in her work, jacques questions prevailing architectural conventions, positing instead a different kind of architectural achievement and beauty, such as the development of the favelas of rio de janeiro - she explores this different kind of urban architecture through the works of an anarchist painter, sculptor and artist, hélio oiticica.

post-structuralist ideas from thinkers such as foucault, deleuze and derrida are also applied, such as the idea of 'natural and wild occupations'.

she asserts that the concept of a 'labyrinth' is imposed upon the favelas by outsiders who themselves find it to be a disorientating space - in contrast, inhabitants are able to fluidly travel amongst favelas' intricate pathways, exhibiting a skill and rhythm akin to the swing of a samba.