"Resources for an Urban World: Rio de Janeiro" is a synopsis of student work produced in the Barnard and Columbia Architecture Department during the fall of 2012 with Professor Karen Fairbanks. The senior travel studio researched resources critical to RioÕs rapid urbanization in relationship to infrastructure and sustainable growth. After traveling to Brazil, the students developed projects for Rio de Janeiro on abandoned sites around Praca Tiradentes, designing a public place of action, education, provocation, and engagement with contemporary issues around these resources.