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Project was one of the winners in the 5th Cicle of the World Archuitecture Community 2009.Project conducted for the 2009 eVOLO skyscraper competition with Pedro Duschenes and Thiago ValÈrio Zandona colaborations.Place:
With a population estimated from 60.000 (according to Governmental
Census) to 150.000 (according to
local inhabitants) Rocinha is one of the largest slums in Brazil. It is located
in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro on steep hillsides overlooking the rest of
the city and the sea. Limited by some of the most expensive living areas in the
city, the impoverished settlement is yet another example of contrast between
fortified houses and wall-less low income habitation. The Rocinha community
originated in the 1930’s from the division of bigger farms in smaller lots for
food production. In the 1940’s and 50’s illegal settlements started to grow due
to the lack of control over the area. A new occupation boom took place in the
60’s and 70’s. The pressure came specially from people seeking for jobs in
infrastructure construction taking place in other parts of developing Rio de
Janeiro. During this continuous and still ongoing growth, environmentally
fragile areas suffered the action of unplanned horizontal housing. The proposal
located in this settlement is directly related to local space needs and the
lack of inhabitable land.
Concept:
Poverty, hunger, discrimination, reality. Life experience.
Constitutional law, but not a real statement of
the living act, the dignity of a human being. In what way could we relate the
lack of inhabitable space to the
huge amount of underprivileged
people in one of the largest Brazilian cities? How to create opportunities for
enrichment and learning through architecture for those who still fight for a
day of survival in the chaos?
Differences between living space and designed
space. Differences in the use of the space and the previous definitions and
regulations for a supposed order.
The organization in a slum is similar to a competition for survival, where the
strength, be it political or physical, coupled with low budget creates huge
spaces of both innocence and turbulence, human and inhuman spaces to the
extreme, an example of vivid architecture, not about mistakes or successes,
about the huge range of differences. Plurality. Experiences. Culture.
Interstitial spaces are the living spaces of slums, this spaces are the
consequence of the lack of private space and the high density, forcing the
street meetings, so the boundary between public and private becomes invisible,
almost non-existent, but it does not become a problem for the culture of
miscegenation. The multi-space (the transition area) becomes the meeting place
of the local community. Thus, this space is a consequence of the particular
“illegal” processes, an area of difference, for difference, a condition in
between.
The building design aims to maintain the diversity of events generated
by the “favela” in its interstitial spaces. Resulting from this, the skyscraper
is shaped spontaneously in a rich mixture of sustainable spaces. The building’s
spatial liveliness comes from the large number of functions and users, who may
be able to quickly move in and relate to the space.
The skyscraper will be built gradually, according to the demand and the
transfer of the Rocinha’s residents. Within this act, the ground could be
slowly freed and reverted once again to a preservation site for the Atlantic
forest.
Program:
The building, more than 500 m (1640 ft) tall,
will provide housing for thousands of people and also access to educational,
cultural and leisure infrastructure to inhabitants and nearby communities. The
plurality and mix found in the “favela” is applied to the programmatic needs of
the skyscraper: Culture – theaters, cinemas, music halls, auditoriums, museums,
places for samba rehearsals, libraries, places for expositions; Sports – gyms,
pool, sport rooms, lockers, services; Green roofs; Health Unities; Schools,
elementary schools and nursing houses; Small offices areas; Service and
Commerce areas; and, most significantly, habitations of various sizes.
These uses come to meet the lack of quality infrastructure today in
Rocinha, providing service, culture, education and attracting people.
The facade follows different typologies, which are related to use and
the program, but also to the search for a special character and a collective memory. Exterior and
interior walls should be an open display for the art of the slums, therefore
local artists and painters are invited to create designs for the building’s
surfaces. Like in the “favela” the visual unity would come out of the chaotic
distribution of materials, colors, small paths and lights.
Circulation:
The vertical circulation explores some possibilities of arrival, leading
the users from one area of transition to another. The vertical circulation
always starts and stops in an interaction space, a gathering and cultural place
with enormous encountering and exchange possibilities. The building is provided
with a major vertical circulation and various secondary circulations. Hierarchy is established by the
vertical movement, the principal one, the generator of multiple possibilities.
