GUILHERME ROCHA FORMICKI urban planning portfolio 2011-2016
URBAN DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE
CONTENT ABOUT ME I..........................................Resume and Contact Info
URBAN PLANNING
II....................................Urban Requalification: Study of theTransformation of aFormer Prison into a Park
URBAN STUDIES III...............Slum Upgrading: Project for a Slum under Upgrading Process
The urban pictures gathered in this portfolio have their authorship immediately indicated. Those which do not come with an author’s mention have been taken by me.
IV...................Housing: Proposal of a Complex Building for Social Housing Purposes
REGIONAL PLANNING V.........................Transportation: Proposal of Expansion for the Greater São Paulo Subway
INTEGRATED ARCHITECTURE VI..................Retrofit: Redesign of a Building for Social Purposes
A VIEW OF THE CITY VII.....Photography: Shots of (Latin) American Metropoles
Guilherme Rocha Formicki Rua Marechal Hermes da Fonseca, 91, Apartamento 173 02020-000 São Paulo, Brasil (+55 11 97656-6337) guiformicki@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Major in Architecture and Urbanism, Feb 2011-Dec 2016 University of São Paulo, Brazil PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Intern, Oct 2014-Oct 2016
São Paulo City Housing Department, Brazil ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate research assistant, Feb 2016-Dec 2016 NAPPLAC Lab – University of São Paulo Volunteer teaching assistant, Aug 2015 - Dec 2015 ‘Urban Planning Instruments’ course – University of São Paulo Volunteer teaching assistant, Feb 2015 - Jun 2015 ‘Urban Planning: Structures’ course – University of São Paulo
Study of the Transformation of a Former Prison into a Park The spot where the largest prison of Latin America once stood has now become a vast urban park. Carandiru Prison, or PrisĂŁo do Carandiru, as it was known in Portuguese, was part of a complex that gathered up to 10,000 men. After the uprising called Carandiru Massacre, which ended with the killings of 111 inmates in 1992, the SĂŁo Paulo State government decided to close down the Carandiru Prison and transform it into a park. This green area opened completely in February, 2010 and has been called Juventude Park (or Parque da Juventude).
Public library opened in Juventude Park in 2010
Between August, 2012 and July, 2013, an undergraduate research was carried out and aimed at understanding the impact of the newly-opened Juventude Park in its surroundings, as well as social issues this area might have raised.
Research Name: The transformation of run-down areas into leisure spaces: the Juventude Park as an example Author: Guilherme Rocha Formicki Advisor: Professor Marly Namur Granted Scholarship: IC/FUPAM Period: August 2012 - July 2013
The Carandiru complex Source: SĂŁo Paulo State Prison Administration Secretary (above)
One of the former prison buildings, nowadays a school
Left: Interior of adapted prison building (now a public school) Right above: sports court Right below: park lawn
Items in the Juventude Park to Be Improved
Year
Number of times “Juventude Park” was mentioned in real estate ads in O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper
2% 6%
wc
6%
lawn maintenance
29% 10%
general maintenance speed
2002
0 (deactivation of Carandiru Prison)
2003
0 (opening of1st area of Juventude Park)
2004
0 (opening of 2nd area of Juventude Park)
2007
11 (opening of 3rd area of Juventude Park)
2010
3 (opening of 4th area of Juventude Park)
2011
8 (1st year aftermath)
public lighting cleaning 13% 20%
drinking fountain safety
14%
sports courts
The Project’s Premise
Closing Remarks
“It [the Juventude Park] plays the role an urban park is supposed to play. The urban park has to be used by the population. And it is being used by the people. It is so beautiful to see it. Not only for those who cannot afford to go to a private sports club. No!”
The Juventude Park is a democratic space. It gathered students, amateur athletes and people just willing to walk around. It also led to a real estate appreciation in the surroundings. Issues concerning security and maintenance were identified.
Rosa Kliass, landscape architect who designed Juventude Park (in an interview with the author).
Finally, guidelines for a better use of this public area were set (see next page).
main circulation flow secondary circulation flow spread-use area concentrated-use area park entrances
DOCUMENT-ISSUE CENTER RESTRICTED AREA
ORIGINAL PARK AREA
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DAYCARE
POPULAR HOUSING COMPLEX
TECHNOLOGY INDOOR UNIVERSITY SPORTS RESTRICTED COURTS AREA
area limit subway station
Above: Map idetifying areas and their uses, as well as the main circulation flows in the park. Left: Map summarizing proposed interventions. New public equipments were idealized so to enhance the greater function of the Juventude Park: converging different types of people. The equipments were also chosen so to serve not only visitors from afar, but also people who lived in a neighboring popular housing complex and who many visitors did not welcome into the park.
Study of a Slum Under Upgrading Process
This year-long Final Paper was conducted with one major goal: to reach an understanding about the slums’ current conditions in São Paulo City. For this purpose, a case study was selected: the Sapé Slum, in western São Paulo. This settlement is currently undergoing an upgrading process, which consists of relocating people from flood and mudslide risk areas into new residential buildings, as well as providing the remaining slum houses with basic urban infraestructure.
