Her father, who was from Belo Horizonte and was passionate about architecture, regularly took her to Pampulha Art Museum and talked to her about the "genius Oscar Niemeyer," who he knew and admired.

After graduating, de Portzamparc then passed the "vestibular" exams and entered the PUC (Pontifical Catholic University) faculty in Rio, but soon discontinued as she wished to leave the country.

[10] In 1992, she won the contest for the museography project of the Korean National Museum, for which she created a museographic urban path, based on a circuit of interior streets that extend to the exterior public spaces, going through the exhibition rooms.

In 1995, De Portzamparc created the museography for the Museum of Brittany, in Rennes, for which she also designed a library, interior open squares and spaces for children.

[citation needed] In 1997, De Portzamparc won a contest to design the stations and furniture of the Bordeaux metropolitan tramway network.

In this same context, she has made various propositions for sustainable, flexible, mixed-use and prefabricated housing, with low costs and quick construction time.