The secondary vertical circulations act as local transitive elements, mixing uses
and promoting contact. Multiple ways to get to the desired points create the
possibility for the unexpected in every-day routine.
With a population estimated from 60.000 (according to Governmental
Census) to 150.000 (according to
local inhabitants) Rocinha is one of the largest slums in Brazil. It is located
in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro on steep hillsides overlooking the rest of
the city and the sea. Limited by some of the most expensive living areas in the
city, the impoverished settlement is yet another example of contrast between
fortified houses and wall-less low income habitation. The Rocinha community
originated in the 1930’s from the division of bigger farms in smaller lots for
food production. In the 1940’s and 50’s illegal settlements started to grow due
to the lack of control over the area. A new occupation boom took place in the
60’s and 70’s. The pressure came specially from people seeking for jobs in
infrastructure construction taking place in other parts of developing Rio de
Janeiro. During this continuous and still ongoing growth, environmentally
fragile areas suffered the action of unplanned horizontal housing. The proposal
located in this settlement is directly related to local space needs and the
lack of inhabitable land.
Concept:
Poverty, hunger, discrimination, reality. Life experience.
Constitutional law, but not a real statement of
the living act, the dignity of a human being. In what way could we relate the
lack of inhabitable space to the
huge amount of underprivileged
people in one of the largest Brazilian cities? How to create opportunities for
enrichment and learning through architecture for those who still fight for a
day of survival in the chaos?
Differences between living space and designed
space. Differences in the use of the space and the previous definitions and
regulations for a supposed order.
The organization in a slum is similar to a competition for survival, where the
strength, be it political or physical, coupled with low budget creates huge
spaces of both innocence and turbulence, human and inhuman spaces to the
extreme, an example of vivid architecture, not about mistakes or successes,
about the huge range of differences. Plurality. Experiences. Culture.
Interstitial spaces are the living spaces of slums, this spaces are the
consequence of the lack of private space and the high density, forcing the
street meetings, so the boundary between public and private becomes invisible,
almost non-existent, but it does not become a problem for the culture of
miscegenation. The multi-space (the transition area) becomes the meeting place
of the local community. Thus, this space is a consequence of the particular
“illegal” processes, an area of difference, for difference, a condition in
between.
The building design aims to maintain the diversity of events generated
by the “favela” in its interstitial spaces. Resulting from this, the skyscraper
is shaped spontaneously in a rich mixture of sustainable spaces. The building’s
spatial liveliness comes from the large number of functions and users, who may
be able to quickly move in and relate to the space.
The skyscraper will be built gradually, according to the demand and the
transfer of the Rocinha’s residents. Within this act, the ground could be
slowly freed and reverted once again to a preservation site for the Atlantic
forest.
Program:
The building, more than 500 m (1640 ft) tall,
will provide housing for thousands of people and also access to educational,
cultural and leisure infrastructure to inhabitants and nearby communities. The
plurality and mix found in the “favela” is applied to the programmatic needs of
the skyscraper: Culture – theaters, cinemas, music halls, auditoriums, museums,
places for samba rehearsals, libraries, places for expositions; Sports – gyms,
pool, sport rooms, lockers, services; Green roofs; Health Unities; Schools,
elementary schools and nursing houses; Small offices areas; Service and
Commerce areas; and, most significantly, habitations of various sizes.
These uses come to meet the lack of quality infrastructure today in
Rocinha, providing service, culture, education and attracting people.
The facade follows different typologies, which are related to use and
the program, but also to the search for a special character and a collective memory. Exterior and
interior walls should be an open display for the art of the slums, therefore
local artists and painters are invited to create designs for the building’s
surfaces. Like in the “favela” the visual unity would come out of the chaotic
distribution of materials, colors, small paths and lights.
Circulation:
The vertical circulation explores some possibilities of arrival, leading
the users from one area of transition to another. The vertical circulation
always starts and stops in an interaction space, a gathering and cultural place
with enormous encountering and exchange possibilities. The building is provided
with a major vertical circulation and various secondary circulations. Hierarchy is established by the
vertical movement, the principal one, the generator of multiple possibilities.
The secondary vertical circulations act as local transitive elements, mixing uses
and promoting contact. Multiple ways to get to the desired points create the
possibility for the unexpected in every-day routine.
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