map of walls, São Paulo 1:10 0000

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map of walls, São Paulo 1:10 0000

Censor booklet

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introduction project area

research: The wall research: The street Project: Wall Spaces site

process proposals

site plans and sections model photos

illustrations

references and litterature 5

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48 Content

Diploma Oslo School of Architecture and Design, spring 2018 Astrid Fadnes

supervisors: Tone Selmer-Olsen, Sabine Müller, Vibeke Jensen diploma title: Wall Spaces

location: São Paulo, Brazil

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introduction

Cidade dos Muros, «City of walls», is one of São Paulo’s nicknames. The project Wall Spaces explores how walls and fences can enrichen both sides of a wall and how public spaces could be implemented.

São Paulo lives up to its nickname: since the 1980s, extensive construction of walls and fences are creating a physical separation between buildings and the street, between the private and the public. Walls have become a distinctive feature of the city’s urban mor- phology and has consequently left the city’s urban spaces diminished and deteriorated.

Through an analysis of existing walls and a strategic proposal, the project investigates the potential of the wall not as a separation barrier, but rather as a boundary where encoun- ters may take place.

In one research part and one project part, the project focuses on a chosen central street and area in São Paulo.

The research investigates the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of walls and

fences in São Paulo, gathered in maps, diagrams and a catalogue of selected walls. The

other part of the research looks into the street as public space. The project proposal is a

strategic one, exemplified on a pilot site.

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google earth

The metropolitan region of São Paulo, population: 21,2 million

google earth

The city of São Paulo,

population: 12 million old city center new city center Avenida Paulista, main business street project area

Pinheiros river Tietê river

Map project area, 1:4000

Avenida Angélica and Higienópolis neighbourhood. Consolação district, São Paulo

Avenida Angélica, street of analysis

The Curved

Wall morphologies in area

Metro station

Metro in construction (2018)

The Curved The Fragmented

A B C

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Pilot site for project proposals Synagogue

Higeniópolis Shopping mall (1999) Church

Brazilian Art Museum Buenos Aires Park (1937) Police Station

Architecture Faculty, São Paulo University

MacKenzie University (1968, originally MacKenzie College, founded in 1874) Avenida Paulista, main business street

Map project area, 1:4000 Avenida Angélica and Higienópolis neighbourhood.

Consolação district, São Paulo Avenida Angélica, street of analysis

The Curved Wall morphologies in area

Metro station Metro in construction (2018)

The Curved

The Fragmented A

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Pilot site for project proposals Synagogue Higeniópolis Shopping mall (1999) Church

Brazilian Art Museum Buenos Aires Park (1937) Police Station Architecture Faculty, São Paulo University

MacKenzie University (1968, originally MacKenzie College, founded in 1874) Avenida Paulista, main business street

Project area

Avenida Angélica and Higienópolis neighbourhood. Consolação district, São Paulo

Avenida Angélica, street of analysis

The Curved

Wall morphologies in area Metro station

Metro in construction (2018)

The Curved The Fragmented

A B C

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Pilot site for project proposals Synagogue

Higeniópolis Shopping mall (1999) Church

Brazilian Art Museum Buenos Aires Park (1937) Police Station

Architecture Faculty, São Paulo University

MacKenzie University (1968, originally MacKenzie College, founded in 1874)

Avenida Paulista, main business street

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The wall

Both the historical settlement development and an increse in violent crime and fear of it

can explain part of the reason why walls and fences have become such a distinctive part

of São Paulo’s urban morphology. The walls and fences are implemented both around

housing blocks, offices and commercial and public services.

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Map of Walls 1:4000 Consolacão, central district of São Paulo

Wall morphology, São Paulo

“The Enclosed”

1:4000

Wall morphology, São Paulo

“The Curved”

1:4000 Wall morphology, São Paulo

“The Fragmented”

1:4000

“The Fragmented”

“The Enclosed”

“The Curved”

Map of walls, Consolocão District, central São Paulo and wall morphologies.

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A R C O D O T R I U N F O

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Along The Rails

The Well Dressed

The Heritage Orange Cake Don´t Sit On The Wall The Day Open

The Short The Painted The Columned

Buenos Aires Park

The Wired Corner Stone Papa Noel´s Furniture Jewish Tiles The Chat Sliding Doors The Consierge House

Synagogue Steel The Classic The Vivo Seller

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The Exclusive Low Rise Resistance P, The View 5m 10m

0 How have people appropriated the walls in São Paulo, how are they used, what are they made from, what is “behind” the fence and what condition do the walls create? 24 walls and fences along Avenida Angélica have been collected and evaluated in a catalogue.

