O concurso como ferramenta de investigação na arquitetura - Resposta ao UIA HYP CUP 2019 International Student Competition in Architectural Design

Abstract

This dissertation proposes to hold an architecture competition in order to develop an inquiry on the development and urbanization of slums. The theoretical scope explored in this study supports the design process of the UIA HYP CUP 2019 - Happy Places - Integrating Architecture and Landscape competition, promoted by the International Union of Architects. The current research aims to debate the growing process of the favelas from Rio de Janeiro, as well as the socio-spatial relations of this context typology. Altogether, it seeks to highlight the qualities of the informal urban fabric, in counterpoint to contemporary formal city. In the informal context, it is believed that the appropriation and social dynamics are richer due to the sense of community responsible for developing these settlements. Considering the qualities of the informal fabric as the base of social and cultural relations, this proposal seeks to take advantage from these characteristics in order to propose a building that respects the context of the favela. Apart from the topic of informality, the proposal developed is designed on an urban scale in order to connect the informal to the formal fabric and break down the boundaries created throughout the city's history.