planner Kongjian Yu, written shortly before his death in 2025, according to ArchDaily. The book continues the publisher’s 2021 Pequeno Glossário Ilustrado de Urbanismo. UFF independently announced an earlier June 30, 2026 presentation and describes the book as a collective work organized by professor Thereza Carvalho. ArchDaily credits Sérgio Magalhães with the preface and names contributors including Ana Célia Castro and Axel Grael. The publisher lists the book for sale. The announced September 28 event has passed.
Status and timeline
The book was presented at an earlier UFF event on June 30, 2026. The ArchDaily report announced a second launch for September 28, 2026, 6:30–10:00 p.m.; that event is past as of October 1, 2026. The publisher currently lists the book for sale.
Design highlights
Urban resilience and inclusion; climate emergency; city–nature relationships; ecological cities; circular economy; mobility and green infrastructure; nature-based water management, including the sponge-city concept associated with Kongjian Yu.
