Over the border
Paraisopolis is one of the most developed informal settlements in the city of Sao Paulo. As named by "Fevela" in Brazil, the place is originally dominated by a group of people who self-constructed their homes in this area, and right now is developed with proper basic infrastructure, such as school, church, hospitals and a sense of community. However, Paraisopolis as a Fevela is still isolated with the outside community, due to many reasons, including the low income group is next to high income communities. There is obvious physical divisions on the border.The existing condition of the site is surrounded by highways and fences which create physical boundaries in Paraisopolis. Without any branching and connecting to outside land in the south border, the isolation almost represent its situation in the city.
During my research and field trip to Sao Paulo, I identified one potential opportunity that can alter this situation, which is referring to the city’s future planning of Metro line 18 that has two stops in and near Paraisopolis. Therefore, I want to take advantages of metro stations as transit area with moving populations from inside and outside communities use the station everyday. The project is aiming at bridging the area with the outside city.
Current situation of Paraisopolis requires designers to understand this place comprehensively, designing infrastructure in a different and transdisiplinary way, create multifunctional and multi-scalar programs to encourage collaboration,interactions; possibly think about income-generating ways and promote healthy life style. In order to achieve those purposes, the station will serves not only a transportation hub but also a hub that encourages physical health and cultural(mental) activities. One proposed solution to transform the premeiter of Paraisopolis by creating a loop of recreational path and other space for sports that welcome citizens to use. Functioned together with other elements, an outdoor amphitherater that can hold concert and filming activities during events and festival and serves as casual meeting and seatings during everyday time. Other activity space along the street will have furnitures and small structures can be arranged by users. During the weekend it will turns into a place for street festival and market that celebrate the fever culture, including residents and small group show off their trading products. The architecture itself features a heavy top overhang and open lot in the ground floor designed with a park or garden environment, that enables all of those casual activities happens in certain days. The rest of desired programs may incorporate a series of cultural activities, such as open-air museum, outdoor educational space, a small community vertical farm. Open space on the ground will be designed to encourage outdoor engagement, for example, recreational activities. Inside the station, retail possibilities for restaurants and cafes will become connections between cultural and recreational use of the building. In order to promote the cultural-exchange activities and increase the interaction of two groups, the goal of the project is to promote sustainable living in both Paraisopolis and rest of formal neighborhoods..
Paraisopolis is one of the most developed informal settlements in the city of Sao Paulo. As named by "Fevela" in Brazil, the place is originally dominated by a group of people who self-constructed their homes in this area, and right now is developed with proper basic infrastructure, such as school, church, hospitals and a sense of community. However, Paraisopolis as a Fevela is still isolated with the outside community, due to many reasons, including the low income group is next to high income communities. There is obvious physical divisions on the border.The existing condition of the site is surrounded by highways and fences which create physical boundaries in Paraisopolis. Without any branching and connecting to outside land in the south border, the isolation almost represent its situation in the city.
During my research and field trip to Sao Paulo, I identified one potential opportunity that can alter this situation, which is referring to the city’s future planning of Metro line 18 that has two stops in and near Paraisopolis. Therefore, I want to take advantages of metro stations as transit area with moving populations from inside and outside communities use the station everyday. The project is aiming at bridging the area with the outside city.
Current situation of Paraisopolis requires designers to understand this place comprehensively, designing infrastructure in a different and transdisiplinary way, create multifunctional and multi-scalar programs to encourage collaboration,interactions; possibly think about income-generating ways and promote healthy life style. In order to achieve those purposes, the station will serves not only a transportation hub but also a hub that encourages physical health and cultural(mental) activities. One proposed solution to transform the premeiter of Paraisopolis by creating a loop of recreational path and other space for sports that welcome citizens to use. Functioned together with other elements, an outdoor amphitherater that can hold concert and filming activities during events and festival and serves as casual meeting and seatings during everyday time. Other activity space along the street will have furnitures and small structures can be arranged by users. During the weekend it will turns into a place for street festival and market that celebrate the fever culture, including residents and small group show off their trading products. The architecture itself features a heavy top overhang and open lot in the ground floor designed with a park or garden environment, that enables all of those casual activities happens in certain days. The rest of desired programs may incorporate a series of cultural activities, such as open-air museum, outdoor educational space, a small community vertical farm. Open space on the ground will be designed to encourage outdoor engagement, for example, recreational activities. Inside the station, retail possibilities for restaurants and cafes will become connections between cultural and recreational use of the building. In order to promote the cultural-exchange activities and increase the interaction of two groups, the goal of the project is to promote sustainable living in both Paraisopolis and rest of formal neighborhoods..
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