Occupying Central São Paulo

OSA Research group on Urbanism & Architecture, University of Leuven,
Area Culture Urban Development Housing Medium Information Visualization Infographic Animation Cartography Type Research

Central São Paulo is perpetually under construction. Consecutive cycles of investment and retreat, renewal and decline created a fertile breeding ground for extraordinary occupations to germinate. As a diptych, this visual exploration inquires the nexus of urban (re)development and occupation practices. A first panel unfolds the successive urban reproduction cycles that steered the mutations of São Paulo?s central area over time. The second one reviews 9 peculiar instances in the contemporary urban fabric where occupations appear to perform ?proto-urbanisms?, as utopic and embryonic prototypes of a more inclusive city-in-the-making, yet-to-come, but nonetheless piecemeal ?under-construction?.

The panels are accessible through the link below. The first file is a pdf-loop. The second one an interactive presentation.

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Authors

  • De Beukelaer, Kathleen OSA Research group on Urbanism & Architecture, University of Leuven
  • Bosmans, Claire OSA Research group on Urbanism & Architecture, University of Leuven
  • Van den Eynde, Valentine OSA Research group on Urbanism & Architecture, University of Leuven
  • Gonçalves Monteiro, Raissa OSA Research group on Urbanism & Architecture, University of Leuven
  • Stevens, Jeroen OSA Research group on Urbanism & Architecture, University of Leuven
  • De Meulder, Bruno OSA Research group on Urbanism & Architecture, University of Leuven

Project Partner

Project developed by the OSA Research Group on Urbanism & Architecture of the University of Leuven (Belgium) in collaboration with FLM (Frente de Luta por Moradia, São Paulo)