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MinhocãoSÃO PAULO/ BRAZIL
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AYLAURA BELIKMA Design StudiesThe New School – NYC
MINHOCAO IMAGE
2010
1972
São Paulo City Center
Expansion of the Urbanized Area of São Paulo 1905-1997Source: Laboratorio de Urbanismo da Metropole (LUME- FAU USP 2004)
Since: 1970 “largest infrastructure project of its time in Latin America”
Connection: city center and west portion of the city
Length: 3.5 km (2.2 miles)
High: 5m (16 feet) above the ground
Distance from apartments windows: from 0.5m to 4.6 m (1.6 to 15 feet)
Closed for vehicles: Mondays-Fridays from 6:30am-9:30pm/ Saturdays starting at 3pm / Sundays: entire day
Daily traffic: 80,000 cars passing through (four lanes highway)
http://fotografia.folha.uol.com.br/galerias/10388-acervo-minhocao-elevado-costa-e-silva#foto-193545
http://fotografia.folha.uol.com.br/galerias/10388-acervo-minhocao-elevado-costa-e-silva#foto-193545
January, 1970
WEEKDAYS WEEKENDS
Associacão Parque Minhocão Movimento Desmonte Minhocão
Take out the structure- Highly polluted (the Tampão Effect)- Lack of natural light- Loud
Who:- Residents from the area
Transform it into a Park- May keep parts or the entire structure- It’s already used as a park
Who:-architects, designers, urban activist not necessarily from the direct area
PROJETO GIGANTOPHOTOS BY RACHEL BRUST
MOVIMENTO 90
ELEVADO 3.5
FESTA JUNINA
GRUPO ESPARRAMA
VOODOOHOP
PISCINA NO MINHOCÃO CHEFS NA RUA
FESTIVAL BAIXO CENTROFESTIVAL BAIXO CENTRO
USES TODAY
1975Photo by Werner keifer
