Mapping Lab

Our work

Cidadão 156

Data visualisation about urban maintenance of São Paulo city presented at the International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo 2019.

Amazon deforestation

Interactive map about the Amazon deforestation until March/2018. Work developed for Volt Data Lab, a data-driven news agency.

Embargoed areas

Interactive map about embargoed areas in Amazon region until March/2018. Work developed for Volt Data Lab, a data-driven news agency.

Case Studies: Mapping Urban Data Preview

A series of 10 maps with the theme "Walls of Air" designed for the Brazilian Pavilion Catalogue at the Venice Biennale 2018.

Educational Landscape

Density-dot map that represents the population aged 25 and over by their highest level of education in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Tá tudo dominado

Interactive map showing cases of criminal organizations between 2016 and 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The accessibility of social infrastructure

Exploring and visualizing the distribution of social facilities in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

What we do

Who we are

Carolina Passos

Carolina Passos is an urban designer and GIS specialist. She worked at Vigliecca&Associados from 2012 to 2018, with nationwide impact, including the 2016 Deodoro Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro. Since 2019, work with masterplans development as contractor for AO-Architects Office; and GIS Analysis and Visualization consultant for the World Bank Group, Inter-American Development Bank, UN-Habitat and InfoAmazonia.

Founder and urban data expert of Mapping Lab, combining expertise in planning, design and GIS, with work featured at the 2018 and 2020/2021 Biennale di Architettura di Venezia, 2019 Biennale of São Paulo and 2019 Seoul Biennale. Responsible for the cartographies at the Brazilian Pavilion Golden Lion winner of 2023 Biennale di Architettura di Venezia.

Armando Neto

Armando is a Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience. He has worked for big companies like Red Hat and Magazine Luiza and developed projects for other institutions and organizations.

Contact

For additional information or any project you want our collaboration, please contact us at [email protected]

exploring the way we understand cities through data