LAURA BELIK MA Design StudiesThe New School – NYC

1. Minhocão
SÃO PAULO/ BRAZIL
ELEVATED
HIGHWAY
LAURA BELIK
MA Design Studies
The New School – NYC
belil236@newschool.edu

2. MINHOCAO IMAGE
2010

4. 1972

5. São Paulo City Center

6. Expansion of the Urbanized Area of São Paulo 1905-1997
Source: Laboratorio de Urbanismo da Metropole (LUME- FAU USP 2004)

7. Since: 1970 “largest infrastructure project of its time in Latin America”
Connection: city center and west portion of the city
Length: 3.5 km (2.2 miles)
High: 5m (16 feet) above the ground
Distance from apartments windows: from 0.5m to 4.6 m (1.6 to 15 feet)
Closed for vehicles: Mondays-Fridays from 6:30am-9:30pm/ Saturdays starting at 3pm / Sundays: entire day
Daily traffic: 80,000 cars passing through (four lanes highway)

8. http://fotografia.folha.uol.com.br/galerias/10388-acervo-minhocao-elevado-costa-e-silva#foto-193545

9. http://fotografia.folha.uol.com.br/galerias/10388-acervo-minhocao-elevado-costa-e-silva#foto-193545

13. January, 1970

14. WEEKDAYS WEEKENDS

15. Associacão Parque Minhocão Movimento Desmonte Minhocão
Take out the structure
- Highly polluted (the Tampão Effect)
- Lack of natural light
- Loud
Who:
- Residents from the area
Transform it into a Park
- May keep parts or the entire structure
- It’s already used as a park
Who:
-architects, designers, urban activist not
necessarily from the direct area

16. PROJETO GIGANTO
PHOTOS BY RACHEL BRUST
MOVIMENTO 90
ELEVADO 3.5
FESTA JUNINA
GRUPO ESPARRAMA

17. VOODOOHOP
PISCINA NO MINHOCÃO CHEFS NA RUA
FESTIVAL BAIXO CENTROFESTIVAL BAIXO CENTRO

18. USES TODAY

19. 1975
Photo by Werner keifer

20. Obrigada [thank you].
LAURA BELIK
MA Design Studies
The New School – NYC
belil236@newschool.edu