{"id":23189,"date":"2017-08-16T13:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/?p=23189"},"modified":"2017-08-16T12:51:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T16:51:21","slug":"turning-rio-upside-baixo-rio-neighborhood-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/2017\/08\/16\/turning-rio-upside-baixo-rio-neighborhood-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Rio Upside Down! The Baixo Rio Neighborhood Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Leia uma vers\u00e3o em portugu\u00eas <a href=\"#portuguese\">aqui<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>About fifteen years ago I fell in love with watersheds. Then, my passion extended to the forests and ecosystems that sustain them. Then, I discovered the urban waters and biodiversity, and consequently urban ecology, when I started researching on urban blue-green infrastructure and how people related to their environment. From then on, the complex urban landscape has driven me to a new world where social and ecological issues are intertwined, and offer an incredible universe for researching, learning and connecting to other people that are involved in transforming cities in all scales.<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><strong>Baixo Rio<\/strong> presents a new opportunity to work from the bottom-up, together with Urban Planning and other city departments to enable a sustainable and participative urban transformation.<\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<p>I have been fascinated about how grassroots movements and bottom-up approaches have been changing landscapes in many cities. At the same time, I have been very frustrated that in my city, Rio de Janeiro, <a href=\"https:\/\/ceciliaherzog.wordpress.com\/reflexoes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">people haven\u2019t broken the bubble of the powerful decision-makers<\/a> in the preparation to host the international sports events[1]: 2014 Soccer World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games. Arrangements that privileged some companies were always taken behind closed doors. The results are expressed in a violent and neglected city. The reasons are being acknowledged during the process of investigating the huge scandal of investments that focused on the city as a big business for few powerful people. Corruption blocked all grassroots movements to participate and choose greener and more sustainable projects, including the ones that I have participated on. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/2012\/12\/02\/a-green-dream-to-counter-greenwashing-in-brazilian-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As I have written about\u00a0 before at TNOC, many dreams and movements<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/2013\/07\/10\/it-is-time-to-really-green-the-marvelous-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I have participated in the last 5 years didn\u2019t get beyond the\u00a0 paper phase.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, I have an opportunity to apply my knowledge and expertise in a new venture that aims to transform the urban landscape, connecting people, waters and biodiversity, oriented to local businesses, with food production, arts and culture.<\/p>\n<p>It is a chance to transform the city into a biophilic city! I am a member of the Steering Committee of the <a href=\"http:\/\/biophiliccities.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biophlic Cities Project<\/a>, led by Timothy Beatley (who is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/2012\/08\/07\/exploring-the-nature-pyramid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contributor of TNOC with several essays about the theme<\/a>), which calls for the role of nature in the city as a priority to make it livable, sustainable, resilient and offer high quality of life and well-being. In his words:<a href=\"http:\/\/citiscope.org\/story\/2015\/whats-biophilic-city-let-timothy-beatley-explain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u201cA biophilic city is a natureful city. It puts nature at the core of its design and planning, not as an afterthought or an ornament. It\u2019s key to everything that happens in the city.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Baixo Rio, is an experiment in participatory urban transformation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Rio Comprido neighborhood<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In this article, I will focus on a specific case of urban transformation that I am involved in right now. It is located in Rio de Janeiro. It is a challenging area named Rio Comprido (Long River). Below is a brief outline of the neighborhood\u2019s present context and challenges with pollution and livability:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The neighborhood divided by a long viaduct, or canal, what remains of a diverted and channelized Comprido River<\/li>\n<li>Dereliction and neglect<\/li>\n<li>The canal is narrow, and the water is polluted by sewage and diffuse contamination by rainwater run-off<\/li>\n<li>Floods occur during storms, due to the steep slopes that surround the area and the extensive paving of the land cover<\/li>\n<li>The canal is not visible to people who drive in the upper fly-over<\/li>\n<li>Heavy traffic congestion on weekdays under the bridge<\/li>\n<li>Ghost streets with no people most of the time, especially during the weekends<\/li>\n<li>Not friendly to walk, the cars and buses have total priority, and lack any attractiveness<\/li>\n<li>Surrounded by 22 low-income communities (slums), where gangs fight against each other, and residents fear for their lives<\/li>\n<li>The neighborhood is unsafe (actually nowadays the whole city is insecure\u2014the army was called to try to restore order where drug traffickers and militia are the main rulers of most of the urban territory)<\/li>\n<li>Extremely noisy<\/li>\n<li>The air is heavily polluted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite these challenges, there is a huge opportunity to regenerate the urban landscape adjacent to the canal and spread to the vicinity. Besides mixed middle- to low-income residential areas, the neighborhood houses small businesses, larger companies, and educational institutions that have been suffering with the violence that directly or indirectly affect their operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Academic proposition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>About two years ago, Lucas Ara\u00fajo, an architecture and urbanism undergraduate student asked me to be his co-advisor on his final project. He wanted to develop a plan and design for green infrastructure in an area that was extremely impacted by the hard, hard engineering of the early 20th Century, when the Comprido river that names the neighborhood was diverted and channelized to enable the urbanization and the construction of streets on its two newly built concrete banks. In the early 1970\u2019s the opening of a tunnel to connect north and south regions of the city led to the construction of a 2.6 km long viaduct over the canal, dividing and destroying the nice neighborhood close to the downtown region.<\/p>\n<p>The change was abrupt and the area became a concrete and asphalt \u201cnowhere\u201d, where cars and busses circulate in a dark and polluted environment, not suitable for life. The area has been decaying for the last five decades\u00a0 and nothing has been done to change the inhospitable landscape.