Uploaded on 2020-05-06 by Karina Queiroz

Source: VADA, Pedro. Camburi Community Center / CRU! Architects. 2018. Available at: https://www.archdaily.com.br/br/906019/centro-comunitario-camburi-cru-architects. Accessed on: 06 May 2020. Located in the Atlantic Forest, more specifically in the Serra do Mar State Park - Núcleo Picinguaba, in São Paulo. As a refuge for slaves, the quilombola community remains in the region for approximately 300 years. The globalization of construction materials is due to the African ancestry of the community, since these slaves brought a technique typical of African buildings of “acacia and swamp” to their community. Materials such as trees, branches and bamboo, cuts from the surrounding forest were used to make a frame in which a layer of moist soil is released on both sides for better adherence to the frame. In this way, bamboo was used to make paintings larger than the constructions of pau-a-pique and mud also reintroduced. Despite the technique present in the community, the lack of transfer between generations has hindered its performance. In the project, it was necessary to reintroduce, renew and improve the technique, adding other systems based on the same material and in conjunction with more modern ones. The local eco-construction cooperative received essential training for the project.