Pantanal Action

Guided tour of Helena Garden and Lapenna Garden

Pantanal Action presents projects and activities developed in neighborhoods located in the Tietê River basin in the eastern zone of São Paulo (Vila Nova União, Jardim Lapenna, and Jardim Helena), collectively known as the Pantanal, an area subject to periodic flooding and the subject of several public administration projects. It revisits a project initially developed by ZL Vórtice, coordinated by Nelson Brissac, now in partnership with professors from FAU and EE Mackenzie, and coordinated by Afonso Castro.

Guided tours of the three neighborhoods that make up the Pantanal area.
26/09 – Vila Nova União
September 30th – Helena Garden
07/10 – Lapenna Garden

During the visits, on-site exhibitions of urbanization projects developed or proposed by public administration and university researchers will be held, with the participation of architects and engineers from CDHU, Mackenzie and ArqCoop+.

The visits will be accompanied by meetings with the communities, hosted by residents' associations such as Nova União das Artes (NUA) and CDC Jardim Helena. The discussion groups will promote an exchange of experiences and integration between the Pantanal communities and the downtown occupations—Ocupação 9 Julho, with representatives from the MSTC and MMLJ—aiming to encourage inclusive decision-making processes.

Free

Registration – guided tours

To participate in the visits, send an email to: acaopantanal@gmail.com
Include in the email: Name, profession, and any institution you belong to. Also, which visit you're interested in.

Registrations can be made up to 1 day before the visits.

There is no limit to the number of places available for guided tours.

Detailed information about the meeting point, time, itinerary and necessary information will be provided by email.

Access will be the responsibility of each interested party, but a guide will be provided with all the necessary information (public transportation lines, addresses and references) for the meeting with community leaders, members of public management and technicians who will conduct the visits.

In addition to guided tours, Ação Pantanal offers two other activities:

23/09 – Debate Forum – Oca Auditorium

10/10 – USP’s MariAntônia Center and Mackenzie’s Experimental Site

A link with more information will be available soon.

For questions, please contact us by email: acaopantanal@gmail.com

And opening our Debate Forum, tomorrow (19/09) we will have:

1:30 pm – debate between China and Brazil at China architecture exhibition day

6:00 pm – opening conference with Kongjian Yu (China), creator of the concept of Sponge cities

And there's much more! Workshops, activities, lectures, exhibitions. Join! It's all free!

(The schedule and projects are still in the process of being included on the website; it will be complete soon)