Wall Catalogue

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14 15 04 Papa Noel´s Furniture

Stone, metal, concrete 18 m

2,5 m 10 cm 39m²25 344 kg Camera Car parking

Furniture sale, side walk, street

The Papa Noel´s Furniture is named after one of the daily users of the wall, Antonio Fransisco de Matos (and Papa Noel, Santa Claus, on the malls every Christmas) who daily occupies a meter of the three and a half meter wide sidewalk for his making and selling of furniture and toys. The Papa Noel´s Furniture is split in three part, one part is a metal gate, mostly closed, and the concrete part is split in two with a sliding metal rod gate, open on day time for the cars to pass and park on the parking lots. The paint used on the wall, is commonly used to signalize parking lots in São Paulo, often with one lower stripe in black or blue and one thinner stripe in yellow.

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SATANDER BANK

the classic

the heritage PAPER SPACE P, THE VIEW

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Cross section through wall situation

”I work for myself, a battle to survive. I do my handcraft and sell it on the street, for nine years I have been working here. For christmas I work at the shopping malls as Santa Claus to make the ends meet.”

Antonio Fransisco de Matos Materials:

Length:

Height:

Thickness:

Vertical surface:

Weight:

Security measures Side one:

Side two:

09 The Concierge House

Metal, concrete, glass 10,4 m 2 m 3 -10 cm 21 m² 1000 kg Concierge, camera Residential building Side walk, big tree

A guard to watch the houses, is a common feature and often, but not always, comes with a small shelter or small house for the guard.

This is among the more sophisticated ones, where the little guard´s house makes part of the wall itself, with its concrete and glass surfaces merging with the white steel fence and its pitching, concrete roof, giving character to the wall. The glass in the consierge house is black tinted glass, you can see out, but not in, and the camera on the outside catches every scene on the sidewalk.

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THE MASSIVE

higeniopolis style

SATANDER BANK

the classic

POINT

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Plan and cross section The Consierge House.

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THE MASSIVE

higeniopolis style

SATANDER BANK

the classic

POINT

14 The Well Dressed

Metal, concrete, stone bricks 26,7 m

2 m 1,5 cm- 15 cm 55 m² 2075 kg Concierge, camera Buffet França, restaurant A guard, sidewalk, trees, bushes

Always well dressed and with a wide foot position, the white gate on the northern side is always accompanied by a guard. The Well Dressed sticks out, not only for its height, but also for being the only pure wood construction in the area. The golden letters discretely hinting of what’s on the inside, França, meaning France. A part from this, nothing reveals the inside, but the symmetrical trees in front, with a wooden base matching the wall, strengthens the sophisticated and delicate and noble look.

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Plan and cross section The Well Dressed 5m

Materials:

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12 The Heritage

Concrete, metal bars 27 m

2,3 m 20 cm 60 m² 12 750 kg kg Concierge, camera

IPHAN, Inst. of Historical and Artistic Heritage Sidewalk, tree

Drawn by the Brazilian architect Ramos de Azevedo in 1910, the building has an eclectic style, influences by art novou. The wrought iron gates origin from the same time, then constructed to make passage for horse-drawn vehicles and the fence was to keep the horses within the property. The sidewalk in front has the typical

“São Paulo tiles”, black and white shaped as an abstracted map of the region of São Paulo.

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THE MASSIVE

higeniopolis style

SATANDER BANK

the classic

POINT

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Plan and cross section The Heritage Wall.

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Materials:

Length:

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Extracts from Wall Catalogue.

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2004: max. wall hight from 3 to 4 meters

3m 4m maximum 25% of wall massive

In 2004, the permitted height of the walls and fences in São Paulo, increased from 3 to 4 meters. In 2015 however, the city’s Master Plan (Plano Direitor, 2015) only allows the wall to be maximum 25% massive, the rest should be transparent, as metal grids or glass.

Diagram, walls along Avenida Angélica.

