Laura Belik, Urban Commons and Democracy

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MinhocãoSÃO PAULO/ BRAZIL

AYLAURA BELIKMA Design StudiesThe New School – NYC

belil236@newschool.edu

MINHOCAO IMAGE

São Paulo City Center

Expansion of the Urbanized Area of São Paulo 1905-1997Source: Laboratorio de Urbanismo da Metropole (LUME- FAU USP 2004)

Since: 1970 “largest infrastructure project of its time in Latin America”

Connection: city center and west portion of the city

Length: 3.5 km (2.2 miles)

High: 5m (16 feet) above the ground

Distance from apartments windows: from 0.5m to 4.6 m (1.6 to 15 feet)

Closed for vehicles: Mondays-Fridays from 6:30am-9:30pm/ Saturdays starting at 3pm / Sundays: entire day

Daily traffic: 80,000 cars passing through (four lanes highway)

http://fotografia.folha.uol.com.br/galerias/10388-acervo-minhocao-elevado-costa-e-silva#foto-193545

January, 1970

WEEKDAYS WEEKENDS

Associacão Parque Minhocão Movimento Desmonte Minhocão

Take out the structure- Highly polluted (the Tampão Effect)- Lack of natural light- Loud

Who:- Residents from the area

Transform it into a Park- May keep parts or the entire structure- It’s already used as a park

Who:-architects, designers, urban activist not necessarily from the direct area

PROJETO GIGANTOPHOTOS BY RACHEL BRUST

MOVIMENTO 90

ELEVADO 3.5

FESTA JUNINA

GRUPO ESPARRAMA

VOODOOHOP

PISCINA NO MINHOCÃO CHEFS NA RUA

FESTIVAL BAIXO CENTROFESTIVAL BAIXO CENTRO

USES TODAY

1975Photo by Werner keifer

Obrigada [thank you].

LAURA BELIKMA Design StudiesThe New School – NYC

belil236@newschool.edu

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