URBAN DESIGN

Re-urbanization of the area known as SAPÉ was an initiative of the Municipal Housing Secretariat of São Paulo. The action involved 2,500 families living in precarious dwellings in the district of Rio Pequeno. The design concept for the urbanization of Sapé was to promote the urban stitching of both banks of the watercourse by designing public spaces. Survey of the physical and social characteristics of the surrounding community showed urban discontinuity in various stages of deterioration and precariousness. Thus the project becomes the tool for inclusion to the extent that its actions would offer opportunities for connecting people, allowing social reunions and exchanges within the urbanized social space As infrastructure and housing projects converge in urban design (21), spaces are created to improve urban mobility, environmental quality, housing, recreation and work that will enhance the sense of belonging and cooperate to preserve and improve quality of life in the city.

The main goals of urbanization are namely to remove all families under situation of risk (03), to implement urban infrastructure in existing dwellings and to build new houses in the area. Therefore, beginning with the areas spared from mandatory removals, other possible settlement areas adjoining the green promenade alongside the Sapé watercourse were surveyed (04). With re-urbanization 3  areas for new buildings were created while the public space was maximized by creating connecting points  in the community encompassing the neighborhood and schools (14/15).