EXISTING WALLS

Avenida Angélica FUTURE POTENTIAL_01

full enclose

FUTURE POTENTIAL_02

remove, move and modify

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The street: Avenida Angélica

Avenida Angélica stretches through the central neighbourhood of Higienópolis, and the street makes out an important transport route between the city centre and São Paulo’s main business street Avenida Paulista. 2100 cars pass per hour in rush hour and it’s also a busy commuting route by foot and bus. Higeniópolis has for long and still is regarded a noble area in the city, but also neighbours less valuated and central areas. For the wide range of housing blocks, offices and commercial services and the demographic and social mix, Avenida Angélica is in the project considered as repre- sentative for São Paulo.

Only around 12% of ground floor is accessible for the pedestrian - and there is no pub-

lic space above or under ground level. Underground level is extensively used for car

parking and many roof tops in the area are equipped with helicopter parking.

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Avenida Angélica Commercial main traffic road residential street residential/commercial Map showing street hierarchy

Map of street hierachy Map of interest

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Lisboa Grill Restaurante JJ Gourmet, restaurant and snack bar

Banco Bradesco parking

Espaço Quintal, wedding and events parking

HSA, print shop Planeta Doçe, candy shop

Tom Jazz, bar and venue closed in 2016 due to high rent print shop

Angélica, café and confectionery Quick Hair, hairdresser O Boticário, cosmetics shop

Samsung shop

Kilo Leve, corner restaurant Droga Raia, Pharmacy

Bradesco Bank Bradesco Bank

5áSec Laundry Service Lanchonete Higeniópolis, snack bar

Prima Clean Angélica, Self Service Laundry Shell, Gas Station

Casa de Pão de Queijo, café Drogaria São Paulo, pharmacy

Drogasil, pharmacy Magic Animal, pet shop Angélica 2 Fitness, gym

Legenda Outlet, clothing shop Money Brasil, money exchange Customized, clothes shop Cacau Show, candy shop Casa das Furdas, uniform shop

Luar de Agosto, café kiosk purse shop Safra Bank

Bradesco Bank

Swift Mercade de Carne, meat shop Language Center

parking Bit Car, car mechanic

Drogaria São Paulo Bradesco Bank

DryClean USA, laundry service Satander Bank Bradesco Bank

parking Ana Santos, Beauty SaloonApa, Real Estate Agency Farmacia de Manipulação, pharmacyEmpty. Former gym.

Flower Shop

Emagrecentro Higeniópolis, beauty saloon Toﬀer, Candy Chop

Baroque, hairdresser and beauty saloon Bar e Lances Floida, snack bar

Bonbonerie Arco-Iris, candy shop Higeniópolis Hotel Joy Restaurante

Angélica Grill, restaurant

commercial center

Military Police Station

Satander Bank Círculo Macabi, jewish sports and leisure club

Buﬀet França, french restaurant

PetroBras gas station

Día, grocery store

Angélyca Hair, hairdresser Droga Raia 24, pharmacy CCAA Angélica, language center

Lanchonete New York, snack bar

Itaú Bank

Ipiranga gas station

Floricultura Bandeirante, ﬂower shop Multicoisas, shop

Itaú Bank Paloma Herredas Moda, clothing shop

Happy Day, beauty saloon Lottery Pão de Açucar, grocery store

McDonalds

Terraço Angélica, snack bar

HSBC Bank Itaú Bank

Empório das Flores, ﬂower shop Doçeria Angélica, candy shop Vanessa, institute for depilation

Capricho Molduras, frame shop Empório Maria Flor, ﬂower shop

unknown commercial space

Villa Angélica restaurant Casa Quintal, wedding space

Banco do Brasil, bank Bradesco Bank

Bela Angélica, restaurant and snack bar PagueMenos, pharmacy

Satander Bank

parking

Steinway & Sons Piano shop Frans café Motorola shop Satander Bank Riviera, bar and restaurant

Avenida Grill, restaurant Onofre, pharmacy

Mundo Apple Higeniópolis, Apple shop

Lavoisier, diagnostic center

Ghelfond, health center dental center

Sabará Health Center

Notre Dame Intermédica, health center Medical Center

Colegio Oswaldo Cruz, school

União Park Centro, medical center

Óptica Exclusiva, optician

Onofre, pharmacy Panamericana, design and art school

Sabará, helth center for children

Post Oﬃce IPHAN_Institute of Historic and Artistic Patrimony

Praça Vilboim, square

Parque Buenos Aires, park

civil register oﬃce

Salomão Zoppi, health center

construction site, EVN Construction Company

housing

housing with commercial ground ﬂoor oﬃce

commercial service

health and education public

other

abandoned villa

Catholic church Knesset Israel, Synagogue

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Samsung shop

Legenda Outlet, clothing shop Money Brasil, money exchange Customized, clothes shop Cacau Show, candy shop

