The sensitive reality of nature in the irresolute spaces of São Paulo

Author(s)

Arthur Simões Caetano Cabral

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU/SBI)
• Defense date: 2017-11-27

Examining board members

Vladimir Bartalini; Carlos Roberto Monteiro de Andrade; Denio Munia Benfatti

• Advisor: Vladimir Bartalini

Abstract

This study aims to investigate possibilities of landscape in residual spaces of the urban fabric. These are unresolved spaces, without definite scale or form - from tiny fissures populated by grasses on the asphalt to large idle lands -, taken up by the nature that is expressed in them in an original way. In contemporary cities, where nature is not welcome except in spaces intentionally reserved for it, undecided, unintentional spaces con-stitute a territory of opportunity and refuge for diversity. The empirical field for the investigation of these manifestations or landscape experiences are especially the areas of complex topography and relatively recent urbanization located between the Tietê valley and the Serra da Cantareira, in the city of São Paulo. Through the sensitive recog-nition of his character and his temperament, it is proposed the unveiling of possible, though unlikely, landscapes in the contemporary city. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 15/24340-0 - The sensible reality of nature in unresolved spaces of the city
• Grantee: Arthur Simões Caetano Cabral
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master