FRAMEWORK

Dumping, scarcity, droughts, shortages, and the need to survive raised thousands of people against a government that, 

at the expense of taxes, intended to turn land into money. 

Favela ceased to be just a broad bean-shaped medicinal plant, which gave its name to the hill where it was born, to become what to this day still characterizes this life force that is conflicted daily between the desire to flee and to stay. 

In the favela, fear faces security and insecurity defies trust. 

A place where there are people, families and communities who carry their stories on their backs.

 

favela

The origin of the term favela designates the set of houses of construction without planning, of improvised way, constructed of 

precarious form and without infrastructure. 

Popularly, in Brazil, favelas are synonymous with marginalization and social exclusion, being located in irregular areas and hills, which become a neighborhood, after the disorderly growth of housing. 

Favelas are usually built of wood or brick masonry, and unfortunately, favelas are a picture of difficult conditions, especially 

because of the lack of attention of the authorities and civil society. 

It is a reflection on the inefficacy and the lack of will of the public power. 

The largest Brazilian favela is located in Rio de Janeiro, this is popular for the large number of poor communities in numerous hills. There are 69,161 inhabitants.

 

PROGRAM

Theme: strategic future vision

Objective:  Over the past several years there has been much debate about the problems of favelas and how this urban and social problem can be solved. 

In this challenge, we want you to develop a urbanistic proposal that solves in the medium and long term the urban problem that the favela represents. 

We are talking about security, health, education, communication routes, infrastructures, we are talking about the integration of the favela in the master plan of the city. 

It is possible? 

How can we do that? 

How long will it take? 

What is the best strategy? 

To these and other questions is what we want you to respond to in this challenge. At the end of the day we want to find a model of intervention that can be used as an example for other favelas scattered throughout Brazil and perhaps the World. 

Localization: Rocinha - Rio de Janeiro 

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The panel must have a descriptive text of the proposal (English), concept, idea. Scale – Appropriate to the submitted elements.

 

 

JURY