Giovanna de Vitro Chiachio

Architecture and Urbanism student at the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo (IAU-USP) since 2020. Holds a technical degree in Building Construction from the Technical High School of Limeira at the University of Campinas (COTIL-Unicamp), completed in 2017. Interned as a building technician at the Department of Water and Sewage of Americana-SP in 2018, working in the area of basic sanitation. Since 2021, she has been a member of the research group PExURB (Research, Teaching and Extension Practices in Urbanism), where she held research scholarships in the extension projects: "Urban Rivers" (2022) and "Urban-Environmental Development Plan for Itaipuaçu, Maricá-RJ" (2023). She also volunteered in five other urban planning projects within the group: "Urban Project for a New Centrality: Hospital Neighborhood in Lagarto-SE Northeast Complex of the Hospital de Amor" (2021); "Railway Park of Cordeirópolis-SP" (2021); "Multiscale Perspectives for the Sustainable Development of Juquitiba-SP" (2023); and "Multilevel Actions for the Sustainable Development of the State of São Paulo: the Tietê River and its Urban System" (2024). In these projects, she developed activities related to urban and environmental design, analysis of risk and vulnerability areas, land subdivision, land use and zoning, street redesign, social housing, as well as the elaboration of technical drawings, graphic materials, 3D modeling, and georeferenced cartographies. In 2022, she served as a teaching assistant for the course IAU0942 Territorial Planning. She completed in April 2025 her FAPESP-funded Scientific Journalism project: "Climate Change and Brazilian Cities: Means of Dissemination and Knowledge Production" (20242025), in which she produced accessible scientific communication materials about extreme climate events in Brazilian territories. She is currently an intern at VilaUrbe, working in the areas of urban planning and urban legalization, with a focus on technical urban studies and project compliance with local regulations. Her undergraduate thesis, currently in development, is titled "Weaving Waters: Culture, Leisure and Sustainability at the Salto Grande Reservoir in Americana-SP" (2025), focusing on the relationships between nature, urban planning, and social practices surrounding water landscapes. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)