A new community creche for the favela Vila Pereira da Silva (Pereirão), in Rio de Janeiro, was proposed by the city council in 1998. To this day, the site for which the creche was designed remains empty. My aim is to develop a new proposal for the site which is relevant and responsive to the resident's needs.
My first experience of Vila Pereira da Silva was through volunteering with the Project Morrinho NGO in September 2009. The Morrinho model, which was started by local youth in 1997, is a 320m2 model of the city constructed from bricks and other recycled materials. It began as a simple childhood game to escape from the realities of violence and corruption that surrounded the teens and their community.
I am proposing to design a new community space for the vacant site, using the Morrinho model as a means to engage the community in Rio de Janeiro. Instead of designing from the outside-in, I hope that by using the Morrinho model as a tool to envisage the new space, the community can take an active role in its design.
Follow my project's development here: http://projetopereirao.wordpress.com
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