São Paulo and the fear of violence.
FC-01x Future Cities (1st Run) - Exercise 1 : "Making the Invisible - Visible"
Uploaded on 2014-10-22 by isabellalolli
![São Paulo][1] Photo taken in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. (October 17th, 2014) 1. Visible information: - Many vertical building condominiums present in the neighborhood. - Condominiums enclosed by high walls and equipped with security systems. - Big amount of valuable city space wasted to host electricity towers. - Trash left in this space. - Recreation areas only present inside the condominiums. 2. Invisible information: - High-density neighborhood. - Violent and segregated neighborhood. - Lack of public and safe places for recreation 3. Noticing that the urban area has a high level of violence is crucial to understand the social context of the city, the way it reflects on citizen's life and what should be changed in order to avoid that. Understanding the wrong path that the city development took so it arrived at this situation shows us which urban plans have to be redesigned and which path should the new city plan take so it creates a healthy, safe and pleasant city for all types of social classes to live together in the same environment. [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1413941129711674.jpg