Green certification and city building: LEED® and architecture in São Paulo, 2006-2015

• Grant number: 16/21407-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: March 01, 2017
• End date: April 02, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Architecture and Town Planning - Fundamentals of Architecture and Urbanism
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Antonio Recaman Barros
• Grantee: Raphael Grazziano
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 17/16322-8 - The production of space by global standards: examining LEED rating systems, BE.EP.DD

Abstract

The increasing evidences of the anthropogenic causes of the environmental problems, as well as the responsibility of the building sector in the space modification and resources consumption, have influenced a new architectural debate. This debate claims for changes in the architectonic practices so that the impacts in the environment would decrease. This debate has also influenced the creation of certifications that assess the care for the environment in the new projects. One of these certifications is the North American Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®), nowadays the most widespread certification in Brazil. It has initiated its activities here in 2006. An important part of the literature discusses the technical modifications that the certification should undergo to fit the tropical needs. However, the discussion about how these certifications select some buildings characteristics, and consequently a certain urban space, is not properly discussed. Then, this research inquires into the space patterns suggested by LEED®, using case studies situated in the Operação Urbana Consorciada Águas Espraiadas, in São Paulo. The opening or design of these selected projects took place between 2006 and 2015. Due to our research area, the methodology uses architectonical projects, diagrams and maps, all of them interpreted with literature related to the theory and history of architecture and urbanism. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MEDRANO, LEANDRO; BARROS, LUIZ RECAMAN; WILDEROM, MARIANA; GRAZZIANO, RAPHAEL; CRITIC-ALL PRESS. Space and the otherness An anthology. 2022 25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION FUSION (FUSION 2022), v. N/A, p. 10-pg., 2018-01-01. (16/22704-8, 16/21407-0, 17/16322-8, 15/19847-9, 17/26688-0)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

GRAZZIANO, Raphael. Virtualities and contradictions in the space under global patterns: LEED® and corporate architecture in São Paulo. 2019. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU/SBI) São Paulo.