A new generation of city development projects is born? An exploration of the urban intervention projects

• Grant number: 20/11975-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: June 01, 2021
• End date: April 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Urban and Regional Planning - Fundamentals of Urban and Regional Planning
• Principal Investigator: Jeroen Johannes Klink
• Grantee: Giulia Farran Matteo
• Host Institution: Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas (CECS). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Santo André , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Considering the present urban planning scenario in the city of São Paulo, this research Project investigates the limits and potential of transforming space on the basis of the design of a new device, that is, The Urban Intervention Project (UIP). More specifically, the research explores the emergence of the UIP as a new stage in the planning of the city of São Paulo, which intensifies a trajectory marked by discretionary powers and flexibility in the finance, physical intervention and regulation of the built environment through urban projects. In that sense, the research is aimed at the analysis of the significance, the limits and opportunities of UIPs in the planning of the city of São Paulo in light of its formal objective to provide more instrumental-communicative rationality to the design and implementation of urban projects, on the one hand, and the contradictory trajectory of previous experiences, on the other. (AU)