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Should I risk a brief description of architecture, I would certainly refer to the vitruvian principles of firmitas (solidity), utilitas (functionality) and venustas (beauty), while adding one more crucial quality: civitas. The architect’s actions over space may catalyse important changes within the living environment, therefore he or she has a great responsibility towards society, a civic responsibility, which must be considered during the process that forms the project. In this regard, I take as example the engagement of Oscar Niemeyer, who, both as a citizen and as an architect, always called for societal awareness in an increasingly socially contrastive world.
2016-present Techo NGO - São Paulo (BRA) [Coordinator of Teto’s mapping unit]
PERSONAL DETAILS Full Name Vitor Pessoa Colombo D.o.B. 07.11.1987 São Paulo (BRA) Citizenship Brazillian / Swiss
2016-2017 Osservatorio dello Sviluppo Territoriale - USI (CH) [Architect, Researcher] 2014-2016 Agile Atelier d’Architecture (CH) [Architect, Head of Projects] 2011-13 Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (CH) [Master of Science in Architecture] 2011 Atelier Niv-o (CH) [Internship] 2009-10 Jean Paul Jaccaud Architectes (CH) [Internship] 2006-09 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH) [Bachelor of Science in Architecture] 2005-06 High School - Gymnase de Morges (CH) [Swiss Federal High School Diploma] 2002-04 High School - Colégio Palmares (BRA) [Studies]
URBANISM
MAPPING INFORMALITY PARTICIPATIVE EXPERIMENTS IN SÃO PAULO
ABOUT Facing the complex reality of fast growing metropolitan areas, emerging countries have shown little success in keeping track of important changes happening in their own territories. All around the World, a large number of people is marginalized, as, failing to appear in the official records, they are virtually non-existent and deprived of many basic rights, amongst which the «right to the city». In order to include «informal» urban areas and their inhabitants into the process of town planning, it becomes necessary to re-evaluate the very concepts of city-making and spatial representation. This is an overview of a VGI experiment elaborated in association with NGO Techo, in São Paulo, where «informal» settlements are being mapped through a participative system. REFERENCE Pessoa Colombo Vitor, Pacifici Martina (2016); Mapping Informality: A Participative Experience in São Paulo, Brazil; Revista CIS, n°21, décembre 2016; pp. 46-93
MAPPING INFORMALITY Techo São Paulo Example 1: Community Jardim Rio Claro
Source: Google Earth
MAPPING INFORMALITY Techo SĂŁo Paulo Example 1: Community Jardim Rio Claro - Refining (or redefining) data on informal settlements
Pre-existing geodata (municipal open database) Informal settlement Building (formal area)
Teto’s geodata (after on-site survey) Building (Informal settlement) Building (formal area)
MAPPING INFORMALITY Techo São Paulo Example 2: Malvinas - Georeferencing data
Source: Google Earth, QuantumGIS
MAPPING INFORMALITY Techo SĂŁo Paulo Example 2: Malvinas - Combining georeferenced data from different sources to identify families living in risk areas
Risk of landslide - Malvinas (Guarulhos) Combined data from the Civil Defense and Teto House under risk, not listed by the Civil Defense House under risk, listed by the Civil Defense Uninhabited house Risk considered negligible by the Civil Defense House outside the area at risk Area at high risk of landslide Area at medium/low risk of landslide
MAPPING INFORMALITY Techo São Paulo On-site corrections
MAPPING INFORMALITY Techo São Paulo Conversation with the local inhabitants: mapping communities’ issues
FROM FORDISM TO POST-FORDISM SOCIAL TENSIONS OVER SPACE IN SÃO PAULO
ABOUT Since the 2000’s, changes in the socio-economic dynamics of São Paulo suggest that both people and capital are moving back to the historical centre, after a long period of disinvestment. This transition does not happen without tensions, because, at the core of this process, we find a number of poor residents living in state of precariousness, whose very presence seems to counter the ambitions of «urban renewal» projects promoted by the narratives of «global city» and «city marketing». In this context, and based on the «revanchist» urban strategy of capital as described by Neil Smith, rises the hypothesis of local processes of gentrification in the centre of São Paulo, which we have evaluated by observing changes both in the social fabric and in the real estate market in that area. REFERENCE Pessoa Colombo Vitor (2017); From Fordism to Post-Fordism: A Change of Paradigm in São Paulo and its Impact on the Metropolis’ Social Fabric; American Association of Geographers’ Annual Meeting, Boston, 5-9 April 2017
FROM FORDISM TO POST-FORDISM Osservatorio dello Sviluppo Territoriale Metropolitan area of São Paulo
Source: Google Earth
FROM FORDISM TO POST-FORDISM Osservatorio dello Sviluppo Territoriale Metropolitan area of São Paulo: average income map
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FROM FORDISM TO POST-FORDISM Osservatorio dello Sviluppo Territoriale Metropolitan area of São Paulo: variations in density through time
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FROM FORDISM TO POST-FORDISM Osservatorio dello Sviluppo Territoriale Metropolitan area of São Paulo: variations in density through time
