BRIC and megacities: social housing and centralities, the case of São Paulo

• Grant number: 11/08344-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2011
• End date: August 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Urban and Regional Planning - Fundamentals of Urban and Regional Planning
• Principal Investigator: Leandro Silva Medrano
• Grantee: Giusepe Filocomo
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FEC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Currently there are so many problems in the city of São Paulo, mostly because of the urban bloat and the absence of adequate urban planning. Moreover, the strong interdependencies and vulnerabilities to external factors have gone unnoticed. This work intends to understand these situations, in São Paulo, Brazil, and in others BRIC countries. The object of study is the Social Housing of the Project Nova Luz, in the city core. All the work will be developed with researches of LEAC, Lab of Studies in Contemporary Architecture - UNICAMP. (AU)