Essays about: "irregular settlements"

Found 4 essays containing the words irregular settlements.

  1. 1. (in)Visible rivers - creating a flooding resilient system and new urban spaces in Curitiba, Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Sonjaly Juraszek; [2018]
    Keywords : Flood; rivers; Curitiba; Brazil; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Curitiba is the capital of the state of Paraná, in the south of Brazil. One of the main environmental issues Curitiba faces today is related to flooding and cloudburst events. READ MORE

  3. 2. Vertical Occupations in the city center of São Paulo

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Lisandra Vazquez; [2017]
    Keywords : housing challenges; occupations; irregular settlements; irregular housing; beehives; central area; city center; developing country; São Paulo; habitação social; ocupações centrais; ocupações verticais; centro; São Paulo; habitação irregular; desafios fundiários.;

    Abstract : Vertical Occupations in the City Center of São Paulo has been prepared as part of the Degree Project for the Master in Urbanism Studies course at The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.This Degree Project deals with social housing challenges in the central urban environment of São Paulo, Brazil, narrowing down to an important part of these urban challenges: the occupations of vacant buildings in the city center of São Paulo by social housing movements. READ MORE

  4. 3. Influence of Urban Form on Co-presence in Public Space : A Space Syntax Analysis of Informal Settlements in Pune, India

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Joel Hernbäck; [2012]
    Keywords : Urban form; space syntax; public space; informal settlements; slum; unplanned built environment; gender.;

    Abstract : This master thesis is intended as a contribution to the understanding of the influence urban form has on urban life and by extension social structures in society, by focusing on gender relations and their reflections on the use of public space. In addition, the aim of the study is to do so in relation to a comparison between two different types of urban environments; one slum area that can be regarded as formally unplanned with an irregular gradually grown street network and one slum area of more deliberately planned character with a more regular street grid. READ MORE

  5. 4. Papaquara : From Favela to Urban Field House

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Frida Boström; [2011]
    Keywords : architecture; favela; urban; temporality; incremental; planning; brazil; cities; vernacular; typology; florianópolis; autoconstruction; informality; planning tool; participation; community;

    Abstract : The project consists of developing new housing for the residents of Papaquara, 191 people who lived in a favela until early2011, when they were evicted and had their houses demolished by the local government while their settlement was severely flooded. This new housing project, which is firmly grounded in real circumstances, builds upon research on irregular autoconstructed settlements, their architectural characteristics and specifically the temporal aspect of how spatial qualities are constructed in such areas. READ MORE