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23193\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23193 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-792x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rio Comprido (Long River) channelized and polluted underneath the flyover. Photo: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23194\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23194 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-792x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Polluted canal water with garbage floating in the shallow surface. Photo: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23195\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23195 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/3-792x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Irregular parking over buried river \u2013 totally paved \u2018nowhere\u2019, no people, no life \u2013 just cars. Photo: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the following year, I had a chance to learn about the area, the challenges and opportunities that were hidden beneath the elevated highway. Lucas had a developed a very interesting process to accomplish his challenging project. During their undergraduate work, the students have very limited contact with landscape architecture and landscape planning and design. In spite of these academic limitations, the resulting plan was a robust proposition founded in the ecological and social systems of the \u2018neighborshed\u2019 (watershed + neighborhood). The project focused on the main square of the area, connected both sides of the canal, converted streets to pedestrian areas with components of local green infrastructure, such as rain gardens and bioswales, naturalized river banks, and much more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Baixo Rio: seeing the city upside down<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last June I received an email from Guto Santos (Architect-Urbanist, head of Livre Arquitetura) telling me how passionate and motivated he was to transform the neglected area, Rio Comprido. He had worked for about 5 years in an office located close to the very end of the canal, and had walked in the region foreseeing the potential wasted by the short-sighted decision makers who focused their investments on increasing the sprawl of the city, and had no interest in revitalizing the degraded urban areas with infrastructure close to the downtown.<\/p>\n<div class=\"img_clickwrapper\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_23207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23207\" style=\"width: 2362px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23207 size-full zoooom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-copy-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2362\" height=\"1670\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Academic proposition of Lucas Ara\u00fajo \u2013 a River for All. Image: Lucas Ara\u00fajo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Guto sent me his proposal, initially named the \u201cLow Line\u201d along the canal, inspired by the High Line in New York City. In his vision, humans had priority over nature, and the canal would be covered to enable social activities\u2014recreation, sports, arts and culture\u2014over the water. He wanted to discuss his conceptual proposal. It was really stimulating to hear from an energized young architect who wanted to improve the bleak and forgotten urban space.<\/p>\n<div class=\"img_clickwrapper\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_23206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23206\" style=\"width: 2362px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23206 size-full zoooom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-copy-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2362\" height=\"1670\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Academic proposition of Lucas Ara\u00fajo \u2013 a River for All. Image: Lucas Ara\u00fajo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_clickwrapper\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_23206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23206\" style=\"width: 2362px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23206 size-full zoooom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-copy-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2362\" height=\"1670\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Academic proposition of Lucas Ara\u00fajo \u2013 a River for All. Image: Lucas Ara\u00fajo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23196\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7-385x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"878\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before and after vision of the Low Line over the watercourse. Image: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23197\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/8-385x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"880\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before and after vision of the Low Line over the watercourse. Image: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23198\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/9-362x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"464\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before and after vision of the Low Line over the watercourse. Credit: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nDuring our first meeting, I listened to all the ideas he had developed over the years, and how he was gathering people interested in urban intervention. The project name became Baixo Rio. Low River, which in Rio de Janeiro has a double meaning: both low river and a gathering place where Cariocas, residents of the city meet). He explained how acupunctural interventions aimed to activate specific nodes would spread life along the \u201cLow Line\u201d. I asked why over the water and not in the car-dedicated lanes, as today the tendency is to daylight rivers and take cars out of the streets, giving priority to people and nature. After our conversation, he started to understand the role of nature (water and biodiversity) in the city. At that point I decided to join the team to contribute my networking skill and systemic view of the landscape, where green areas and natural flows are essential to the sustainability and resilience of the city, in addition to offering better quality of life and well-being. It is also a matter of social justice to bring better environmental conditions to the region.<\/p>\n<p>The next step was to meet the initial interdisciplinary team that was eager to transform the idea into a real project. I invited three students of the Master\u2019s program I coordinate to join us, one environmental scientist and two landscape architects (Lucas was one of them, for sure!).<\/p>\n<p>From that point on, some members became more active and visited the area in different times: weekdays, week-ends, days and evenings.<\/p>\n<p>Guto went to the main square on a Saturday evening, during a street fair that has been occurring on the site for the last 20 years. There he met the organizer, Deise dos Santos, a woman who leads the neighborhood\u2019s most dynamic NGO, Alian\u00e7a Resgate Organiza\u00e7\u00e3o N\u00e3o Governamental\u2014Non Gonvernmental Organization Rescue Alliance (ARONG). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arongrj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARONG <\/a>focuses on kids from 4 years old, teaching dance, jiu-jitsu, music (to play several instruments), informatics, and other activities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23200\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/11-2017-07-05-995x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ARONG dance class. Photo: Cecilia Herzog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The street fair is organized to fund the NGO named ARONG. The local leader doesn\u2019t get involved in the regional conflicts, kids from all distressed communities attend her organization\u2019s classes and events. Their parents must participate; parental participation is a requirement of enrolling children in the learning sessions. The institution and the street fair are an oasis in a socially complex region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23201\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23201 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12-2017-07-05-995x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teenagers and kids gather in the main room. Photo: Cecilia Herzog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Connecting to the municipality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the same week, I participated in a workshop organized by the Urban Planning Department, when I had a chance to talk with two Department employees, who also teach in the same university I do. They asked me if I had any proposal for Rio Comprido, the forgotten area for which we were planning the Baixo Rio. I was astonished! It seemed like things just started coming together naturally. Either the stars were aligning or it was in fact time to start to recovering a city that was falling apart?