Casa das Furdas, uniform shop Luar de Agosto, café

kiosk purse shop Safra Bank

Bradesco Bank

Flower Shop

commercial center

Día, grocery store

Itaú Bank

Itaú Bank Paloma Herredas Moda, clothing shop Happy Day, beauty saloon

Lottery Pão de Açucar, grocery store

McDonalds

Satander Bank

parking

civil register oﬃce

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housing with commercial ground ﬂoor oﬃce

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health and education public

other

abandoned villa

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Samsung shop

Bradesco Bank

Flower Shop

commercial center

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Itaú Bank

McDonalds

Satander Bank

parking

housing

housing with commercial ground ﬂoor oﬃce

commercial service

health and education public

other

abandoned villa

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Samsung shop

Bradesco Bank

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commercial center

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Itaú Bank

McDonalds

Satander Bank

parking

housing

housing with commercial ground ﬂoor oﬃce

commercial service

health and education public

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abandoned villa

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Samsung shop

Bradesco Bank

Flower Shop

commercial center

Día, grocery store

Itaú Bank

McDonalds

Satander Bank

parking

housing

housing with commercial ground ﬂoor oﬃce

commercial service

health and education public

other

abandoned villa

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Samsung shop

Bradesco Bank

Flower Shop

commercial center

Día, grocery store

Itaú Bank

McDonalds

Satander Bank

parking

housing

housing with commercial ground ﬂoor oﬃce

commercial service

health and education public

other

abandoned villa

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Samsung shop

Bradesco Bank

Flower Shop

commercial center

Día, grocery store

Itaú Bank

McDonalds

Satander Bank

parking

housing

housing with commercial ground ﬂoor oﬃce

commercial service

health and education public

other

abandoned villa

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Samsung shop

Bradesco Bank

Flower Shop

commercial center

Día, grocery store

Itaú Bank

McDonalds

Satander Bank

parking

housing

housing with commercial ground ﬂoor oﬃce

commercial service

health and education public

other

abandoned villa

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Samsung shop

Bradesco Bank

Flower Shop

commercial center

Día, grocery store

Itaú Bank

McDonalds

Satander Bank

parking

housing

housing with commercial ground ﬂoor

oﬃce

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health and education public

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housing oﬃce commercial

commercial ground ﬂoor health and education public

other Program map, Avenida Angélica

The Buenos Aires Park and the neighbourhood square Vilaboim are the only fully public, non-commercial places except the sidewalk along the street.

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What is the potential of the wall or the fence and how can the physical

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Map of use, Avenida Angélica

Avenida Angélica is daily used as a commuting route for people working in the area or as a passage to the main business street Avenida Paulista. In addition It is used by the residentials for daily activites and occasionally for demonstations, carneval parades or other outdoor and social events. In 2011 there were big “barbeque demonstrations” in the street for and against a new metro station in the area.

Map of use, Avenida Angélica

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Historic map of Higienópolis, 1930. The map shows the historical property structure, typically narrow and deep, tracking back from the colonial time, referred to as a “typical São Paulo lot”.

Avenida Angélica and project’s pilot site in white.

COMMERCIAL LOW RISE

PARKING LOT

HOUSING BLOCK

OFFICE HIGH RISE

VILLA ^1890-1910

Commercial and private use originally housing for the elite and noble.

Eclectic and art noveau style, 1-3 floors. Low fence.

1920-1980+

Residential

Spacious apartments, pilotis and garden, roof top gardens, modern ideals and materials.

Mid 90s - today Commercial offices, few with service/

commerce on ground floor Concrete and glass, Helicopter landing on roof, parking garage.

1950s - today

Banks, shops, medical centres, parking, cafes, snack bars, pharmacy.

1 floor (rearly 2). Some with fence and day open gates.

1950s - today

Commercial parking lots Occupy the few open plots in the city.

Often enclosed by painted walls.

Five main building typologies found along today’s Avenida Angélica, time

period, use and characteristics.

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Laundry Wall Well Wall Gym Wall

Project: Wall Spaces

The project Wall Spaces investigates through three new wall types, how the wall can have both a social and technical purpose, rather than only a seperating function. The three walls suggest public use and activity and implement new use and re-use of water in the city.

