A edição 2025 do Lab de Ideias reafirma o laboratório como um espaço de escuta, experimentação e construção coletiva, onde ideias nascem a partir dos territórios e retornam a eles como propostas concretas de transformação. Ao longo de todo o ciclo formativo, os participantes foram convidados a investigar suas realidades, reconhecer potências locais e desenvolver projetos que articulam cultura, tecnologia, memória, cuidado e inovação social.

Os projetos apresentados a seguir refletem a diversidade de trajetórias, linguagens e urgências que atravessam diferentes bairros e comunidades do Rio de Janeiro. São iniciativas que partem da experiência vivida para propor soluções enraizadas no cotidiano, valorizando o engajamento comunitário, o fortalecimento de vínculos, a democratização do acesso à cultura,  arte e tecnologia:

Ana Eduarda

A digital social currency was created in Padre Miguel that values ​​community engagement, transforming participation in collective actions into credits exchangeable for benefits within the territory. More than just a means of exchange, the currency acts as a symbol of belonging and strengthens community ties.

Aponem

It promotes community collection days that strengthen political awareness about who sustains recycling in cities. Through environmental awareness workshops and sustainable crafting techniques, it transforms waste into useful objects and solutions, politicizing the care of the territory, stimulating autonomy, and affirming popular creativity as a tool for transformation.

Bruno Pimenta

He conceived a course platform accessed via WhatsApp, created to facilitate learning for people with technological and financial difficulties. Developed by young people for young people — most notably Bruno, from Mesquita — it uses language close to everyday realities and a dynamic methodology based on conversations and interactive tests, making learning more accessible, direct, and engaging.

Cauê Barrios

Conceived by Cauê Barrios, from Santo Cristo, the Roots and Rhythms project seeks to reclaim Afro-Indigenous memories and give new meaning to Harmonia Square. Inspired by traditional fairs such as Praça XV and Glória, it connects culture, commerce, and community to value our roots and create a vibrant space of identity and coexistence.

Gabriel Santana

The project is based on the idea that childhood is when the first access to culture and imagination is formed. It creates a support network for families with limited time and resources, offering workshops and community activities, as well as a website that organizes information and a calendar, expanding access and strengthening cultural ties in the area.

Iaguara

She created a project to map and preserve the memories of the indigenous communities of Morro do Juramento. The initiative values ​​historically silenced peripheral narratives and trains young people as cultural agents, strengthening identities and confronting historical erasure. Starting from an identity marked by loss and exclusion, the project seeks to recover the strength to exist, claim rights, and rebuild intergenerational care, reconnecting young people and adults through memory, listening, and the transmission of knowledge.

Jéssica Carolina

The Baixada Fluminense region grapples with a lack of access to the arts, marked by a lack of information and financial barriers, while advertising highlights inequalities in access to culture. Jessica envisions Baixada Cria to change this scenario: a project from Baixada for Baixada, with a local perspective and language, that democratizes access to culture, gives visibility to local talent, and empowers youth beyond social media.

Kelly Klayn

The project proposes beaded gardens where women and plants cultivate each other. Through the collective creation of beads inspired by endangered species and shared decisions about planning and display, the art-activism interventions transform degraded spaces, revealing resourceful practices, collective care, and sensitive strategies for sustaining life in the present.

Larissa Vieira

The Heritage in Focus project promotes training and audiovisual production to empower young people in the area to become protagonists in documenting and valuing the history of Estácio, a neighborhood in central Rio de Janeiro. By recognizing these young people as forerunners of local memory, the project strengthens community recognition and encourages participants already involved in cultural movements—such as rap, samba, theater, and circus—to assert themselves as cultural agents and references for identity appreciation.

Luan de Brito

The Jiu-Jitsu for Transformation initiative is a sports project that uses sport as a tool for physical development, discipline, autonomy, and collective empowerment, promoting inclusion, belonging, and social transformation in the community.

Vinicyus Mascarenhas

He created FoodFavela, a platform that connects local entrepreneurs and delivery drivers to residents, strengthening neighborhood commerce and promoting safety, comfort, and accessibility. By bringing the community into the digital age, the initiative confronts historical contexts of exclusion and transforms how the Cesar Maia community and other territories interact, offering a concrete solution capable of generating real impact on people's lives.

Vitor Santos

"BE A CHILD," with the mission "Rescuing Childhood, Transforming the Future," is a welcoming hub dedicated to young people who have matured prematurely. The project seeks to recover fundamental childhood experiences, develop socio-emotional skills, and redirect these young people towards educational and cultural opportunities, strengthening their paths of development and belonging.

Vivian dos Santos

He created the “North Zone Art Lab” aimed at young people who produce art but do not yet recognize the opportunities it can offer, nor understand it as a possible path beyond a hobby. It emerged to broaden the critical vision of young people who do not yet identify as artists, responding to an urgent need to offer references, structure, and clarity. It is an artistic laboratory in the North Zone, committed to the training, recognition, and promotion of new talents.

Yasmin Rocha

The project in Caju combines sports and community care through activities with children from the community, developed in partnership with their families. The initiative connects to social projects, discussion groups, and the organization of cultural events in the neighborhood, strengthening bonds, encouraging collective participation, and promoting the holistic development of children in the area.