PinnedIsabel BorgesA Ballet Dream Turned SourRecently, I decided to try ballet classes in Architanz in Tokyo at a studio founded by architects. As an architect myself, I thought, “This…Jul 9Jul 9
Isabel BorgesHealing the Child Within: Embracing Self-Love and IndependenceThe first memory I have of emptiness is seeing my mother crying in the car before leaving. I never used to cry. I was always strong. I used…Jul 221Jul 221
Isabel BorgesThe other side of meIf anyone had ever said to me, “One day you’ll have a depression,” I’d have looked septic and ignored it.Jun 301Jun 301
Isabel BorgesWandering around the cityToday, what brings me back is the feeling I experienced, not exactly the feeling that everyone tries to put into pretty words so that the…Jun 28Jun 28
Isabel Borgesa reading project“If the days don’t come back, charge them rent for the empty space they’ve left” — author’s sayingJun 28Jun 28
Isabel BorgesJust to enlighten you, the Alchemist is an allegorical novel, not a self-help book.Sep 15, 2022Sep 15, 2022
Isabel BorgesSaudosa Maloca: A Song of Heartbreak for Architects and SocietySaudosa Maloca by Adoniran Barbosa is perhaps one of the saddest songs an architect could hear. The song begins with a narrator lamenting…Mar 15, 20221Mar 15, 20221
Isabel BorgesSakountalaA primeira vez que contemplou o abismo, foi ao meio dia de um almoço banal, ao observar uma garrafa de água vazia. Há cinco meses que a…Jan 7, 2022Jan 7, 2022
Isabel BorgesImagine life“Imagining life is more important than fantasizing spaces (…)”Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020
Isabel BorgesA house, a home“Architecture immortalizes and glorifies something. Hence there can be no architecture where there is nothing to glorify.” — Ludwig…Jun 10, 20201Jun 10, 20201