Proyectar en lo construido - Laboratorio urbano "La Alameda" - 14ᵃ Bienal Internacional de Arquitetura de São Paulo

Project implementation: Ecuador
Project development: Ecuador

Students: Teresa Godoy Lema (Fondo Jubilados DMQ-N), José Martí-Paula S. Mendoza G (Pasaje)

N. Teresa Godoy Lema.
Alumni of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, originally from El Ángel – Carchi. My passion lies in heritage rehabilitation and in designing spaces that go beyond the physical: I seek to create places that strengthen collective memory and nurture community life. For me, architecture is a living bridge between what we were and what we want to be, a tool to keep our identity alive and inspire new ways of inhabiting the city.

Intermediate Spaces for Memory: Comprehensive Rehabilitation of the Retirement Fund–DMQ.
Architecture, beyond offering refuge, can create spaces that foster interaction and preserve collective memory. This project proposes a Wellness and Memory Center focused on the elderly, recognizing their role as guardians of cultural memory. The importance of connecting these adults with children was identified, ensuring that their stories and knowledge are passed on to future generations. Thus, the design proposes spaces that strengthen the connection between past and future, with recreational and community activities that promote the mental, physical, and psychological well-being of both groups.

Paula S. Mendoza Gómez
An alumni of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, she is an architect passionate about architecture's ability to transform people's lives. I conceive of design as a tool for creating spaces that improve not only physical quality of life, but also mental and emotional quality, fostering well-being, social connection, and a harmonious relationship with the environment. I strive for each project to connect with the community and its context, fostering places for meeting, rest, and coexistence. Architecture is not only construction, but also memory, care, and an opportunity for change.

Housing and community services in Paseo José Martí-DMQ.
This project proposes the rehabilitation of the José Martí promenade as a precursor to an identifiable neighborhood, recognizing that the hotel monopoly has driven out the area's residential function, transforming the Historic Center into a lifeless passageway. The critical need was identified to recover the republican courtyard house typology as an active social structure, applying theories of historical restoration that balance heritage conservation with contemporary livability. Thus, the project proposes housing and community services that transform the promenade into the backbone of a new community, leveraging the increased ridership of the La Alameda Metro to create permanent spaces where multigenerational families can symbolically appropriate the space, establishing a replicable model of repopulation that counters the depopulation trend of the Historic Center.

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.

Designing the building – “La Alameda” urban laboratory

Faculty of Architecture, Design and Arts of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador