Urbanization Project of Shanty Town Morro da USP

Abstract

This Project aims at rescuing the several stages of our work at favela Morro da USP; the project was initiated after the University Judicial Council requested assistance through the Director of FAU-USP, Prof. Dr. Silvio Sawaya. Due to our knowledge of favela Heliópolis, situated close to Morro da USP, it was believed that the proximity between the two areas could facilitate first contacts, and that, indeed occurred. The Judicial Council’s original idea to sell the turf to the occupants was not successful; however we contributed in defining the main issues of the area some of which have worried the Judicial Council. The fact that the area developed without any planning and unconnected to the official water and sewage systems causes leaks around the neighbourhood and renders favourable conditions to the appearance of infectious maladies, particularly in the infant population. For this reason, the equipping of the area with official water and sewage systems, as proposed by Sabesp, is not only a necessity but a duty of the University.