Catherine Otondo

Catherine Otondo is an architect graduated from FAU_USP in 1994. In 2013 she received a PhD from the same institution with the presentation of the thesis: "Design and built space; Relations between thinking and doing in the work of Paulo Mendes da Rocha ". About the architect's work he also published the books: Paper Models (2007) in São Paulo, Architecture Itineraries - Paulo Mendes da Rocha (2012) in Cordoba, Spain; and most recently the book Casa Butantã, about the architects house, also in São Paulo. She teaches Project IV at the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo. She is the founder of f Base Urbana office in partnership with the architect Marina Grinover. The office develops projects in the various scales of architecture and urban design.