Resiliência do Cafezal : Vertical Park and Community Center in Vila Santana do Cafezal in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

Author: Charlotte Fredriksson; [2015]

Keywords: resilience; Brazil; vertical park; community center; Vila Santana do Cafezal; Belo Horizonte; water collection; rainwater; sustainable; wood; community; favela; local technique; social structure; resiliência; resiliência do Cafezal; favela; Belo Horizonte; Brasil; Vila Santana do Cafezal;

Abstract: My architectural interventions are based on existing social structures as well as on local traditional building techniques of Vila Santana do Cafezal in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. My aim is to develop these structures and techniques in several sustainable ways focusing on rainwater collection, in order to strengthen the place ecologically and the community socially – both internally and towards the authorities.

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