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23202\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23202 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13-792x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First sketches of the Baixo Rio event-intervention. Image: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23203\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/14-390x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"867\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vision for the future: green the gray. Image: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23204\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23204 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15-705x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baixo Rio event sectors and traffic deviation. Image: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23205\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23205 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16-1195x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the Baixo Rio interventions \u2013 with pop-up forest, gallery (inside the container), amphitheater, lounge, escalade wall and pedestrian area. Image: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a matter of days, we had a meeting in the City Hall to present our Baixo Rio proposition. We had developed a comprehensive vision for the future, and strategies to develop with a bottom-up approach. Lucas also presented his proposal, and nature came to the discussion as the main driver together with the social issues. The Department was also developing their own top-down project to introduce a bike lane under the viaduct. The prospects were very exciting!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23199\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/10-2017-07-05-995x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deise dos Santos receiving us on July 7th, 2017 and talks about her work and ARONG activities (Lucas Ara\u00fajo, Guto Santos and Sandro, Deise and Cesar Rodrigues). Photo: Cecilia Herzog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Time to meet local activists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was time to visit the ARONG venue, a nice small house a few blocks from the main square. We wanted to be on the ground and experience the institutions\u2019 activities. Deise received us with a big smile, she was proud to present the space and talk about her work. We could watch dance and hip hop classes. We saw the instruments hanging on the walls waiting for young musicians, the computers available to offer the opportunity to learn informatics, the small library in the entrance where the parents socialize waiting for their kids.<\/p>\n<p>Sandro a local resident who volunteers at the ARONG also came to talk to us, and explain his involvement with the kids and the community. It was a very enlightening interview. We learned of many of their achievements, their aspirations for the area, and also confirmed some of our assumptions in the design of our project. They want priority for people over cars. The first demand was a bike lane to connect them to the neighboring regions. Loving plants and trees, they asked for more green areas. We talked about the canal and asked about what happens during storms. They complained of water pollution, and the frequent floods that happen in the area. They rejoiced when we spoke of introducing natural banks to the canal, and immediately started envisioning the transformation of the landscape. We also talked about closing streets to vehicles, and making areas more pedestrian-friendly. They loved the idea!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to make things happen and when<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So far, we have developed a methodology to work in four concurrent fronts (image diagram):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Conceptual strategic urban landscape plan.<\/strong> Develop an adaptive long-term plan for the whole area along the canal and the immediate vicinity. Focus on social, ecological, cultural and economic factors, and climate change challenges, such as strong storms and Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects aggravated by heat waves. Involve: public institutions and the city, private companies (preference for small and local businesses) organized collective groups, and NGOs. Timing: Continuous process.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Research and local projects.<\/strong> Learn and organize data about social, ecological and economic issues throughout the process. Design and promote short-term demonstration projects to help people visualize the potential uses and appropriation of the space, at the same time advocate for cultural and ecological restoration, and support economic development based on local and circular opportunities that exist in the area. Involve: academic institutions, organized collective groups, NGOs, companies and residents. Timing: Intermittent throughout the process.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Events and interventions.<\/strong> Develop strategic comprehensive planned happenings, with plural cultural, artistic and educational purpose, to attract and enable: social diversity contact, ecological education and awareness raising, local economic activation, art performances, promote the strategic plan and learn from the residents, stimulate public support, spark and maintain the landscape transformation process. Promote ephemeral and permanent urban interventions that improve the public realm, and inspire the sense of community and belonging. Timing: Occasional\u2014develop a yearly agenda.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Management and financing.<\/strong> Involve public institutions and the city, and private companies (preference for small and local businesses) in the long-term management and financing of the long and short term plan and projects. Timing: Intermittent\u2014 related to the strategic plan, and the local projects, events and interventions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>First things first<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While we are working on the strategic plan, we decided to promote a multipurpose event and intervention in the beginning of spring to kick off the transformation process, and engage the local community and businesses, potential sponsors and partners.<\/p>\n<p>Rio de Janeiro has had a wave of successful events that occupy streets, mainly focused on food, beer, handcrafts and music. The most popular are oriented to local and organic products. We foresee a great potential to ally urban transformation with a multipurpose event. To make this project come through, we needed somebody to produce it. This is when Rafael Braga, known as an event producer, came to our team. We had a meeting to present the initial proposal and he immediately joined us.<\/p>\n<p>The first event-intervention is ready to go. It is named reVIRADA BAIXO RIO (Turning Rio Upside Down \u2013 with double meaning: The neighborhood Rio Comprido and the city Rio de Janeiro).