Final Paper Title: Sapé Slum City Author: Guilherme Rocha Formicki Advisor: Professor Maria de Lourdes Zuquim Period: February 2016 - December 2016
The Sapé Slum, which stretches itself along a small river course, saw its waterfront being transformed into a linear park. For this park implementation (and for other works), more than half of the original houses were demolished, leaving 1,496 families without destination.
Source: SĂŁo Paulo City Housing Department
This paper also identified issues such as the configuration of residual spaces along the slum’s waterfront and the impossiblity of some of the former slum’s residents to afford living in the new residential units. Some original problems, such as the permanence of wooden houses (in more severe conditions than the brick ones), persisted. However, qualitative interviews showed that the Sapé Slum population approved the changes brought by the upgrading program.
Left: Sapé Slum before the upgrading works Right: Hand drawing of Sapé Next page left: Satellite image of Sapé before the intervention Next page right: Current satellite image of Sapé
Left above: Commercial street Left below: Panorama of the project site Right: Components of the residential buildings Below: Front view of the complex
Project of a Building Complex for Social Housing Purposes
The 7th CBCA and ALACERO Contest for Students of Architecture, promoted in 2014 by the Brazilian Center for Steel Construction (CBCA) and by the Latin American Steel Association (ALACERO), set as task the design of a building complex for social purposes and whose main structural component was steel.
7th CBCA and ALACERO Contest for Students of Architecture Authors: Guilherme Rocha Formicki, Camila Omiya, Marianna Fuji, RĂşbia Martins de Oliveira Advisor: Professor Helena Aparecida Ayoub Silva Period: June 2014 - September 2014
Based on that goal, the group chose to design the housing complex in a downtown area of SĂŁo Paulo, along with a daycare and a commercial area. The placement of popular housing in the city area which is closest to most working places and which is provided with the best municipal infraestructure was seen as a foremost guideline. And along with the residential use should come public facilities that may complement this use - such as the daycare center and the commercial area - so to provide it with urban quality.
Plan of the ground floor containing housing and commercial units as well as leisure and parking areas
Plan of the first floor containing housing units as well as the daycare plan
Proposal of Expansion for the Greater São Paulo Subway Network
The course “Transportation Planning Instruments” aimed at studying concepts of transportation - such as origin-destination surveys, desire paths and desire lines - as well as enabling students to propose an expansion for the Greater São Paulo Subway Network. The course’s final task was to design around 200 km of subway lines to the network that currently has about 80 km of extension. The commuter rail network (called CPTM) adds up 258 km to the total length. The Greater São Paulo Area has some important hubs, being the Downtown Area the most important one of the entire metro zone. As a consequence, most rides across this zone are made on radial routes. Also, most working places are far from residential areas, which encourages a great number of rides. Elevated subway station in São Paulo’s Santana neighborhood
Left: current subway (blue lines) and commuter rail (red lines) network in Greater São Paulo Right: desire paths across São Paulo metro zone (map developed as one of the course’s tasks)
Left: subway and commuter rail network in the Greater SĂŁo Paulo Area including the proposed extension (black lines)
The proposed extension first aims at complementing the mostly radially-built network, which would enable short trips from one part of the peripherical zone to another to be made more quickly. Second, the new length intends to cover areas currently very dense in terms of population but at the same time poorly connected with the metro zone’s main hubs. Some existing lines were also extended so to connect themselves with other existing lines. By establishing this connections, routes are considerably shortened.
Course: Transportation Planning Instruments Author: Guilherme Rocha Formicki Professor: Andreina Nigriello Period: February 2015 - June 2015
Author: TiĂŞ Higashi
Redesign of a Building for Social Purposes The intersection of Ipiranga and S達o Jo達o Avenues is a memorable spot in S達o Paulo. However, decay has become the feature most paulistanos remember of when this intersection is brought to mind. Therefore, this project aims at renewing this downtown area. Cultural uses are proposed, as well as a shelter for homeless people. This shelter is set to occupy the building of an ancient 20th century hotel. The conception of a movie-projection wall is very emblematic, since this urban area was the spot where people went to in order to see movies. There is a great belief that the convergence of culture and shelter may prove successful not only for those who are bound to regularly go to the project site but also to the S達o Paulo City itself.
Left: project site Right: elevations of the designed building
Course: Architecture: Project 3 Authors: Guilherme Rocha Formicki, Claudia Ferrara Carunchio, Francesca DaprĂ , Gabriela Lotuffo Oliveira, Lucas Menezes de Souza, Luiz Felipe do Nascimento, TiĂŞ Mussallam Higashi Professor: Marcos Acayaba Period: February 2013 - June 2013
Left: Cinema area Right: model of the designed building
Shots of (Latin) American Metropoles
Brazil is within the American continent boundaries. Brazilian major cities follow a large set of practices disseminated throughout this big piece of land united by its historical background. However, Brazil has something of its own. It is part of the Americas, but it is also part of the Latin America. This region has pursued architectural identities that already encompassed modernism. This region has been fighting inequality and has been living with high contrasts. Finally, this region has been flavoring an enormous diversity and complexity. The following pictures were taken by me in an attempt to depict this American and Latin American identity.
BrasĂlia The Core of the Brazilian Modernism
Rio de Janeiro Living between Rich and Poor
São Paulo An Immersion in the Urban Complexity
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