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The arabica coffee plant was introduced to Brazil three hundred years ago and, through the exploitation of enslaved then immigrant labour, grew into an industry that takes up 2 million hectares of land today. Centuries of extractive culture have not only devastated the environment but entrenched social inequities. Unpredictable and extreme weather events are further threatening livelihoods in the countryside. Despite a brutal history and ever-precarious present, there is a movement in the country towards regenerative agriculture and reforestation.
With an Acre follows architect Carla Juaçaba as she develops a museum and community space in solidarity with Flor de Café, a collective of smallholder farmers in Minas Gerais. Inspired by the temporality of Indigenous collective structures and the form of highway billboards that mark the extended rural landscape in the region, Juaçaba proposes a landmark on an elevated plantation overlooking the town of Nepomuceno. Light and tactical construction will provide a space for sharing knowledge, offering a symbolic stage of resistance while leaving a minimal trace on the earth. The pavilions will frame views of the region, but more importantly will set a vision for the future of the territory.
With an Acre is the third chapter of Groundwork, a three-part film and exhibition series exploring the conceptual development and field research of contemporary architects cultivating alternative modes of practice.
2025 | 45 min
Digital film
Third film of a three-part series
Concept by Francesco Garutti and Irene Chin
Directed by Joshua Frank
Cinematography by Iris Ng
Editing by Nora Tennessen
in Portuguese and Spanish, with French and English subtitles
Screenings and participation in festivals
Architekturzentrum Wien, Vienna, August 2026
S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum, Basel, 8 May 2026–30 August 2026
Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya, Barcelona, 14 January 2026
Ecole d’architecture de Paris-Malaquais, Paris, 14 November 2025
Psarokokalo Film Festival, Online, July 2025
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