<\/p>\n<p>Activities of the event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Social<\/li>\n<li>Environmental<\/li>\n<li>Educational<\/li>\n<li>Arts (music, dance, cinema, tehater, street art)<\/li>\n<li>Cultural and literary<\/li>\n<li>Sports<\/li>\n<li>Culinary and organic local food<\/li>\n<li>Cinema &#8211; Environmental Documentary projection in the square<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event aims to incentivize the local businesses through public space transformation, closing streets to cars and offering sitting and walking areas. This is one of the priorities: offering the experience of a new urban environment, even if ephemeral, to motivate effective project development and implementation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interventions in the urban space<\/strong> (to be implemented for the Spring event)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Amphitheater<\/strong> \u2013 Low cost ephemeral structure aims to activate the area with multiple events (image). (Planned to stay for 60\/90 days)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exhibition<em> VISION Baixo Rio Comprido<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 a gallery will be set inside a refurbished container. (Planned to stay for 60\/90 days)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The exhibition will present:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historical photographs of the Rio Comprido neighborhood<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>VISION Baixo Rio Comprido 2020<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>2030<\/strong><\/em>: printed boards of the preliminary <strong>S<\/strong>trategic <strong>C<\/strong>onceptual <strong>U<\/strong>rban <strong>L<\/strong>andscape <strong>P<\/strong>lan<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>VISION Baixo Rio Comprido 2030<\/strong><\/em>: virtual reality experience inside the gallery will show how the landscape would be transformed by 2030.<\/li>\n<li>Implemented or not international references of urban landscape transformations on printed boards. The objective is to show the great potential of the area and the city to residents, and other stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pop-up Forest<\/strong> \u2013 Temporary green installation of riparian forest along the canal, and native species over paved surfaces.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Graffiti<\/strong> in the concrete banks of the canal, over the paved areas that hide the canal to signalize the existence of water underneath, and the pillars that hold the flyover.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visual marks<\/strong> in paved surfaces, visually connecting walkable areas through streets (to be determined due to official restrictions).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pulpit<\/strong> \u2013 space dedicated to encourage participants to manifest themselves within the urban space, the propositions of the <em><strong>Vision Baixo Rio Comprido<\/strong><\/em>, and other ideas people desire to publicly share in order to improve their place and the city.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Climbing wall<\/strong> \u2013 The two pillars of the flyover located in the main area will be converted to climbing walls.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lounge<\/strong> \u2013 sitting areas dedicated to convivial and social interaction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Activities that will take place in the areas with interventions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local Fair<\/strong> \u2013 ARONG (local NGO) fair will take place in the square as it has happened in the last 20 years, starting in the morning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Music and dance<\/strong> presentations of the ARONG students, in the amphitheater.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Informal round-tables<\/strong> \u2013 Thematic chats with experts in urban issues, such as walkable cities, waters and biodiversity, social justice, sustainability, resilience, circular and local economy, in the amphitheater.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Local and organic producers of food and drinks, in the closed streets.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Food Trucks<\/strong><\/em><strong> and Beer Fest, in the closed streets.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Book Fair, in the closed streets.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Street music players, throughout the pedestrian areas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Classical Music<\/strong> \u2013 Musicians of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra to provide public performances, in the amphitheater.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organic food planting and workshop on urban agroforestry, in the square.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The way forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I believe <em><strong>Baixo Rio<\/strong> <\/em>presents a new opportunity to work from the bottom-up, together with Urban Planning and other city departments to enable a sustainable and participative urban transformation.<\/p>\n<p>We received a green light from the city, and now we are raising funds and connecting with organizers for the many events planned to happen in less than 60 days.<\/p>\n<p>This project allies many of my aspirations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>urban landscape\u2019s direct inter-relation with sustainability, resilience and quality of life and well-being<\/li>\n<li>prioritize nature in the city\u2014waters and biodiversity<\/li>\n<li>aims to activate people\u2019s biophilia together with arts, culture, organic food production and sales<\/li>\n<li>connect with local residents and grassroots movements<\/li>\n<li>awaken people to public health impacts caused by the urban environment, food and consumption<\/li>\n<li>stimulate local businesses focusing on reusing and recycling goods and value local knowledge and skills, such as secondhand clothes and thrift stores, shoe repair, electronic equipment restoration, handcrafts, and so on<\/li>\n<li>raise awareness about climate change challenges to engage dwellers in the process of adaptation based on ecosystems and community solutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am also trying to introduce the concept of the biophilic city to the decision makers and residents, and this project could be the first step in this direction, toward ultimately becoming a partner city of the Biophilic Cities Project. Let\u2019s see what will happen next.<\/p>\n<p>I feel like we are running a marathon to enable an urban transformation that may be a catalyzer for greater change in the city in the early future. We have so much to do in so little time, but the team is committed to make our vision come true. I am happy to be engaged in an urban project again, and hope the outcome will be positive.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Baixo Rio<\/strong><\/em> Team that is working to TURN THE CITY UPSIDE DOWN in alphabetical order:<br \/>\n<em>Amanda Saboya<br \/>\nBruno d\u2019Acri<br \/>\nCecilia Polacow Herzog<br \/>\nCesar Rodrigues<br \/>\nGabriel Queiros<br \/>\nGuto Santos<br \/>\nLucas Ara\u00fajo<br \/>\nMarina Christiansen<br \/>\nPedro Schreiber Ribeiro<br \/>\nRafael Braga<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cecilia Herzog<\/strong><br \/>\nRio de Janeiro<\/p>\n<p>On<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> The Nature of Cities<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n[1] I have written about my experiences and perceptions about the perverse process of planning, designing and implementing the huge projects in preparation for the international events in my blog <a href=\"https:\/\/ceciliaherzog.wordpress.com\">https:\/\/ceciliaherzog.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"portuguese\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * * * *\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Virando o Rio de cabe\u00e7a para baixo! Projeto de Transforma\u00e7\u00e3o de Paisagem Urbana do Baixo Rio<\/h3>\n<p><em>\u00a0(Traduzido por Cecilia Herzog.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cerca de quinze anos atr\u00e1s eu me apaixonei pelas bacias hidrogr\u00e1ficas. Ent\u00e3o, minha paix\u00e3o se estendeu \u00e0s florestas e aos ecossistemas que os sustentam. Ent\u00e3o, descobri as \u00e1guas urbanas e a biodiversidade, e conseq\u00fcentemente a ecologia urbana, quando comecei a pesquisar em infraestrutura azul-verde urbana e como as pessoas se relacionavam com seu meio ambiente. A partir de ent\u00e3o, a paisagem urbana complexa levou-me a um mundo novo onde as quest\u00f5es sociais e ecol\u00f3gicas est\u00e3o entrela\u00e7adas, e oferecem um universo incr\u00edvel para pesquisar, aprender e se conectar a outras pessoas envolvidas na transforma\u00e7\u00e3o de cidades em todas as escalas.