Ninth International Conference on The Constructed Environment

Abstract

The current joint proposal of MACquinho (social educational project by Oscar Niemeyer) and the University Federal Fluminense, aiming the implantation of Urban Gardens allied to prototypes of Bioclimatic Architecture in the favela (slum) of Morro do Palácio, addresses the sustainable theme approved by the IADB (Interamerican Development Bank) Improving Lives: Urbanization of Communities, and Social Inclusion. The current architecture and urban planning project aims to collaborate with the elaboration of the Municipal Sanitation Basic Plan of the Municipality of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro through urbanization interventions, with an emphasis on Community Social and Environment Services. Challenges: In collaboration with the Urban Digital Platform of MACquinho, Niterói City Hall, the project emphasizes a critical urban reading that elects the city as a laboratory and field of digital green cities´ experimentation. Localized experiences of changing public spaces from new architectural interventions of Green Walls and Indigenous Graphism in empty spaces of Morro do Palácio emphasizes the interpretation of reflexive exercise in critical self-assessment through microplanning prototypes. The project analyses typical constructions of Brazilian indigenous cultures (“ocas” or longhouses), by focusing on the promotion of a culture of peace and nonviolence, of global citizenship, and the appreciation of cultural diversity in Brazilian megacities.