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André Nogueira (Ph.D. DSGN '19) has tackled design from every angle that you can think of.
He started his career working for several architectural firms, then an interior design firm, then a landscaping firm, then for a furniture design company. He then went on to urban design, always focusing on his family's humble beginnings and those who would be most affected by a project.
"At the time I was growing up, there were a lot of international organizations taking over the market and low-cost labor. You could see this was not doing very much good," Nogueira says. "Either you work for them and contribute to a reality that is not sustainable but you benefit yourself, or you try a different path to explore alternative systems."
Nogueira received some national recognition for helping to redevelop favelas-informal settlements consisting of densely packed, often self-built houses-in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in Brazil, while also doing development work in the rural parts of the country, from the farmlands to the banks of the Amazon River.
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