INFORMAL BUILDING CULTURES [Fulbright Research]

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL / 2008 - 2009

INFORMAL BUILDING CULTURES

Sponsor William J Fulbright Foundation

Institutional Sponsor The University of São Paulo / Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism

Mentor Maria Ruth Amaral de Sampaio

FULBRIGHT | AUTOCONSTRUCTION | BUILDING MATERIALS | PRESERVATION

Bamburral Housing Regeneration Plan explores how redevelopment in São Paulo’s favelas often displaces more housing than it provides. In Bamburral—a small settlement near a landfill funded through carbon offset programs—I studied how material flows shape informal building cultures. The resulting plan proposes ways to integrate these practices into future redevelopment, and informed both local planning and my postdoctoral research.