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FROM FORDISM TO POST-FORDISM Osservatorio dello Sviluppo Territoriale Historical centre of São Paulo: new residential projects
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FROM FORDISM TO POST-FORDISM Osservatorio dello Sviluppo Territoriale Historical centre of São Paulo: concentration of new residential projects
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FROM FORDISM TO POST-FORDISM Osservatorio dello Sviluppo Territoriale Historical centre of São Paulo: evictions map
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FROM FORDISM TO POST-FORDISM Osservatorio dello Sviluppo Territoriale Police preparing to evict squatters in São João street, centre of São Paulo (2014)
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INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN TICINO QUANTIFYING POTENTIAL FOR REDEVELOPMENT
ABOUT This work was carried out under a mandate of the Ticino canton (Italian speaking state of the Swiss Confederation), and consisted of an extensive survey of all the canton’s industrial areas, as defined by the local zoning regulations. The main goal was to quantify unused land and derelict structures situated in such locations; the resulting data allowed therefore to identify areas that haven’t fully met their use potential, and could be prone to redevelopment projects. The survey also provided us with some unexpected findings, namely a relevant amount of buildings not charted in the cadastral plans, as well as a significant number of unused buildings that were in a good state. We collected data on-site, following a methodology we elaborated, based on mobile GIS technologies. REFERENCE Garlandini Simone, Torricelli Gian Paolo, Pessoa Colombo Vitor, Buob Giulia (2017); Aree di Attività in Ticino; Report; Dipartimento del Territorio, Bellinzona, 212 p.
INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN TICINO Osservatorio dello Sviluppo Territoriale Global results: state of buildings in industrial areas, data aggregated by region, and for the whole canton
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STATO DI CONSERVAZIONE DEGLI EDIFICI
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INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN TICINO Osservatorio dello Sviluppo Territoriale Local results (example): state of industrial buildings, Mendrisio area
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INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN TICINO Osservatorio dello Sviluppo Territoriale Global results: land occupation in industrial areas, data aggregated by region, and for the whole canton
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BEV 3'861'565
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LOVM 1'769'099
OCCUPAZIONE DEL SUOLO Superfici in [m2]
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Fondi liberi
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Fondi liberi con rivestimento duro Fondi occupati
425'374 197'100
LU 3'888'394
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occupied land in industrial areas vacant land in industrial areas, no use vacant land in industrial areas, parking lots
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INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN TICINO Osservatorio dello Sviluppo Territoriale Local results (example): land occupation, Lugano area
Land occupation uncharted building industrial area building vacant land, no use vacant land, parking lots
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METROPOLIS WITHOUT DENSITY MASTER-I DESIGN STUDIO, PROF. FREEK PERSYN
ABOUT What alternative to the present mobility model of the «diffuse city»? In the Camposampierese Union (Veneto), the personal automobile colonises public space while the sparse built environment paradoxically ignores the surrounding landscape, failing to establish any active spatial relations with it. Aiming to foster interaction with (in) outside spaces, as well as social encounters, this project proposes an alternative mobility web, favouring the transit of pedestrians, cyclists and also small, «green» vehicles. The design consists in a flexible system based on pre-existing rural paths (greenways), determined under common agreement between citizens. The new mobility web is extendable throughout the Camposampierese and even further, and it improves the connectedness between town centres and other points of interest (like agriturismo sites), offering an alternative to the present mobility model. REFERENCE Pessoa Colombo Vitor, (2012); Metropolis Without Density; Flow-n: MIC Research Unit
METROPOLIS WITHOUT DENSITY Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio Camposampierese region: existing infrastructure (2011)
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Camposampiero Camposampiero
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Massanzago
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Borgoricco
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1. Hard infrastructure 1. Hardmobility mobility infrastructure
Campodarsego Campodarsego
V. di Camposampiero
