Building Brazil! : the proactive urban renewal of informal settlements / edited by Marc Angélil & Rainer Hehl.

Berlin : Ruby Press, 2011.

464 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

As cities strain under a growing population and demand for resources, Brazil will provide a test case for how politicians, architects and urban planners can work together with local stakeholders to improve living conditions in informal settlements without upsetting their social structures. Against the backdrop of recent and exemplary developments in Brazilian public policy and slum-upgrading practices, 'Building Brazil!' suggests a proactive approach to the favela that opens up the existing urban fabric to architectural and urban interventions. Shifting between micro and macro levels of analysis, 'Building Brazil!' investigates the way forward for the favelas of Jardim Colombo, Heliópolis, Cidade Ipava and Rio das Pedras. Practical design solutions for informal, risk-prone areas are situated within overarching urban strategies; and context-specific projects are complemented by editorials on the spatial, social and financial dynamics of the informal Brazilian city.

9783981343649 (pbk.)
3981343646 (pbk.)

Architecture Brazil.
Architecture Brésil.
Architecture.
Brazil.

Angélil, Marc.
Hehl, Rainer.
Technische Hochschule Zürich.

Location: Library main 279022
Call No.: BIB 214845
Status: Available