PLACE

Jardim Carqueiro | Cubatão – SP

PROJECT YEAR

2006 – 2011

COMPLETION

2011

LAND AREA

197.500 m²

BUILDING AREA

121.888,98 m²

DWELLINGS

1.840 units

In the municipality of Cubatão, located in the Serra do Mar, the need for resettlement arose, on the part of the government of the state of São Paulo, through CDHU (Company for Housing and Urban Development), of about 1800 families irregularly inhabiting risky areas. As part of the redevelopment program, Levisky Arquitetos was hired to design a complex that would bring living conditions for these people.

In a profound debate with institutional actors, population and private sector, the firm started from the principles of respect for social diversity, originality, and physical variety of the place when designing the project. The idea was to build a complex with subdivisions and squares, bike paths, open road system (so public transport could circulate through the neighborhood), proximity to services (schools and commerce), and different types of housing, with overlapping houses and four or eight floors buildings.

The concern of not excluding people and value local identity has brought improvements in the population’s health, and the expansion of coexistence, community organization, and social rights. There was also an increase in awareness regarding the environmental preservation of the surroundings. The option for small nuclei instead of a large condominium also allowed a better administration strategy to be run by the residents themselves.

 Carried out in partnership with the architect Eduardo Martins

IAB-SP 2008 Award • Category: Social Interest Housing | Public Production • Honorable Mention

Greenvana Greenbest 2012 • Category: Government Initiatives

Photos: Nelson Kon

PLACE

São Paulo

PROJECT YEAR

2011 | 2012

CONSTRUCTION YEAR

2012 (under construction)

URBANISTIC PLAN

1.537.550 m²

URBAN PROJECT AREA

308.090 m²

São Paulo City grew on and around a rich hydrological system. São Paulo created the Water Supply Recovery Program aiming, among other aspects, to rescue these waters, to preserve the remaining areas of the springs, to regularize the occupation of the lands that contaminate water, and to encourage leisure in the Billings and Guarapiranga dams.

In this context, Levisky Arquitetos was responsible for the urban requalification project of the Mata Virgem area, also known as Morro dos Macacos, one of the 64 intervention areas of this program, due to its profile permanently threatened by irregular occupations always exposed to landslide risk.

The intervention establishes guidelines to recover waters, land tenure regularization, preservation of the remaining areas near the springs, and the incentive to enjoy the dam for leisure.

The urban plan foresees a linear park, named Mosaico Morro dos Macacos Park, with tree density, public equipment such as daycare centers and squares, and mixed housing and commercial units.

PLACE

São Paulo

PROJECT YEAR

2011

CONSTRUCTION YEAR

2012 (under construction)

URBANISTIC PLAN

180.680 m²

URBAN PROJECT

66.560 m²

DWELLINGS

146 units

Based on the principle that urban renewal is capable of promoting improvement in the quality of life of the population, as a right to the city, as an offer of urban infrastructure and public services, in 2011 Levisky Arquitetos presented an intervention proposal in Jardim Colombo Center, located in Paraisópolis, South of São Paulo.

As part of the Program for the Re-urbanization of Favelas and the recovery of water sources, the demand presented by the Housing Secretariat of São Paulo had as a basic premise the implementation of a Linear Park along Colombo Stream, relocating families in vulnerable areas to new housing units.

After understanding the population needs, in a collaborative management model, the urban project sets a limit of protection to the stream and expands the intervention area.

The proposal defines structural axes for the project: mobility, connection with the road system and access to public transportation; the permanence of local commerce; definition of new areas for housing; supply of equipment, and urban infrastructure.

Thus, along the linear park, a new road integrates Jardim Colombo with the neighboring community and organizes new lots occupied by mixed-use buildings, with local shops and housing units in addition to the institutional health and sports buildings.

The drainage system solution is an open channeling of the stream, recovering the existing spring and the execution of a basic sanitation system for the entire community. In this way, it seeks to rescue water as an element, as an inducer of the qualified public space, stimulating the population and expanding the possibilities of sports, cultural, social, coexistence, and belonging to the place.

PROJECT YEAR

2010

In 2010, Levisky Arquitetos participated in the National Public Architecture Competition for New Sustainable Housing Types for Low-Income Families, promoted by CDHU (São Paulo State Housing and Urban Development Company).

With concepts balancing the sustainability tripod – social, environmental, and economic -, our design prerogative of applying the Universal Design guidelines and flexibility in construction, Levisky Arquitetos proposed new typologies for one-floor houses and single-family homes, capable of reproducing the typical situations of urban space.

A housing model designed to meet the needs of families throughout their lives, such as the increase in family members, aging, and mobility reduction. In addition to stimulating social bonding, comfort, quality of life, and diversity of use, it has a low impact on the environment and the family budget.

The two- and three-bedroom typologies propose the expansion of façade surfaces, sunlight and natural ventilation, integration between open and closed spaces, sunlight control, water reuse system, heating using solar panels, exposed electrical pipes, and individualized water and gas meters. Environments are also accessible and fully adaptable

2nd place in Group 01 • One-floor houses category