Soluções baseadas na natureza para espaços públicos: a reinvenção da cidade pelo ciclo da água - 14ᵃ Bienal Internacional de Arquitetura de São Paulo

This session proposes a reflection on the transformative role of Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) in the ecological, symbolic and social reconfiguration of urban public spaces. Inserted in the second thematic axis of the 14th BIAsp – Living with waters –, the proposal is based on experiences that combine architecture, urbanism and landscaping with the regeneration of ecosystems, valuing strategies that strengthen territorial resilience and climate justice.

Initiatives ranging from the renaturalization of water bodies and slope stabilization to urban redesign and community co-creation of public spaces will be presented, discussing the application of NBS as a strategy for climate resilience, environmental justice, and reconnecting the city with its water systems.

Among the highlights will be project experiences related to the proposed topic, developed by the firm Ecomimesis Soluções Ecológicas, represented by its partners Amanda Saboya, Caroline Fernandes, and Pierre-André Martin. In particular, the Realengo Susana Naspolini Park in Rio de Janeiro will be presented, a project that encompasses a wide range of Nature-Based Solutions aimed at managing rainwater and mitigating the effects of climate change.

The session also invites participation from other national and international experiences – urban, peripheral, or natural – that address coexistence with water as a tool for urban restructuring, environmental regeneration, and social inclusion, contributing to a broad agenda of innovation in territorially sensitive ecological infrastructure.

Presentations:

Urban Sustainability: Mapping Green and Blue Connections Around Realengo Park, RJ
Pierre-André Martin, Amanda Saboya and Caroline Fernandes

Wetland Living Lab: water as a generator of a post-carbon landscape
Oriana Alessandra Durán del Valle, Mariela Martínez Álvarez and Andrea Reyna Aguilar

Bamboo containment experiences for slopes in the municipality of Franco da Rocha – SP
Nathalia da Mata Mazzonetto Pinto and Marcos Paulo Ladeia

From the Jaguaribe River Basin to Climate Justice: Public Spaces Supporting Nature-Based Solutions and Water Compensation in João Pessoa
Bruna Ramos Tejo and Ruth Maria da Costa Ataíde

Nature-based community solutions in the Uberaba Stream Basin, São Paulo/SP
Elisa Ramalho Rocha, Lara Cristina Batista Freitas and Luis Octavio PL de Faria e Silva

Free

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Registration will be open until the start of the activity, on site, as long as there are spaces available.

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 | 6pm – table Living With – French Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and 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.

Nature-based solutions for public spaces: reinventing the city through the water cycle

Pierre-André Martin, Amanda Saboya and Caroline Fernandes