Marina Lickel
Architecture · Program Design · Sustainability
Marina Lickel is an architect working across design, research, and program strategy at the intersection of climate, territory, and collective practice. She holds a degree in Architecture and Urbanism and a postgraduate qualification in Architecture, Education and Society from Escola da Cidade, São Paulo. Her work engages architecture as an open-ended process, developed through participatory frameworks and long-term collaboration with communities. Over six years with Estúdio Flume, she has worked across diverse regions in Brazil, particularly in the Amazon.
During her time at the studio, Estúdio Flume's projects received the Simon Architecture Prize from the Fundació Mies van der Rohe (2024), the Tomie Ohtake AkzoNobel Architecture Award (2023), and the IAB National Award (2023), and were nominated for the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize and the Swiss Architectural Award. The studio's work has been presented at the Lisbon Architecture Triennale (2025), the Biennale d'Architecture et de Paysage de Versailles (2025), and the São Paulo Architecture Biennale (2019). During this period the Estúdio has also been shortlist for the 2025 edition of the Lisbon Triennale Millennium bcp Début Award, which celebrates young architects under 35 a critical approach to contemporary practice.
Selected works, research, and collaborations developed independently, in partnership, and as part of architecture teams.
Green Operation Rooms · 2026 · In collaboration with Hadassah International
Apuí · 2025 · Estúdio Flume
BAP! Biennale d"Architecture et de Paysage · 2025 · Estúdio Flume
Architecture of Many Hands · 2025 · Postgraduate research · Marina Lickel
Babassu Oil Production Unit · 2025 · Estúdio Flume
Chicago Architecture Biennale · 2025 · Estúdio Flume
Caçoada Cassava Flour House [ Extension ] · 2025 · Estúdio Flume
Cajazeiras Cassava Flour House [ Extension ] · 2025 · Estúdio Flume
Non-Timber Forest Materials · 2024 · Estúdio Flume/BiosMAT
Expansion Babassu Flour Facility· 2024 · Estúdio Flume
Instituto Jatobás Library · 2023 · Estúdio Flume
Instituto Jatobás Kitchen · 2023 · Estúdio Flume
Whale-Watching Observatory · 2023 · Estúdio Flume
River Port, Julião Community, Amazonas · 2023 · Estúdio Flume
Rural Schools in Pará · 2023 · Estúdio Flume
Soberano [Museum and Cultural Center] · 2023 · Estúdio Flume
Babassu Coconut Harvesters Center · 2022 · Estúdio Flume
22 Recycle units · 2022 · Estúdio Flume
Cariongo Handicraft Centre, Maranhão · 2021 · Estúdio Flume
Oiteiro dos Nogueiras Flour House, Maranhão · 2021 · Estúdio Flume
Queluz Quilombola Community Café, Maranhão · 2021 · Estúdio Flume
Pedrinhas Quilombola Women’s Community Centre · 2021 · Estúdio Flume
Pimental Babassu Processing Facility, Maranhão · 2021 · Estúdio Flume
Entre · 2020/2021 · Research thesis · Marina Lickel
Rural Self-Construction Manual · 2020 · Estúdio Flume
Whale House · 2020 · Carmela Rocha and Marina Lickel
Khiel House · 2020 · Marina Lickel
12th International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo · 2019 · Estúdio Flume
TEATRO for Teatro de Conteiner · 2019 · Alicia Soares, Bill Vieira, Marina Lickel
Role varied across projects and included design development, project coordination, program design, participatory processes, research, representation, documentation, and construction follow-up.
Selected projects are presented below. Click on each image for credits, context, and further information.
