Primeiro Tempo - 14ᵃ Bienal Internacional de Arquitetura de São Paulo

First Half (duration: 45 minutes)
Sunday, September 28, 11am

In a way, we can say that the evolution of the city of São Paulo is strongly linked to the use made of its river floodplains, from a soccer field to a sanitation facility to inhabited areas, with valley-bottom avenues and occupied areas. Some neighborhoods in São Paulo and its outskirts are built entirely on the floodplains, and therefore it is essential to discuss what it means to inhabit and occupy these areas, especially in times of climate change.
Floodplain football, now known as amateur football, was initially played in the floodplains, lands where rivers expand when they carry a lot of water. Playing football in a floodplain meant having a temporary relationship with the water. You could only play when there wasn't much water.

We're accustomed to making a distinction between areas where there's always water, like rivers and lakes, and areas where we don't see water, and then we build houses to live in. Humans have tried to make this distinction between water and land fixed and permanent. They've drawn it on maps and built walls around rivers and dams to keep the water from escaping the space humans have decided is theirs, to keep it from invading the space they inhabit. But we constantly see that water escapes, it can't be contained.

This workshop is an invitation to discuss how you want to coexist with water in the city of São Paulo, playing amateur soccer.

We will only use one half of the field, one goal. No goalkeeper.
Participants begin in a circle and, as time progresses, spread out across the field. Initially, the ball is in the center of the circle. Anyone who wants to start speaking or express their opinion goes and gets the ball. Those who agree and want to continue speaking ask for the ball, and if anyone wants to say something different or contrary, they steal it or intercept the pass.
It may be that during this process two or more teams—groups of like-minded people—will naturally form.
Scoring a goal, in this process, becomes a way of marking a key point in the discussion for the speaker (or their group).

Vacancies: Minimum 10 participants – maximum 22 participants

Registration:

Registrations must be made by email: alessio.mazzaro@polito.it

Send: Name and contact phone number

Everyone is welcome to participate.

Selection will be made in order of registration.

Registration until September 26th

The workshop will be recorded (audio and video).

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.

First Half

Alessio Mazzaro