<\/p>\n<p>Fiquei fascinado sobre como movimentos de base e abordagens de baixo para cima t\u00eam mudado paisagens em muitas cidades. Ao mesmo tempo, fiquei muito frustrado de que, na minha cidade, no Rio de Janeiro, <a href=\"https:\/\/ceciliaherzog.wordpress.com\/reflexoes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as pessoas n\u00e3o quebraram a bolha dos poderosos decisores <\/a>na prepara\u00e7\u00e3o para sediar os eventos esportivos internacionais: 2014 Copa do Mundo de Futebol e Jogos Ol\u00edmpicos de 2016. Os arranjos que privilegiaram algumas empresas sempre foram levados a portas fechadas. Os resultados s\u00e3o expressos em uma cidade violenta e negligenciada. As raz\u00f5es est\u00e3o sendo reconhecidas durante o processo de investiga\u00e7\u00f5es sobre o enorme esc\u00e2ndalo de investimentos que se concentrou na cidade como um grande neg\u00f3cio para poucas pessoas poderosas. A corrup\u00e7\u00e3o bloqueou todos os movimentos de base para participar e escolher projetos mais ecol\u00f3gicos e mais sustent\u00e1veis, inclusive aqueles em que participei. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/2012\/12\/02\/a-green-dream-to-counter-greenwashing-in-brazilian-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Como j\u00e1 escrevi sobre o TNOC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/2013\/07\/10\/it-is-time-to-really-green-the-marvelous-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">muitos sonhos e movimentos que participei nos \u00faltimos 5 anos n\u00e3o sa\u00edram do papel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Agora, tenho a oportunidade de aplicar meu conhecimento e experi\u00eancia em um novo empreendimento que visa transformar a paisagem urbana, conectar pessoas, \u00e1guas e biodiversidade, orientadas para empresas locais, com produ\u00e7\u00e3o de alimentos, artes e cultura.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9 uma chance de transformar a cidade em uma cidade biof\u00edlica! Sou membro do Comit\u00ea Diretor do <a href=\"http:\/\/biophiliccities.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Projeto Biophlic Cities<\/a>, liderado por Timothy Beatley (que tamb\u00e9m \u00e9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/2012\/08\/07\/exploring-the-nature-pyramid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">colaborador da TNOC com v\u00e1rios ensaios sobre o tema<\/a>), que exige o papel da natureza na cidade como prioridade para torn\u00e1-lo Viv\u00e1veis, sustent\u00e1veis, resistentes e oferecem alta qualidade de vida e bem-estar. Em suas palavras: <a href=\"http:\/\/citiscope.org\/story\/2015\/whats-biophilic-city-let-timothy-beatley-explain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Uma cidade biof\u00edlica \u00e9 uma cidade natural. Ele coloca a natureza no cerne do seu projeto e planejamento, n\u00e3o como uma reflex\u00e3o tardia ou um ornamento. \u00c9 a chave para tudo o que acontece na cidade &#8220;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Baixo Rio, \u00e9 um experimento em transforma\u00e7\u00e3o urbana participativa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Bairro de Rio Comprido<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Neste artigo, vou me concentrar em um caso espec\u00edfico de transforma\u00e7\u00e3o urbana em que estou envolvido agora. Est\u00e1 localizado no Rio de Janeiro. \u00c9 uma \u00e1rea desafiadora chamada Rio Comprido (Long River). Abaixo est\u00e1 um breve esbo\u00e7o do contexto atual do bairro e desafios com polui\u00e7\u00e3o e habitabilidade:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>O bairro dividido por um longo viaduto, ou canal, o que resta de um rio Comprido desviado e canalizado<\/li>\n<li>Dereli\u00e7\u00e3o e neglig\u00eancia<\/li>\n<li>O canal \u00e9 estreito e a \u00e1gua \u00e9 polu\u00edda por esgoto e contamina\u00e7\u00e3o difusa pelo escoamento da \u00e1gua da chuva<\/li>\n<li>As inunda\u00e7\u00f5es ocorrem durante as tempestades, devido \u00e0s encostas \u00edngremes que cercam a \u00e1rea e a extensa pavimenta\u00e7\u00e3o da cobertura do solo<\/li>\n<li>O canal n\u00e3o \u00e9 vis\u00edvel para as pessoas que dirigem o voo superiorCongestionamento de tr\u00e1fego pesado durante a semana sob a ponte<\/li>\n<li>Ruas fantasmas sem pessoas na maioria das vezes, especialmente durante os fins de semana<\/li>\n<li>N\u00e3o s\u00e3o amig\u00e1veis \u200b\u200bpara caminhar, os carros e os \u00f4nibus t\u00eam prioridade total e n\u00e3o t\u00eam qualquer atratividade.<\/li>\n<li>Rodeado por 22 comunidades de baixa renda (favelas), onde as gangues lutam uma contra a outra, e os moradores temem por suas vidas<\/li>\n<li>O bairro \u00e9 inseguro (na verdade, hoje em dia, toda a cidade \u00e9 insegura &#8211; o ex\u00e9rcito foi chamado para tentar colocar algum pedido onde traficantes de drogas e mil\u00edcias s\u00e3o os principais governantes da maior parte do territ\u00f3rio urbano)<\/li>\n<li>Extremamente barulhento<\/li>\n<li>O ar est\u00e1 fortemente polu\u00eddo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apesar desses desafios, h\u00e1 uma grande oportunidade para regenerar a paisagem urbana adjacente ao canal e se espalhar para a vizinhan\u00e7a. Al\u00e9m das \u00e1reas residenciais mesti\u00e7as de baixa e baixa renda, o bairro abriga pequenas empresas, grandes empresas e institui\u00e7\u00f5es educacionais que sofreram com a viol\u00eancia que afeta direta ou indiretamente suas opera\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proposi\u00e7\u00e3o acad\u00eamica<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Cerca de dois anos atr\u00e1s, Lucas Ara\u00fajo, um estudante de gradua\u00e7\u00e3o em arquitetura e urbanismo pediu-me para ser seu co-assessor em seu projeto final. Ele queria desenvolver um plano e design para infra-estrutura verde em uma \u00e1rea que foi extremamente impactada pela engenharia r\u00edgida e dura do in\u00edcio do s\u00e9culo XX, quando o rio Comprido que nomeia o bairro foi desviado e canalizado para permitir a urbaniza\u00e7\u00e3o e constru\u00e7\u00e3o de Ruas em seus dois bancos de concreto rec\u00e9m-constru\u00eddos. No in\u00edcio da d\u00e9cada de 1970, a abertura de um t\u00fanel para conectar as regi\u00f5es norte e sul da cidade levou \u00e0 constru\u00e7\u00e3o de um viaduto de 2,6 km de extens\u00e3o sobre o canal, dividindo e destruindo o bairro agrad\u00e1vel perto da regi\u00e3o do centro da cidade.<\/p>\n<p>A mudan\u00e7a foi abrupta e a \u00e1rea tornou-se um concreto e um asfalto &#8220;em nenhum lado&#8221;, onde carros e \u00f4nibus circulam em um ambiente sombrio e polu\u00eddo, n\u00e3o adequado para a vida. A \u00e1rea foi decadente nas \u00faltimas cinco d\u00e9cadas e nada foi feito para mudar a paisagem in\u00f3spita.<\/p>\n<p>Durante o ano seguinte, tive a oportunidade de aprender sobre a \u00e1rea, os desafios e as oportunidades que estavam escondidas sob a rodovia elevada. Lucas desenvolveu um processo muito interessante para realizar seu projeto desafiador. Durante o curso de gradua\u00e7\u00e3o, os alunos t\u00eam contato muito limitado com a arquitetura paisag\u00edstica e o planejamento e o design da paisagem. Apesar dessas limita\u00e7\u00f5es acad\u00eamicas, o plano resultante foi uma proposta robusta fundada nos sistemas ecol\u00f3gicos e sociais do &#8220;vizinho&#8221; (bacia hidrogr\u00e1fica + bairro). O projeto centrou-se na pra\u00e7a principal da \u00e1rea, conectou ambos os lados do canal, converteu ruas em \u00e1reas pedestres com componentes de infra-estrutura verde local, como jardins de chuva e bioswales, bancos de rios naturalizados e muito mais.