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1 Camposampiero train station 2 San Giorgio delle P 3 Campodarsego 4 Villanova di Campo road 12 Camposampiero San Giorgio delle Pertiche 5 Borgoricco 3 Campodarsego 6 Massanzago National highway national 4 highway Villanova di Camposampiero 7 Trebaseleghe 5 Borgoricco 8 Piombino Dese Railway 6 Massanzago 9 Loreggia railway7 Trebaseleghe 10 Villa del Conte Train station
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METROPOLIS WITHOUT DENSITY Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio Camposampierese region: existing soft mobility infrastructure (2011)
2. (Disruptive) softmobility infrastructure 2. Present disruptive infrastructure
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agritourism site Other place of interest cultural site Agriturism authorized farm Existing greenwaygreenway existing Other place of interest Planned greenwaygreenway (Ostiglia) planned Existing greenway Fragmented riverside path fragmented riverside path Planned greenway (Ostiglia) Existing bike lanebike lane existing Fragmented riverside path Minimally suitable traffic / road regular urban road Existing bike lane conditions for soft mobility use infrastructure Agriturism authorized farm
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METROPOLIS WITHOUT DENSITY Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio Camposampierese region: potential soft mobility network
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METROPOLIS WITHOUT DENSITY Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio Camposampierese region: proposal of a new, integrated soft mobility network
2.1. Bringing connectedness 3.2 Bringing connectedness 2.1. Bringing connectedness
agritourism site Other place of interest cultural site Agriturism authorized farm Primary greenway primary greenway Other place of interest Secondary greenway secondary greenway Primary greenway Riverside greenway Secondary greenway riverside greenway River or stream Riverside greenway river or stream Urban road pacified River or stream traffic urban road (traffic pacifying / side-lanes) Minimally suitable traffic / road Urban road regular urban road conditions for soft mobility use (traffic pacifying / side-lanes) Agriturism authorized farm
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METROPOLIS WITHOUT DENSITY Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio Overcoming obstacles: standardised solutions to adapt the new soft-mobility network to local contexts
METROPOLIS WITHOUT DENSITY Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio Crossroads: opening new possibilities to explore and move aroud the territory
ARCHITECTURE
FROM INDUSTRY TO HOUSING PARALLEL STUDY FOR AN URBAN PROJECT
ABOUT This master plan was elaborated for a parallel study commissioned by the city of Bulle and two private investors who wanted to transform a formerly industrial site into a residential area. The proposed scheme approached simultaneously the scales of the city and that of the architectural object: the urban strategy shaped the new residential buildings, which were arranged in a way to enhance the quality and accessibility of the surrounding public spaces; the plan resulting from this strategy was structured by a pedestrian boulevard leading to preexisting green areas (clearly undervalued at the time) that could be activated as they became more accessible, turning into a new public space made available for the whole neighbourhood. The disposition of the buildings - organised in two clusters with accesses slightly elevated from the ground-floor level - also established a transition between public and private spaces.
FROM INDUSTRY TO HOUSING Agile Atelier d’Architecture Urban vision
FROM INDUSTRY TO HOUSING Agile Atelier Architecture Ground floor: services
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FROM INDUSTRY TO HOUSING Agile Atelier d’Architecture Pedestrian boulevard (façades are indicative; the project was required to focus on the massing plan)
FROM INDUSTRY TO HOUSING Agile Atelier Architecture First floor: apartments
Boulevard’s section
FROM INDUSTRY TO HOUSING Agile Atelier d’Architecture Buildings organised in clusters (façades are indicative; the project was required to focus on the massing plan)
FROM INDUSTRY TO HOUSING Agile Atelier Architecture Activating a new public space (faรงades are omitted; the project was required to focus on the massing plan)
GARDERIE LES CHATTONS NEW SPACES FOR A KINDERGARTEN IN RENENS
ABOUT This project answered to the expansion needs of Les Chattons kindergarten in order to keep up with the increasing number of families needing daily care for their babies. Situated on the ground-floor of a residential building in Renens, the work site had to be adapted to a rather complex context: besides the gripping challenge of intervening in an existing structure, the impact on the inhabitants’ daily lives had to be limited and the preexisting area of the kindergarten had to keep functioning. To ensure delivery within a tight schedule (six months), the project counted on the use of prefabricated elements, conceived by a thorough study of the constructional details, thus combining quality and time-efficiency. The resulting façade plays, materially, with the duality between exterior and interior; resistant metallic elements cover the outside, while a wooden structure composes the inside elevation, contributing to warmer atmosphere.
