BOOKLET
"SÃO PAULO: INTO THE VOID"
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São Paulo: into the void was a studio carried out in 2021 that promoted an analysis of the relationship between the housing crisis in São paulo and the Agenda of the urban social movements that claim for the right to the city.
It departed from the collaboration between the disciplines “MSc2 Global Housing Studio”, of the Faculty of Architecture and the built environment, TUDelft and the “AUH0541 Architecture, Space and Society: Theory and Criticism”, of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo, as part of a 5-year partnership supported by the Sprint and Thematic Programs by FAPESP (Grant #16/22704-8).
Students collaborated in two fronts: the development of design proposals for dwelling at the Barra Funda district and the theoretical analysis of the urban voids in its relationships with spatial dynamics of the contemporary city.
This publication starts with a prelude, as an introductory piece that depicts the area and anticipates some of its subjects. In the form of a Photo Essay, it is followed by photographic analysis developed by FAU USP students, which depict the area through a compilation of street scape frames that systematically compiled images of the studied area. Later, critical perspectives are presented in the format of thematic layers that derived from a theoretical repertoire.
“Into the void”, the title of this studio helps localize this contribution. ‘Into’ suggests diving, alluding to a brief immersion in a subject, also reflecting on a methodological proposition for the discipline. Its meaning generated a reflection about the purpose of the collaboration. In addition to the spatial dimension, ‘Into’ proposes to understand the void in depth, as it refers to the action of compiling data, producing knowledge and generating criticism. In this way, ‘Into the void’ alludes to the methodological proposition that guided this discipline.
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EDITORS
Leandro Medrano, Luiz Recamán; Marcos L. Rosa, Mariana Wilderom
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EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE
Alessandra Fudoli, Lucas Cazula
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TEACHING TEAM
FAU USP: Leandro Medrano, Luiz Recaman, Marcos L. Rosa, Mariana Wilderom, Alessandra Fudoli (assistant), Lucas Cazula (assistant)
TUD BK: Nelson Mota, Vanessa Grossman, Harald Mooij
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COURSE PARTICIPANTS
FAU USP: Luis Felipe C. Nunes, Camila Garcia Rosa, Felipe Lakatos Pereira, Leandro Martins Augusto, Leticia Martins Cunha, Henrique Mendes Rodrigues, Luiza N. M. Lemos, Thais Rie Tanaka, Tawane V. Castori, Lucas Cazula Martins (assistant), Alessandra Fudoli (assistant)
TUD BK: Dave Chan, Oana Cioploiu, Casper van Duuren, Ginger Hanssens, Pascal Henle, Joëlle Hermans, Oliwia Jackowska, Anthea Karakoullis, Karolina Krzyżanowska, Alexia Lund, Renée Meijer, Sofie Rosenberg, Edwin Scharringa, Rebekka Schächer, Samuel Tam, Ceyda Tezbasar, Daphne Vlak, Bart Vos, Kelly Wong
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We acknowledge the students from TU Delft for their exchange and collaborative work with FAUUSP students. The works they developed can be found in an additional booklet documenting the design process.
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For their participation in the course and support, we sincerely thank the guest lecturers that particpated in the couse: Fernando de Mello Franco, Héctor Vigliecca, Paula Santoro, Pedro Arantes, Dick van Gameren.
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PHOTO CREDITS
Google Maps Street View (2021), Henrique Mendes Rodrigues, Leandro Martins Augusto Mariana Wilderom, Marcos L. Rosa.
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EXHIBITION
"BK EXPO WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
RETHINK EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY IN DISRUPTED TIMES"
GRAPHIC ANATOMY OF BARRA FUNDA
A TRANS-ATLANTIC REMOTE COLLABORATION IN TIMES OF GLOBAL PANDEMIC
01/09/21-24/09/21, TU Delft
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During the Spring term 2021, the students of the MSc2 Global Housing Studio “São Paulo: Into the Void” developed a contextual analysis of an area in Barra Funda, a low-density de-industrializing central district of São Paulo (Brazil), in collaboration with faculty and students from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo (FAUUSP). Usually this key part of the studio’s educational program is developed during the field trip, and is supported by site surveys, interviews with residents and different modes of participant observation.
The pandemic-induced constraints could have been damaging for the course in terms of the transatlantic academic partnership and field work on which it was premised, but instead it turned into a remarkable opportunity for the Global Housing approach. Going remote, for Delft and São Paulo students, allowed for the development of new ways of carrying site-specific housing-related research, which use technology, digital networks and social media wisely. It also enhanced interaction and opened new lines of inquiry, which expanded the outreach of in-site surveys and thus access to local voices and physically- inaccessible territories. With this experience we have learned that remote-learning can be a valuable platform for the global community of practice that emerged, one that has exchanged continuously and more frequently than during a field-trip.
COORDINATION AND ORGANIZATION
Vanessa Grossman, Harald Mooij, Nelson Mota (BK TU Delft).
Leandro Medrano, Luiz Recamán; Marcos L. Rosa, Mariana Wilderom (FAU USP)
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Alessandra Fudoli, Alexia Lund
COURSE PARTICIPANTS
FAU USP: Luis Felipe C. Nunes, Camila Garcia Rosa, Felipe Lakatos Pereira, Leandro Martins Augusto, Leticia Martins Cunha, Henrique Mendes Rodrigues, Luiza N. M. Lemos, Thais Rie Tanaka, Tawane V. Castori, Lucas Cazula Martins (assistant), Alessandra Fudoli (assistant)
TUD BK: Dave Chan, Oana Cioploiu, Casper van Duuren, Ginger Hanssens, Pascal Henle, Joëlle Hermans, Oliwia Jackowska, Anthea Karakoullis, Karolina Krzyżanowska, Alexia Lund, Renée Meijer, Sofie Rosenberg, Edwin Scharringa, Rebekka Schächer, Samuel Tam, Ceyda Tezbasar, Daphne Vlak, Bart Vos, Kelly Wong
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The production of this exhibition has been possible with the support of the SPRINT programme for the project “Collective Housing and the City: Contemporary design strategies for inclusive inhabitation in Brazil and The Netherlands”
LOCATION
Julianalaan 134, 2628 BL, Delft
Photo: Nelson Mota.
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