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23193\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23193 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-792x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rio Comprido (Long River) channelized and polluted underneath the flyover. Photo: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23194\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23194 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-792x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Polluted canal water with garbage floating in the shallow surface. Photo: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23195\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23195 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/3-792x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Irregular parking over buried river \u2013 totally paved \u2018nowhere\u2019, no people, no life \u2013 just cars. Photo: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Baixo Rio: vendo a cidade de cabe\u00e7a para baixo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Em junho passado, recebi um e-mail de Guto Santos (Arquiteto-Urbanista, diretor de Livre Arquitetura), dizendo-me como era apaixonado e motivado para transformar a \u00e1rea negligenciada, Rio Comprido. Ele havia trabalhado por cerca de 5 anos em um escrit\u00f3rio localizado perto do final do canal e tinha caminhado na regi\u00e3o prevendo o potencial desperdi\u00e7ado pelos tomadores de decis\u00e3o m\u00edope que concentraram seus investimentos no aumento da expans\u00e3o da cidade e N\u00e3o teve interesse em revitalizar as \u00e1reas urbanas degradadas com infra-estrutura pr\u00f3xima ao centro da cidade.<\/p>\n<div class=\"img_clickwrapper\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_23207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23207\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zoooom wp-image-23207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-copy-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1414\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Academic proposition of Lucas Ara\u00fajo \u2013 a River for All. Image: Lucas Ara\u00fajo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Guto me enviou sua proposta, inicialmente chamada de &#8220;Linha baixa&#8221; ao longo do canal, inspirada na High Line da cidade de Nova York (imagens). Em sua vis\u00e3o, os humanos tinham prioridade sobre a natureza, e o canal seria coberto para permitir atividades sociais &#8211; recrea\u00e7\u00e3o, esportes, artes e cultura &#8211; sobre a \u00e1gua. Ele queria discutir sua proposta conceitual. Era realmente estimulante ouvir de um jovem arquiteto energizado que queria melhorar o espa\u00e7o urbano sombrio e esquecido.<\/p>\n<div class=\"img_clickwrapper\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_23206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23206\" style=\"width: 2362px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23206 size-full zoooom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-copy-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2362\" height=\"1670\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Academic proposition of Lucas Ara\u00fajo \u2013 a River for All. Image: Lucas Ara\u00fajo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_clickwrapper\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_23206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23206\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zoooom wp-image-23206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-copy-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1414\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Academic proposition of Lucas Ara\u00fajo \u2013 a River for All. Image: Lucas Ara\u00fajo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23196\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7-385x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"878\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before and after vision of the Low Line over the watercourse. Image: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23197\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/8-385x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"880\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before and after vision of the Low Line over the watercourse. Image: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23198\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/9-362x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"464\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before and after vision of the Low Line over the watercourse. Credit: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Durante a nossa primeira reuni\u00e3o, escutei todas as id\u00e9ias que desenvolveu ao longo dos anos, e como ele estava reunindo pessoas interessadas em interven\u00e7\u00e3o urbana. O nome do projeto tornou-se Baixo Rio. Low River, que no Rio de Janeiro tem um duplo significado: tanto rio baixo como um lugar de encontro onde os cariocas, moradores da cidade se encontram). Ele explicou como as interven\u00e7\u00f5es acupunturais destinadas a ativar n\u00f3s espec\u00edficos espalhariam a vida ao longo da &#8220;Linha baixa&#8221;. Perguntei por que sobre a \u00e1gua e n\u00e3o nas pistas dedicadas ao carro, uma vez que hoje a tend\u00eancia \u00e9 a luz do dia rios e tirar carros das ruas, dando prioridade \u00e0s pessoas e \u00e0 natureza. Ap\u00f3s nossa conversa, ele come\u00e7ou a entender o papel da natureza (\u00e1gua e biodiversidade) na cidade. Naquele momento, decidi me juntar \u00e0 equipe para contribuir com minhas habilidades de rede e vis\u00e3o sist\u00eamica da paisagem, onde as \u00e1reas verdes e os fluxos naturais s\u00e3o essenciais para a sustentabilidade e a resili\u00eancia da cidade, al\u00e9m de oferecer uma melhor qualidade de vida e bem-estar. \u00c9 tamb\u00e9m uma quest\u00e3o de justi\u00e7a social para trazer melhores condi\u00e7\u00f5es ambientais para a regi\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p>O pr\u00f3ximo passo foi encontrar a equipe interdisciplinar inicial que estava ansiosa para transformar a id\u00e9ia em um projeto real. Convidei tr\u00eas alunos do programa de mestrado que eu coordenar para se juntar a n\u00f3s, um cientista ambiental e dois arquitetos paisagistas (Lucas era um deles, com certeza!).<\/p>\n<p>A partir desse momento, alguns membros se tornaram mais ativos e visitaram a \u00e1rea em diferentes momentos: dias da semana, fins de semana, dias e noites.<\/p>\n<p>Guto foi para a pra\u00e7a principal em uma noite de s\u00e1bado, durante uma feira de rua que tem ocorrido no site h\u00e1 20 anos. L\u00e1 conheceu o organizador, Deise dos Santos, uma mulher que lidera a ONG mais din\u00e2mica do bairro, Alian\u00e7a Resgate Organiza\u00e7\u00e3o N\u00e3o Governamental &#8211; Alian\u00e7a de Resgate da Organiza\u00e7\u00e3o N\u00e3o Governamental (ARONG). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arongrj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARONG<\/a> se concentra em crian\u00e7as de 4 anos, ensino de dan\u00e7a, jiu-jitsu, m\u00fasica (para tocar v\u00e1rios instrumentos), inform\u00e1tica e outras atividades. A feira de rua \u00e9 organizada para financiar a ONG chamada ARONG (imagens). O l\u00edder local n\u00e3o se envolve nos conflitos regionais, crian\u00e7as de todas as comunidades em dificuldades atendem as aulas e eventos da organiza\u00e7\u00e3o. Os pais devem participar; A participa\u00e7\u00e3o dos pais \u00e9 um requisito de matricular crian\u00e7as nas sess\u00f5es de aprendizagem. A institui\u00e7\u00e3o e a feira de rua s\u00e3o um o\u00e1sis em uma regi\u00e3o socialmente complexa.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23200\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23200 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/11-2017-07-05-995x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ARONG dance class. Photo: Cecilia Herzog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23201\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23201 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12-2017-07-05-995x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teenagers and kids gather in the main room. Photo: Cecilia Herzog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Conectando-se ao munic\u00edpio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Na mesma semana, participei de uma oficina organizada pelo Departamento de Planejamento Urbano, quando tive a oportunidade de conversar com dois funcion\u00e1rios do Departamento, que tamb\u00e9m ensinam na mesma universidade que eu fa\u00e7o. Eles me perguntaram se eu tinha alguma proposta para Rio Comprido, a \u00e1rea esquecida para a qual est\u00e1vamos planejando o Baixo Rio. Fiquei at\u00f4nito! Parecia que as coisas simplesmente come\u00e7aram a se juntar naturalmente. Ou as estrelas estavam se alinhando ou, de fato, era hora de come\u00e7ar a recuperar uma cidade que se desmoronava?