GARDERIE LES CHATTONS Agile Atelier d’Architecture Plan
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GARDERIE LES CHATTONS Agile Atelier Architecture Entrance hall
GARDERIE LES CHATTONS Agile Atelier d’Architecture South-east façade
GARDERIE LES CHATTONS Agile Atelier Architecture Façade’s constructional details
GARDERIE LES CHATTONS Agile Atelier d’Architecture Babies’ playroom and kitchenette
GARDERIE LES CHATTONS Agile Atelier Architecture Interior wall meets faรงade
URBAN ACUPUNCTURE IN POBLE-SEC, BARCELONA DIPLOMA, PROFS. MARIANNE BURKHALTER & CHRISTIAN SUMI
ABOUT Based on Sola-Morales’ concept of urban acupuncture, this project investigated the possibilities given by the insertion of one object (a building) into the urban tissue; that is, the ability of a single material intervention in the city to have societal outcomes that reach a larger perimeter than the one of the single building. The site enjoyed the presence of a square frequented by various groups of people, so the project explored ways to interact with this lively space through a building typology open to the square. The project also combined diverse functions (housing, dance school, theatre and commerce) within one building, which became an urban block itself. Such strategy aimed to enhance the ground-floor conditions, as it offered new services (a cafÊ, a shop, or simply additional places to sit protected from the strong Catalan sun). In this way, the project reaffirmed the quality of the public space as a social articulator - an important element considering Poble-Sec had been suffering from social tensions at that time.
URBAN ACUPUNCTURE IN POBLE-SEC Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio Model
URBAN ACUPUNCTURE IN POBLE-SEC Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio Ground floor
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URBAN ACUPUNCTURE IN POBLE-SEC Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio LEARN
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URBAN ACUPUNCTURE IN POBLE-SEC Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio View from Paral·lel avenue
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URBAN ACUPUNCTURE IN POBLE-SEC Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio Second floor
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URBAN ACUPUNCTURE IN POBLE-SEC Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio Theatre
ARCHITECTURE FOR ALL, RIO DE JANEIRO BACHELOR-III DESIGN STUDIO, PROF. CAMILO REBELO
ABOUT A museum of contemporary art at the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon (Lagoa), in Rio de Janeiro. Conceived in a context of striking social segregation, the project proposed to incorporate a studio specifically reserved to encourage and promote art among individuals coming from disadvantaged social milieus, as cultural activities can foster social articulation and may be an effective tool against delinquency. Because of its singular position, over the lagoon, this project found its inspiration in the Brazilian water-lily, which graciously dominates the water and is also part of the local folklore. The museum’s structure reflected therefore the plant’s system: its roots supported a platform that could stand substantial load, while the museum’s plan symbolized a growing movement starting from the shore, much like a stem, from which growing branches received each one a part of the programme. During our field trip, we had the chance to meet architect Oscar Niemeyer, who received us at his office in Copacabana for a stimulating talk on architecture.
ARCHITECTURE FOR ALL École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
PROJECT
PRE-EXISTING BIKE LANE + PEDESTRIAN PATH GOING AROUND THE LAGOON
RODRIGO DE FREITAS LAGOON
ARCHITECTURE FOR ALL École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Plans and section GROUND FLOOR
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Tickets and information desk Security and cloakroom Exhibition Ground floor Museum's shop Unloading room Plans and section Archives room HVAC and water treatment plant Offices GROUND FLOOR
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Tickets and information desk Lecture room and cloakroom 2 Security Mediatheque 3 Exhibition Art 4 studio Museum's shop Bar restaurantroom 5 andUnloading Kitchen 6 Archives room 7 HVAC and water treatment plant 8 Offices FIRST FLOOR
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Lecture room Mediatheque Art studio Bar and restaurant Kitchen
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ARCHITECTURE FOR ALL École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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