NEIGHBOURHOOD BAIRRO DOS ALVARENGA: FROM CHAOS TO SUSTAINABILITY

Abstract

The Neighbourhood Bairro dos Alvarenga, scenery of emblematic situations in past time, has been gradually changed in its structure and functionality according to the use and occupation of land, causing new dynamics that are part of current conflicting realities.

The purpose of this article is to present the strategy of green infrastructure, trying to classify it as aggregator of several urban approaches and simultaneously point out the reasons for the emergence of a new structural element in the city.

Three main aspects are presented: characterization of the city because its important location in São Paulo metropolitan region and its significant environmental area; the historical aspects of the neighbourhood origin, the changes during the times; and, as a headline, the need to propose a set of guidelines for urban area considering the new projects, with emphasis to the construction of a green infrastructure network as a structural system that enables connectivity to contemporary cities.