Author(s): Eduardo Pimentel Pizarro & Joana Carla Soares Goncalves
The favela is a pressing reality in the city of S茫o Paulo, Brazil, concentrating around 10% of its population. Despite the public investments and its higher consolidation status, the favela still lacks some urban infrastructures and services. In addition to that, housing is a key topic both due to the social dynamics embedded and to the poor environmental conditions found indoors, mainly caused by overexposure to solar radiation (particularly on the roof level), under performative building fabric and inefficient openings. From this context, how would it be possible to develop practical and replicable design strategies for the fa莽ades of self-built favela houses, environmentally informed, in Subtropical Climates? The research pro-design method applied in this work articulates fieldwork, analytical simulations and prospective exercises that culminate on the construction of a 1:1 prototype entitled 鈥淓veryday House鈥, in the second largest favela in the city of S茫o Paulo, 鈥淔avela de Parais贸polis鈥, with the aim of promoting its replication within and outside of the local community, showcasing the real application of the design proposal.
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978-1-944214-31-9