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23202\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23202 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13-792x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First sketches of the Baixo Rio event-intervention. Image: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23203\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/14-390x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"867\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vision for the future: green the gray. Image: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23204\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23204 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15-705x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baixo Rio event sectors and traffic deviation. Image: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23205\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23205 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/16-1195x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the Baixo Rio interventions \u2013 with pop-up forest, gallery (inside the container), amphitheater, lounge, escalade wall and pedestrian area. Image: Guto Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Em uma quest\u00e3o de dias, tivemos uma reuni\u00e3o na Prefeitura para apresentar nossa proposi\u00e7\u00e3o do Baixo Rio. N\u00f3s desenvolvemos uma vis\u00e3o abrangente para o futuro e estrat\u00e9gias para desenvolver com uma abordagem ascendente (imagens). Lucas tamb\u00e9m apresentou sua proposta, e a natureza veio \u00e0 discuss\u00e3o como principal motorista junto com as quest\u00f5es sociais. O Departamento tamb\u00e9m estava desenvolvendo seu pr\u00f3prio projeto de cima para baixo para introduzir uma pista de bicicleta sob o viaduto. As perspectivas foram muito emocionantes!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tempo para se encontrar com ativistas locais<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23199\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/10-2017-07-05-995x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deise dos Santos receiving us on July 7th, 2017 and talks about her work and ARONG activities (Lucas Ara\u00fajo, Guto Santos and Sandro, Deise and Cesar Rodrigues). Photo: Cecilia Herzog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Era hora de visitar o local de ARONG, uma linda casa pequena a poucos quarteir\u00f5es da pra\u00e7a principal. Quer\u00edamos estar no terreno e experimentar as atividades das institui\u00e7\u00f5es. Deise nos recebeu com um grande sorriso, ela estava orgulhosa de apresentar o espa\u00e7o e falar sobre seu trabalho. Poder\u00edamos assistir a aulas de dan\u00e7a e hip hop. Vimos os instrumentos pendurados nas paredes esperando por jovens m\u00fasicos, os computadores dispon\u00edveis para oferecer a oportunidade de aprender inform\u00e1tica, a pequena biblioteca na entrada onde os pais socializam.<\/p>\n<p>Sandro, um residente local que se ofereceu no ARONG, tamb\u00e9m veio falar conosco e explicou seu envolvimento com as crian\u00e7as e a comunidade. Foi uma entrevista muito esclarecedora. Aprendemos muitas de suas conquistas, suas aspira\u00e7\u00f5es para a \u00e1rea e tamb\u00e9m confirmamos algumas das nossas premissas no projeto do nosso projeto. Eles querem prioridade para pessoas em cima de carros. A primeira demanda foi uma pista de bicicleta para conect\u00e1-los \u00e0s regi\u00f5es vizinhas. Amando plantas e \u00e1rvores, eles pediram mais \u00e1reas verdes. N\u00f3s conversamos sobre o canal e perguntamos sobre o que acontece durante as tempestades. Eles reclamaram da polui\u00e7\u00e3o da \u00e1gua e das inunda\u00e7\u00f5es frequentes que acontecem na \u00e1rea. Eles se alegraram quando falamos sobre a introdu\u00e7\u00e3o de bancos naturais para o canal, e imediatamente come\u00e7amos a imaginar a transforma\u00e7\u00e3o da paisagem. N\u00f3s tamb\u00e9m conversamos sobre fechar ruas para ve\u00edculos e fazer \u00e1reas mais favoritas para os pedestres. Eles adoraram a id\u00e9ia!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Como fazer as coisas acontecerem e quando<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>At\u00e9 agora, desenvolvemos uma metodologia para trabalhar em quatro frentes simult\u00e2neas (diagrama de imagem):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Plano estrat\u00e9gico estrat\u00e9gico de paisagem urbana<\/strong>. Desenvolva um plano adaptativo a longo prazo para toda a \u00e1rea ao longo do canal e da vizinhan\u00e7a imediata. Concentre-se em fatores sociais, ecol\u00f3gicos, culturais e econ\u00f4micos e desafios das mudan\u00e7as clim\u00e1ticas, como tempestades fortes e efeitos da Ilha do calor urbano (UHI) agravados pelas ondas de calor. Envolver: institui\u00e7\u00f5es p\u00fablicas e a cidade, empresas privadas (prefer\u00eancia por empresas pequenas e locais) organizaram grupos coletivos e ONGs. Tempo: processo cont\u00ednuo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Projetos de pesquisa e locais<\/strong>. Aprenda e organize dados sobre quest\u00f5es sociais, ecol\u00f3gicas e econ\u00f4micas ao longo do processo. Projetar e promover projetos de demonstra\u00e7\u00e3o de curto prazo para ajudar as pessoas a visualizar os poss\u00edveis usos e apropria\u00e7\u00e3o do espa\u00e7o, ao mesmo tempo que defendem a restaura\u00e7\u00e3o cultural e ecol\u00f3gica e apoiem o desenvolvimento econ\u00f4mico com base em oportunidades locais e circulares que existem na \u00e1rea. Envolver: institui\u00e7\u00f5es acad\u00eamicas, grupos coletivos organizados, ONGs, empresas e residentes. Temporiza\u00e7\u00e3o: intermitente ao longo do processo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eventos e interven\u00e7\u00f5es<\/strong>. Desenvolver eventos planejados estrat\u00e9gicos abrangentes, com prop\u00f3sitos culturais, art\u00edsticos e educacionais plurais, para atrair e permitir: contato de diversidade social, educa\u00e7\u00e3o ecol\u00f3gica e conscientiza\u00e7\u00e3o, ativa\u00e7\u00e3o econ\u00f4mica local, performances art\u00edsticas, promover o plano estrat\u00e9gico e aprender com os residentes, estimular o apoio p\u00fablico , Fa\u00edsca e mant\u00e9m o processo de transforma\u00e7\u00e3o da paisagem. Promover interven\u00e7\u00f5es urbanas ef\u00eameras e permanentes que melhorem o dom\u00ednio p\u00fablico e inspiram o senso de comunidade e perten\u00e7a. Calend\u00e1rio: Ocasionalmente, desenvolva uma agenda anual.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gest\u00e3o e financiamento<\/strong>. Envolver as institui\u00e7\u00f5es p\u00fablicas e a cidade, e as empresas privadas (prefer\u00eancia por empresas pequenas e locais) na gest\u00e3o e financiamento de longo prazo do plano e projetos de longo e curto prazo. Calend\u00e1rio: intermitente &#8211; relacionado ao plano estrat\u00e9gico, e projetos locais, eventos e interven\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Primeiras coisas primeiro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enquanto estamos trabalhando no plano estrat\u00e9gico, decidimos promover um evento polivalente e uma interven\u00e7\u00e3o no in\u00edcio da primavera para iniciar o processo de transforma\u00e7\u00e3o e envolver a comunidade local e as empresas, potenciais patrocinadores e parceiros.<\/p>\n<p>O Rio de Janeiro teve uma onda de eventos bem sucedidos que ocupam ruas, principalmente focadas em alimentos, cerveja, artesanato e m\u00fasica. Os mais populares s\u00e3o orientados para produtos locais e org\u00e2nicos. Prevemos um grande potencial para a transforma\u00e7\u00e3o urbana aliada com um evento multifuncional. Para que este projeto venha, precisamos de algu\u00e9m para produzi-lo. Foi quando Rafael Braga, conhecido como produtor de eventos, chegou ao nosso time. Tivemos uma reuni\u00e3o para apresentar a proposta inicial e ele imediatamente se juntou a n\u00f3s.<\/p>\n<p>O primeiro evento-interven\u00e7\u00e3o est\u00e1 pronto para ir. \u00c9 chamado reVIRADA BAIXO RIO (Turning Rio Upside Down &#8211; com duplo significado: o bairro Rio Comprido e a cidade do Rio de Janeiro).