Jaime Solares Carmona

Jaime Solares Carmona investigates how bodies produce space across the Americas from the second half of the twentieth century to the present. He holds a B.Arch. (2015) and an M.Sc. (2020) from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, where he has been a researcher at the Critical Thinking and Contemporary City Research Group since 2015. He taught at Escola da Cidade as an Assistant Professor (2020–2022) and Professor (2023), and completed a specialization in “Arquitetura, Educação e Sociedade” there in 2021. From 2015 to 2019, he coordinated the LGBTQIA+ axis of the Paulista Heritage Education Network (REPEP). He subsequently coordinated the Teaching Platform (2020–2022) and Award (2021–2023) of the Institute of Architects of Brazil–São Paulo. He currently serves as Director of Communications of the International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA), where he organized the 2025 international conference “Territoriality and Temporality in Architecture”. He has collaborated with several architectural offices, including ELEMENTAL, AMZ Arquitetos, and Estúdio Mariana Wilderom. In fall 2024, he co-curated the show “Love Here: The Death and Life of Queer Public Space” at Yale’s North Gallery. His editorial work includes contributions to Log 62, where his Far South section received an Honorable Mention at the 2026 Bruno Zevi Award; ArchDaily; Architectural Journal (China); and the forthcoming Perspecta 59. His writing has also appeared in journals including arq.urb and Projetar.

Research Area Keywords

bodyspace, contemporary architecture in Latin America, queer and trans theory, the production of space