Morar Primeiro: respondendo à crise habitacional e climática - 14ᵃ Bienal Internacional de Arquitetura de São Paulo

Project implementation: Brazil
Project development: Brazil

FICA is part of the Community Property Association, which has been working since 2015 to provide access to decent housing for low-income families, acquiring and managing properties in well-located areas, through the provision of the Social Housing Service.

Since 2023, FICA's Morar Primeiro Program has been providing housing to 60 previously homeless people through a partnership with Father Júlio Lancellotti. The program is based on the international Housing First methodology, which advocates that housing is the first (and most essential) step toward social reintegration for people in situations of extreme vulnerability.

We brought to the Biennial the program developed for the population most vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis: homeless people—those who contribute least to climate change and suffer most from its effects, lacking shelter and experiencing extremely fragile socioeconomic and health conditions. The Morar Primeiro program is a compelling response to the intersection of the climate and housing crises, guaranteeing safe housing, support for accessing income and employment, the right to the city, and improved health, education, and citizenship.

To make the program viable, FICA acquired vacant and underutilized houses and apartments near the areas where the families served by the program lived. FICA manages the property, condominium, and social services, and the families receive ongoing and personalized psychosocial support. Our multidisciplinary team includes social workers, psychologists, lawyers, architects, and urban planners, as well as a network of partners from various fields and specialties.

Our installation is a 1:1 scale floor plan of a typical Morar Primeiro apartment. Upon entering this space, Biennial visitors have access to data on the impact of the Morar Primeiro program and the FICA Social Housing Service. On the exterior of the floor plan, we present data on the housing crisis in Brazil and São Paulo. The installation is complemented by a projection, on one of the Oca walls, of a photo of the underside of the viaduct occupied by the families before they moved into the Morar Primeiro units.

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.

Housing First: Responding to the Housing and Climate Crisis

FICA Fund (Community Property Association)