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Atividades do evento:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Social<\/li>\n<li>De Meio Ambiente<\/li>\n<li>Educacional<\/li>\n<li>Artes (m\u00fasica, dan\u00e7a, cinema, teatro, arte de rua)<\/li>\n<li>Cultural e liter\u00e1rio<\/li>\n<li>Esportes<\/li>\n<li>Comida local culin\u00e1ria e org\u00e2nica<\/li>\n<li>Cinema &#8211; Proje\u00e7\u00e3o documental ambiental na pra\u00e7a<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>O evento visa incentivar as empresas locais atrav\u00e9s da transforma\u00e7\u00e3o do espa\u00e7o p\u00fablico, fechando ruas para carros e oferecendo \u00e1reas sentadas e a p\u00e9. Esta \u00e9 uma das prioridades: oferecer a experi\u00eancia de um novo ambiente urbano, mesmo que seja ef\u00eamero, para motivar o desenvolvimento e a implementa\u00e7\u00e3o eficazes de projetos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interven\u00e7\u00f5es no espa\u00e7o urbano<\/strong> (a ser implementado para o evento Spring)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anfiteatro &#8211; Estrutura ef\u00eamera de baixo custo tem como objetivo ativar a \u00e1rea com m\u00faltiplos eventos (imagem). (Planejado para ficar por 60\/90 dias)<\/li>\n<li>Exposi\u00e7\u00e3o VIS\u00c3O Baixo Rio Comprido &#8211; uma galeria ser\u00e1 configurada dentro de um recipiente recondicionado. (Planejado para ficar por 60\/90 dias)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A exposi\u00e7\u00e3o apresentar\u00e1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fotografias hist\u00f3ricas do bairro de Rio Comprido<\/li>\n<li>VIS\u00c3O Baixo Rio Comprido 2020 e 2030: placas impressas do Plano Estrat\u00e9gico Estrat\u00e9gico Estrat\u00e9gico de Paisagem Urbana<\/li>\n<li>VIS\u00c3O Baixo Rio Comprido 2030: experi\u00eancia de realidade virtual dentro da galeria mostrar\u00e1 como a paisagem seria transformada at\u00e9 2030.<\/li>\n<li>Implementou ou n\u00e3o refer\u00eancias internacionais de transforma\u00e7\u00f5es de paisagem urbana em placas impressas. O objetivo \u00e9 mostrar o grande potencial da \u00e1rea e da cidade para os moradores e outras partes interessadas.<\/li>\n<li>Floresta Pop-up &#8211; Instala\u00e7\u00e3o tempor\u00e1ria verde da floresta rip\u00e1ria ao longo do canal e esp\u00e9cies nativas sobre superf\u00edcies pavimentadas.<\/li>\n<li>Graffiti nos bancos de concreto do canal, sobre as \u00e1reas pavimentadas que escondem o canal para sinalizar a exist\u00eancia de \u00e1gua por baixo, e os pilares que mant\u00eam o sobrevoo.<\/li>\n<li>Marcas vis\u00edveis em superf\u00edcies pavimentadas, conectando visualmente \u00e1reas m\u00f3veis atrav\u00e9s de ruas (a serem determinadas devido a restri\u00e7\u00f5es oficiais).<\/li>\n<li>P\u00falpito &#8211; espa\u00e7o dedicado a incentivar os participantes a se manifestarem no espa\u00e7o urbano, as proposi\u00e7\u00f5es da Vis\u00e3o Baixo Rio Comprido e outras id\u00e9ias que as pessoas desejam compartilhar publicamente para melhorar seu lugar e a cidade.<\/li>\n<li>Parede de escalada &#8211; Os dois pilares do sobreviver localizado na \u00e1rea principal ser\u00e3o convertidos em paredes de escalada.<\/li>\n<li>Lounge &#8211; \u00e1reas de estar dedicadas \u00e0 intera\u00e7\u00e3o convivial e social.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Atividades que ter\u00e3o lugar nas \u00e1reas com interven\u00e7\u00f5es:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feira local &#8211; A feira ARONG (ONG local) ter\u00e1 lugar na pra\u00e7a, como aconteceu nos \u00faltimos 20 anos, come\u00e7ando pela manh\u00e3.<\/li>\n<li>Apresenta\u00e7\u00e3o de m\u00fasica e dan\u00e7a dos alunos de ARONG, no anfiteatro.<\/li>\n<li>Mesas redondas informais &#8211; Chats tem\u00e1ticos com especialistas em quest\u00f5es urbanas, como cidades itinerantes, \u00e1guas e biodiversidade, justi\u00e7a social, sustentabilidade, resili\u00eancia, economia circular e local, no anfiteatro.<\/li>\n<li>Produtores locais e org\u00e2nicos de alimentos e bebidas, nas ruas fechadas.<\/li>\n<li>Food Trucks and Beer Fest, nas ruas fechadas.<\/li>\n<li>Feira do Livro, nas ruas fechadas.<\/li>\n<li>Jogadores de m\u00fasica de rua, em todas as \u00e1reas pedestres.<\/li>\n<li>M\u00fasica cl\u00e1ssica &#8211; M\u00fasicos da Orquestra Sinf\u00f4nica Brasileira para oferecer performances p\u00fablicas, no anfiteatro.<\/li>\n<li>Planta\u00e7\u00e3o de alimentos org\u00e2nicos e workshop sobre agrossilvicultura urbana, na pra\u00e7a.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>O caminho a seguir<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Acredito que o Baixo Rio apresenta uma nova oportunidade de trabalhar de baixo para cima, junto com o Urbanismo e outros departamentos da cidade para permitir uma transforma\u00e7\u00e3o urbana sustent\u00e1vel e participativa.<\/p>\n<p>Recebemos uma luz verde da cidade, e agora estamos arrecadando fundos e conectando-se com os organizadores para os muitos eventos planejados para acontecer em menos de 60 dias.<\/p>\n<p>Este projeto alias muitas das minhas aspira\u00e7\u00f5es:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inter-rela\u00e7\u00e3o direta da paisagem urbana com sustentabilidade, resili\u00eancia e qualidade de vida e bem-estar<\/li>\n<li>priorizar a natureza nas cidades-\u00e1guas e biodiversidade<\/li>\n<li>visa ativar a biofilia das pessoas junto com artes, cultura, produ\u00e7\u00e3o de alimentos org\u00e2nicos e vendas<\/li>\n<li>conectar-se com residentes locais e movimentos de base<\/li>\n<li>despertar as pessoas para os impactos da sa\u00fade p\u00fablica causados \u200b\u200bpelo ambiente urbano, alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o e consumo<\/li>\n<li>estimular as empresas locais concentrando-se na reutiliza\u00e7\u00e3o e reciclagem de bens e valorizam conhecimentos e habilidades locais, como roupas de segunda m\u00e3o e lojas de segunda m\u00e3o, repara\u00e7\u00e3o de cal\u00e7ados, restaura\u00e7\u00e3o de equipamentos eletr\u00f4nicos, artesanato e assim por diante<\/li>\n<li>aumentar a conscientiza\u00e7\u00e3o sobre os desafios das mudan\u00e7as clim\u00e1ticas para envolver os moradores no processo de adapta\u00e7\u00e3o baseado em ecossistemas e solu\u00e7\u00f5es comunit\u00e1rias<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tamb\u00e9m estou tentando introduzir o conceito de cidade biof\u00edlica para os tomadores de decis\u00e3o e os residentes, e este projeto pode ser o primeiro passo nessa dire\u00e7\u00e3o, e talvez se tornar uma cidade parceira do Projeto Biophilic Cities. Vamos ver o que acontecer\u00e1 depois.<\/p>\n<p>Eu sinto que estamos executando uma maratona para permitir uma transforma\u00e7\u00e3o urbana que pode ser um catalisador para uma maior mudan\u00e7a na cidade no in\u00edcio do futuro. Temos muito a fazer em t\u00e3o pouco tempo, mas a equipe est\u00e1 empenhada em tornar a nossa vis\u00e3o realidade. Estou feliz em me envolver novamente em um projeto urbano e espero que o resultado seja positivo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Baixo Rio Equipe\u00a0<\/strong>que est\u00e1 trabalhando para girar a cidade antes<br \/>\nem ordem alfab\u00e9tica:<br \/>\nAmanda Saboya<br \/>\nBruno d&#8217;Acri<br \/>\nCecilia Polacow Herzog<br \/>\nCesar Rodrigues<br \/>\nGabriel Queiros<br \/>\nGuto Santos<br \/>\nLucas Ara\u00fajo<br \/>\nMarina Christiansen<br \/>\nPedro Schreiber Ribeiro<br \/>\nRafael Braga<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cecilia Herzog<\/strong><br \/>\nRio de Janeiro<\/p>\n<p>On<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> The Nature of Cities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 \u2014\u00a0Eu escrevi sobre minhas experi\u00eancias e percep\u00e7\u00f5es sobre o processo perverso de planejar, projetar e implementar os enormes projetos em prepara\u00e7\u00e3o para os eventos internacionais no meu blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/ceciliaherzog.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ceciliaherzog.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leia uma vers\u00e3o em portugu\u00eas aqui. About fifteen years ago I fell in love with watersheds. Then, my passion extended to the forests and ecosystems that sustain them. Then, I discovered the urban waters and biodiversity, and consequently urban ecology, when I started researching on urban blue-green infrastructure and how people related to their environment. 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