Territory-park Project

Fernando Maculan, Mariza Machado Coelho, Edgar Mazo and Sebastian Mejia

Project implementation: Brazil
Project development: Brazil

The Território-parque project is based on the enormous challenge of revitalizing and creating urban, architectural, and landscape solutions so that the Córrego do Feijão community – the main impacted by the dam collapse in January 2019 – can remain and reconnect with the place of its origin and history.
The term "Park Territory" announces the purpose of connecting urban space to the landscape in which it is located, strengthening people's relationship with nature. The design strategy is guided by a socio-environmental connection present in each solution adopted, originating from the appreciation of water as a central element for life in this territory, and emphasizing the universalization of basic sanitation that incorporates alternative water supply options, the implementation of comprehensive sewage collection and treatment, and the proper disposal of solid waste.
On the one hand, the proposals presented seek to meet the values, expectations, and purposes expressed by the community, whose input was obtained through a series of meetings hosted by the Kairós Institute, which led to the socio-environmental integration of the planned actions. Additionally, and to expand and recognize these ideas from a systemic territorial perspective, the project relied on the reflection of a multidisciplinary team comprised of professionals from areas such as architecture, urban planning, environmental sustainability, biology, sanitation, landscaping, design, lighting and communications, and various engineering specialties.
The Territory-Park project is composed of four large contiguous and integrated areas – Central Area, Football Field, Ecological Park and Symbolic Area -, which maintain their particularities and will be presented independently, according to the planning of their sequential execution.
The architectural and landscaping programs of the Território-parque are conceptually based on the use and display of water resources through bodies of water, pools and conduction and irrigation channels.
Water will be constantly present in the various intervention areas. Architectural and landscape elements will serve as functional structures, increasing the village's air humidity and water availability for garden irrigation, recreational, and productive uses, contributing to increased green cover and reduced particle emissions.
Water also becomes a primordial element in the redefinition of Córrego do Feijão, by constituting new landscape and symbolic ensembles.
The Território-Parque project proposes the implementation of effluent collection and treatment networks for the entire community. The sanitation proposals present environmentally efficient solutions with low implementation and operating costs—such as constructed springs and filter gardens—that consider local topographical attributes and landscape values, contributing to the health of the population and environmental preservation.
The reconstruction of the community's living and social spaces, as a comprehensive reparation project, constitutes the redefinition of Córrego do Feijão, complementing and integrating the scope of MACh Arquitetos. New uses, or existing uses that required relocation or transformation (such as the soccer field and the symbolic area), have taken on new meanings in the reconstruction of social, cultural, economic, territorial, and symbolic ties.
Along with the implementation of the Territory-Park Project, actions are underway to strengthen local capacities for the management of new community facilities and the promotion of small economic enterprises, with a Network Economy approach, as well as the allocation of properties for social housing and uses complementary to the local economy and the land regularization of the entire urban center of Córrego do Feijão.

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

TODAY (07.10)

9am – workshop Architects and engineers facing climate challenges

2:00 PM – SP 25 Forum Thematic Session 1. Environmental heritage, climate change and public policies

3pm – workshop Nature-Based Solutions for City Resilience

3:00 PM – Biomaterials Mini-Workshops at the Living Lab

4:00 PM – SP 25 Forum Thematic Session 2. Living with water, adapting infrastructure and redefining waste

5:00 PM – Biomaterials Mini-Workshops at the Living Lab

6:00 PM – SP 25 Forum Panel 1: Environment, Infrastructure and Urban Risks

Guided tour Pantanal Action

IN THE NEXT DAYS (07 to 11.10)

October 8th and October 9th | 9am – workshop Architects and engineers facing climate challenges

October 8th | 2:00 PM – SP 25 Forum Thematic Session 3. Rehabilitating architectural and urban heritage, valuing pre-existing structures and building green

October 8th | 4:00 PM – SP 25 Forum Thematic Session 4. Circulating and accessing a sustainable city together

08.10 | 4:30 pm – Circular Economy: the Lynx raw material at the Living Lab

October 8th | 5:30 pm – Session 6 of the exhibition Cinema, architecture and society: records of a hot world at the Cinematheque

October 8th | 6:30 pm – SP 25 Forum Panel 2: City Production, Mobility and Heritage

October 9th | 2:00 PM – SP 25 Forum Thematic Session 5. Promoting decent housing and climate justice

09.10 | 3pm – Biomaterials Mini-Workshops at the Living Lab

October 9th | 4:00 PM – SP 25 Forum Thematic Session 6. Governing with inclusion, participation and social control

09.10 | 5pm – Biomaterials Mini-Workshops at the Living Lab

09.10 | 5:30 pm – session 6 of the exhibition Cinema, architecture and society: records of a hot world at the Cinematheque

October 9th | 6:00 PM – SP 25 Forum Panel 3: Governance, Representation and Social Participation 

10.10 | 2:30 pm – Risk-Free Periphery in the Context of Climate Change

10.10 | 4pm – Knowing to Transform: Community Climate Risk Reduction and Adaptation Plans

10.10 | 6:30 pm – Inclusive Adaptation: Nature-Based Solutions in the Peripheries

10.10 and 12.10 | 9am – Drawing Workshop: Oscar Niemeyer's Architecture in Ibirapuera Park and the Climate Challenge

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

11.10 | 10am – workshop Elémenterre teaching bag

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

11.10 | 2pm – Architecture for Learning and Civic Use

11.10 | 3pm – Culture and Public Architecture

11.10 – 15h – workshop Elémenterre teaching bag

11.10 | 4pm – Reconnecting with Nature & Circular Design

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

11.10 | 7pm – Palmas: For 36 years, the ecological capital of Tocantins

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And there's much more until October 19th!

(Activities and projects are still being added; the site will be complete soon)

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.