São Paulo is one of many cities suffering from a great water deficit. The latest water crisis in 2016 led people to drilling for wells on their private property, as the city covers a big network of rivers. The projects suggest public wells, aims to increase the poten- tial of rainwater harvesting in the rain season and a potential connection to existing infrastructure.

The project is a strategic one, applicable to different sites and situations. A site in the

project area is chosen as a “pilot project”.

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Map of Walls 1:4000 Consolacão, central district of São Paulo

0 10 20 30 40 50

1:500 (A1)

1:500 (A3)

0 10m 50m

Office_

Housing_

Empty building Storage/light building

Parking Villa Commercial service_

A quarter and three sites within the project area with a wide range in program and typolo- gies is chosen as a pilot site for the project.

AVENID A AN GELI CA

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RAINWATER

POTABLE WATER

As São Paulo is one of many cities suffering from extensive water deficit, the project aims to explore how water infrastructure can be optimized and implemented in the project proposalts for public spces. Säo Paulo has a large network of rivers underground. This map shows the ares´s wall and the underground river network. During the latest drought in the city, people started drilling wells on their properties as they discovered they lived on top of rivers.

map of walls, São Paulo 1:10 0000

Increase offset between private property and street What

Make cross quarter pedestrian passages

expropriate private open lots for public use

expropriate private parking garages for public use

Take in use flat roof tops for public use

Brigdes and tunnels wider sidewalk,

increase space for pedestrian why

increase connection cross quarters, make exclusive pedestrian paths

increase public space

cross road connections and space for pedestrians

01 Intervention priciples

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03

04

05

06 Increase offset between private property and street

Make cross quarter pedestrian passages

expropriate private open lots for public use

expropriate private parking garages for public use

Take in use flat roof tops for public use

Brigdes and tunnels wider sidewalk,

increase space for pedestrian

increase connection cross quarters, make exclusive pedestrian paths

increase public space

cross road connections and space for pedestrians

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02

03

04

05

06 Strategy proposals for interventions, what and why.

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Process: sketches, ideas on working with different levels and programming new walls

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Early sketches on three- four different project proposals for a new “wall”, implementing water.

Early sketches on rainwater harvesting and public space.

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Final project proposals: The Well Wall, The Gym Wall, The Laundry Wall. Situation plan.

Street elevation

Upper: Existing situation

Lower: The three projects implemented. Laundry Wall is in this elevation implented to a

different site than on situation plan.

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“WELL WALL”

Situation plan

“WELL WALL”

Section

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L A V A - J A T O

“LAUNDRY WALL”

Situation plan

“LAUNDRY WALL”

Section, elevation and concept

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model photos

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illustrations: Well Wall, Gym Wall, Laundry Wall.

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0 50m 100m

05 400 m running track

Subarquitectura, Alicante/Spain 01 Buenos Aires

Park

Lina Bo Bardi, São Paulo

04 MASP

03 Vilaboim

neighbourhood square,

Higienópolis São Paulo

Kobe, Copenhagen

02 Israels Plads

1 2

3

5 4 Book: City of Walls: Crime, Segregation,

and Citizenship in São Paulo Author: Teresa Pires do Rio Caldeira Relevance for project:

The book draws historical and contemporary lines of the urban development of São Paulo and introduces terms as fortified enclaves, aesthetic of security and the organizational pattern of closure of private spaces by walls, fences and monitoring to argue for the char- acterization of São Paulo as the city of walls. The history and the terms it discusses, are important for the research part of the project “Wall spaces” in order to base the project´s new discussions and proposals on existing knowledge and historical traces.

Key litterature

Reference projects implemented on site to test size.

Book: Espaço público e urbanidade em São Paulo (Public space and urbanity in São Paulo) Author: Mauro Calliari

Year: 2016

Relevance: Contributes with an historical backdrop of development of public space in São Paulo which is useful in order to keep an historical perspective observing today´s situation and how public spaces are effected by walls and fences.

magazine: Monolito: Higeniópolis Editors: Agnaldo Farias et.al.

Year: 2014

Relevance: Show the history of the buildings, whereas many were originally built without fences or walls,

the residential gardens being open to the street. What was the original idea behind these constructions,

it´s relevant to know when the fences and walls were added to the construction and property to know

how the response on security issues has changed through the past decades.

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