M.U.R.P. Capstone 73

inFORMA Ocupação Anchieta

Ashish Bhandari (MArch), Michelle Bohrson (MUP), Cheng Cheng (MUP), Abhishek Alark Desai (MArch), Laura Devine (MArch), Ning Ding (MArch), Grant Hong (MUP), Xiyao Hu (MArch), Sophie Jantz (MUP), Sara Pizzo (MUP), Alexandra Ramirez (MUP), Nikita Sharad Rane (MArch), Antonela Sallaku (MArch), Yao Tang (MArch), Charisma Thapa (MUP), Isaac Wolf (MUP), Lihang Wu (MUP), Shiyu Wu (MArch), Yameng Zhang (MArch), Anyuan Zhou (MArch)
María Arquero de Alarcón
“Ocupação Anchieta Avança! (Ocupação Anchieta Forward!)” is an actionable framework plan that addresses one of the wicked problems in the Global South: the rapid informal urbanization of environmentally protected areas, given the lack of affordable housing options. While most slum upgrading programs intervene in consolidated settlements, too late to achieve meaningful environmental sustainability, this project exercises land stewardship practices in young occupations. The plan targets interventions to improve residents’ quality of life, while minimizing environmental impact, and restoring the ecological functions of natural systems through specific actions: Sewage Free Anchieta; Housing Cluster; Cultural Anchieta; Creek Revival, and Solid Waste Management.…