about
Hello! I’m Camila, a Brazilian-Portuguese designer, architect, and urban planner with experience in computational design, digital fabrication, and low-impact architectural projects using local materials such as wood and bamboo. After earning my Master’s in Parametric Design in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, I’ve focused on exploring the potential of digital tools while deepening my understanding of architecture from an ecological and systemic perspective.
I have collaborated with teams from diverse parts of the world, including Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Indonesia, Myanmar, Spain, Cyprus, and UK. These experiences have evolved my work in bamboo construction, architecture, interior design, and digital fabrication for furniture, products, and fashion. Beyond that, I have been teaching courses and workshops online and in person, sharing my expertise in computational design.
get in contact
email
camila.camarques@gmail.com
linkedin
camilacalegarimarques
languages
Portuguese (native), English and Spanish
recent work
2025 – currently | Architect
Arboreal Architecture (London, UK)
2023 – currently | Architectural and computational designer
Estudio Guto Requena (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
2021 – currently | Computational designer and independent researcher
BioScripting Collective @bioscripting
2023 – 2025 | Lecturer
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
2025 | Computational designer (collaboration)
Atelier Marko Brajovic (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
2024 | Design residency
Thinker Maker Space – CYENS (Nicosia, Cyprus)
2023 | Computational designer (freelancer)
Blue Temple (Yangon, Myanmar)
2023 | Computational designer (freelancer)
Bamboo Pure (Bali, Indonesia)
2023 | Architectural and computational designer
Jaime Peña Studio (Bacalar, Mexico)
2023 | Architectural designer and construction manager
Tacuara Diseño en Bambú (San Rafael, Colombia)
2022 – 2023 | Computational design for body adornments
J.OIE colective (remote)
2019 – 2022 | Architectural, computational and furniture designer
SUBdV architecture (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
teaching
2025 | Form finding methods
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
Held from 30 Sep to 19 Nov 2025
2025 | Lightweight Bamboo Structures – Tensegrity
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Held on 1 Nov 2025
2025 | Lightweight Bamboo Structures – From Concept to Site
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Held on 29 Mar 2025, in Sao Paulo, Brazil
2025 | Project development in bamboo construction
Peruvian Institute of Bioconstruction
Held from 16 Mar to 10 Apr 2025
2024 | Tutor assistant
Architectural Association Visiting School Amazon (Alter do Chao, Para, Brazil)
Held from 15 Dec to 21 Dec 2024
2024 | Form finding methods
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
Held from 6 Sep to 25 Oct 2024
2024 | Laser-cut assembly lamps: from design to fabrication
Thinker Maker Space
Held on 18 Jul 2024, in Nicosia, Cyprus
2024 | Introduction to Parametric Design
Escola da Cidade
Held from 16 Jul to 8 Aug 2024, with Marina Brant, Mateus Sartori, and Henrique Lattes
2023 | Workshop I: parametric systems in bamboo
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
Held from 4 Aug to 25 Aug 2023
2023 | Algorithms for designing with bamboo-inspired by nature
Digital Futures Workshop
Held from 22 Jun to 29 Jun 2023, with Mariana Díaz Leites and Daniel Panameño Corvera
2023 | Algorithmic body artefacts: minimal surfaces
Digital Futures Workshop
Held from 22 Jul to 29 Jul 2023, with Marina Brant, Mateus Sartori, and Henrique Lattes
2023 | Exploring organic geometry with bamboo
Tacuara Diseño em Bambú
Held from 25 Feb to 19 Mar 2023, with Mansur E. Arevalo and the Tacuara team in San Rafael, Colombia
2022 | Open studio: product design with fittings
SESC Avenida Paulista, Sao Paulo
Held from 5 Nov to 3 Dec 2022, with Gabriela Garcia, in Sao Paulo, Brazil
2022 | Tutor assistant
Architectural Association Visiting School Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Held from 7 Jul to 16 Jul 2022
2022 | Algorithmic body artefacts
Digital Futures Workshop
Held from 27 Jun to 2 Jul 2022, with Marina Brant, Mateus Sartori, and Henrique Lattes
2021 | Parametric design: from form finding to digital fabrication
Escola da Cidade
Held from 30 Oct to 12 Dec 2021, with Marina Brant, Mateus Sartori, and Henrique Lattes
2021 | Parametric micro-urbanism: generative design
Escola da Cidade
Held from 17 Jun to 8 Jul 2021, with Anne Save de Beaurecueil, Franklin Lee, Mateus Sartori, and Henrique Lattes
education
2017 – 2018 | Master’s degree In Parametric Design in Architecture
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Sant Cugat, Spain)
Thesis: “Diffuse Wooden Panel: Development of Wooden Surface due to Acoustic Analysis.”;
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Pep Tornabell Teixidor (UPC ETSAV);
Examiners: Prof. Enrique Soriano Botella (UPC ETSAV) and Prof. Gerard Bertomeu Farnós (UPC ETSAV).
2022 | Master of Architecture (Diploma Recognition in Brazil)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
2011 – 2016 | Bachelor’s degree In Architecture and Urbanism
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Thesis: “Nautical Park in Guarapiranga.”;
Thesis Advisor: PhD Marcos José Carrilho (Universidade de São Paulo).
other education
2024 | 3D Printing Bio-Parametric Lamps
McNeel Europe (Barcelona, Spain)
Instructors: Affonso Orciuoli, Mauricio Matias and Pablo Baquero
2023 | Guadua – Construcción con Bambu
Cultivarte (Anapoima, Colombia)
Prof. Jaime Peña
2021 | Bending-Active Bamboo Shell Structures
Digital Futures Workshop (online)
Prof. Dr. Ir. Arch. Kristof Crolla
2020 | Designing for well-being
Digital Futures Workshop (online)
Prof. Andrea Macruz and Prof. Ernesto Bueno
2020 | Estructuras Plegables – Desarrollo Digital
SIGRADI (online)
Prof. Valeria P. Manco and Prof. Jose Ovidio Cardona
2019 | Environmental Comfort 3 – Thermoacoustic – visiting student (6 months)
Universidade de Sao Paulo Graduation Subject (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Prof. Ranny Loureiro Xavier Nascimento Michalski
2019 | Environmental Comfort in the production of social housing in Sao Paulo
Universidade de Sao Paulo Workshop (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Prof. Ranny Loureiro Xavier Nascimento Michalski
2019 | High Line Minhocao
Architectural Association Visiting School Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Tutors: Alison Grace and James Solly
2017 | Space Dynamics
Global Summer School, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain)
Tutors: Aldo Sollazzo and Kunaljit Chadha
2016 | Future Patterns
Lab for Architectural Singularity (LAS) (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Tutors: Renata Portelada, Victor Calixto, and Thomas Takeuchi