+Pescador+Meio+Pescado+ - 14ᵃ Bienal Internacional de Arquitetura de São Paulo

Project implementation: Brazil
Project development: Brazil

Multidisciplinary team in Architecture and Urbanism and Biology at UDESC

Laguna was born of water and has always found its foundation in it. The sambaquis scattered throughout the landscape bear witness to the ancestral relationship of indigenous peoples with bodies of water, marked by listening and care. European colonization imposed a different logic: that of domination and erasure. The natural springs, once audible in the landscape, were channeled, sold in fountains, and divided by taps. Today, they remain forgotten just a few blocks from where distributors sell bottled water from far away.

Urbanization also reinforced inequalities. While the elite occupied the central plain, fishermen were pushed beyond the hills, establishing fishing villages on landfills, vulnerable to rising sea levels.
The Santo Antônio dos Anjos lagoon represents the convergence of clear waters from the springs and, at the same time, today also retains the pollutant load of 26 municipalities brought by the flow of the Tubarão River.

Despite the disfiguration of the original way of inhabiting the territory, it is still possible to witness the local connection with the water. The sarilhos personify the maintenance of this link: they are structures built over the water to store boats, a kind of extension of the home that extends beyond the shoreline.

+FISHERMAN+HALF+FISH+ was born from this conflict. The research, starting with fish crates as an object of the operational chain, reveals how fishermen were never at the heart of the city's history while also reflecting their importance as interlocutors of the existing landscape. The proposal elevates this subject to the central figure and proposes to consider the relationships that surround it.

The project reactivates the three springs, reconstituting a water network that weaves together the different elements of a complex cycle. The network allows for the irrigation of urban gardens, the supply of popular restaurants, and its distribution to public taps. Before flowing completely into the lake, the water is directed to a communal pool.

The sediments from the lagoon's silting are used to form chinampas, cultivation structures above the water, expanding cultivation possibilities, while in its canals, shrimp are produced organically.

The research seeks to enable the various elements of a complex cycle to mutually reinforce and sustain each other, as in living networks, any stimulus propagates like a domino effect.

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.

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