About

My work spans architecture, 3D visualization, motion, and spatial design. I’ve animated immersive installations, built renders that translate a brand’s identity into physical space, and developed AI-assisted workflows to push what’s possible within a production timeline. The through-line isn’t a single discipline, it’s a way of thinking. I build with whatever the project needs: space, image, or both.


I’m drawn to projects where image and experience overlap. Retail environments that tell a story. Immersive spaces that make people feel something. Visuals that do more than document: they persuade, they set a mood, they make an idea feel real before it exists.


I’m also genuinely curious about tools and technology, not just as a means to an end, but as creative material in their own right. Learning a new pipeline, experimenting with generative AI, understanding how a game engine handles light: that’s the part of the work I find endlessly interesting.


I hold a BArch in Architecture and Urbanism and an MSc in Urban Studies, both from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where my research focused on digital representation and immersive virtual environments.

I build with whatever the project needs: space, image, or both.

Architecture & Design

Architectural design

Interior design

Concept development

Visual storytelling

Visualization & 3D

Blender

Unreal Engine

Architectural rendering

  • AI-assisted visualization

Software & Tools

AutoCAD

Archicad

Adobe Creative Suite

  • Affinity Suite

Professional Skills

Design research

Client presentations

Remote collaboration

Creative problem solving

Work History

Architect & 3D Artist

B.CO Arquitetura — 2024 – present


Freelance Visual Designer

XMachina — 2024 – present


Product Designer

XMachina — July 2023 – March 2024


Architect

B.CO Arquitetura — July 2021 – July 2023


Architecture Intern

Isabelle Cassani Arquitetura — 2019

Milazzo Arquitetos — 2018

Education

Master’s in Urban Studies

PROURB – FAU UFRJ

2022 – 2024


Bachelor in Architecture & Urbanism

FAU UFRJ

2013 – 2019

Languages

  • Portuguese — Mother tongue
  • English — Fluent
  • Italian — Advanced
  • Spanish — Intermediate

Contact

mendes_isabella@proton.me


arq.isabellamendes@gmail.com