A São Paulo for the future: the production of interstitial infrastructures based on morphological, environmental and social parameters

Author(s)

Eduardo Pimentel Pizarro

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU/SBI)
• Defense date: 2019-03-26

Examining board members

Joana Carla Soares Gonçalves; Miguel Luiz Bucalem; Elisabete França; Roberta Consentino Kronka Mülfarth; Marcos Leite Rosa

• Advisor: Joana Carla Soares Gonçalves

Abstract

The city of Sao Paulo is planned, designed, built and used from the perspective of \"buildings\" to the detritment of the urban void and its latent potentialities. It is hypothesized that the city, if produced from interstitial infrastructures based on morphological, environmental and social parameters, results in higher quality urban environments for people. The aim of the thesis is therefore to evaluate typical urban interstices selected in the existing city and to evolve, analytically, and to apply, prospectively, innovative tools and parameters for urban planning and design, seeking the construction of effective interstitial infrastructures to requalify the city, with a focus on territories with potential for urban transformation. The method is empirical, analytical and speculative in the way that articulates Fieldwork, Analytical Work and Prospective Work, theoretically based. Ultimately, against the prevailing urban regulation and practice, and from the application of the morphologicalenvironmental-social parameters proposed by the thesis, alternative futures are speculated to the city of São Paulo, legitimating and proving the infrastructural role of urban interstices in the requalification of the city. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 14/16505-7 - A SAO PAULO FOR THE FUTURE: the production of interstitial infrastructures based on morphological, environmental and social parameters
• Grantee: Eduardo Pimentel Pizarro
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate