Hydrological cooperativism: restoration of degraded areas in the Amazon basin

City School – Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism

Project implementation: Brazil
Project development: Brazil

Students: Domenico S., Gabriel W., Luigi F., Rodrigo C., Tereza P., Yuri T.
Orientation Analia A.

With the advent of the climate crisis, housing becomes a systemic problem. We've moved on from the era in which housing was limited to the boundaries of each owner's lot.
Our hypothesis is based on the recognition of a historically exploratory extractive model that has produced not only environmental devastation but also the economic and social dependence of local populations on cycles of exploitation. The project, implemented in the river plain of Lake Janauacá, seeks to reverse this logic: restoring degraded areas through the management of native species to regenerate soils, activating autonomous production chains, and enabling communities to self-manage their vital resources.

The territorial occupation is organized around cooperative centers that share collective infrastructure built with prefabricated systems made from local wood. These centers, such as a school, cultural center, social housing, market, and health unit, are connected by a hydrographic network and create a city capable of withstanding floods and droughts, capable of adapting to the dynamics of the territory.
In this study, we seek to imagine new forms of occupation in the Amazon territory. Cities free from extractive logic, sovereign in their means of subsistence, capable of inhabiting without depredation. By envisioning new landscapes, we envision emancipated ways of life, in which the relationship between humans and nature is symbiotic, enabling the flourishing of new social and ecological pacts.

Participate in the program of debates, workshops and associated activities!

TODAY (10.10)

2:30 pm – table Risk-Free Periphery in the Context of Climate Change

4pm – table Knowing to Transform: Community Climate Risk Reduction and Adaptation Plans

6:30 pm – table Inclusive Adaptation: Nature-Based Solutions in the Peripheries

9am – Drawing Workshop: Oscar Niemeyer's Architecture in Ibirapuera Park and the Climate Challenge

IN THE NEXT DAYS (11 to 14.10)

ATTENTION the table Palmas: For 36 years, the ecological capital of Tocantins which would be held on 10/11 | 7pm was canceled.

11.10 and 12.10 | 9am – workshop Inventa(rio) Fronteiras: Playing for Multispecies Cities

11.10 | 10am – workshop Elémenterre teaching bag

11.10 | 11am – table Learning to inhabit the Anthropocene: the crisis of architecture

11.10 | 2pm – table Architecture for Learning and Civic Use

11.10 | 3pm – table Culture and Public Architecture

11.10 – 15h – workshop Elémenterre teaching bag

11.10 | 4pm – table Reconnecting with Nature & Circular Design

11.10 | 5pm – table Architecture of Belonging: Interpreting Heritage Through Place

12.10 | 10am – table Experience: Climate Refuges and Naturalized Public Spaces, with Eco-Neighborhood

12.10 | 10:30 am – table Childhoods and Climate: Climate Justice in Vulnerable Territories

12.10 | 10:30 am – Windsock Workshop with the Floating Collective 

12.10 | 3pm – table Doing a lot with a little: architectures for a planet in transition with Esteban Benavides from Al Borde office

12.10 | 4:30 pm – table Earth – building a sustainable and democratic future 

12.10 | 5:45 pm – table French presence at the Biennale and screening of the film AJAP – Albums of Young Architects and Landscape Architects

13.10 – activity Pantanal Action at IABsp

10/14 | 10am – table Urgent Panorama! Space as an act of permanence

14.10 | 6pm – Launch of the “Nature-Based Education” Guide

JOIN! IT'S ALL FREE!

And there's much more until October 19th!

NOTE OF CONDOLENCE

With deep sorrow, the Brazilian Institute of Architects – São Paulo Department (IABsp) mourns the passing of architect and landscape architect Kongjian Yu, a global leader in ecological urbanism, and the members of his team who accompanied him, tragically killed during the filming of a documentary. The institute is honored to have had him as a participant in the 14th São Paulo International Architecture Biennial, where his transformative vision strengthened the dialogue between global challenges and local realities. IABsp emphasizes that Yu's contribution, which transcends borders, will remain an inspiration for generations and expresses its condolences to China, to the families of all the deceased, to his friends, and to all those impacted by his genius and dedication. Read the full note here.