• Brazil is a federation composed of twenty-six States.
• Sao Paolo is the largest city in Brazil
• The world's 7th largest
metropolitan area.
• Estimated population of
11,037,593 residents within an area of 1,523 square kilometers, the most populated city in the Americas.
• Sao Paolo metropolitan area, with an estimated 19,889,559 people over 7,944 square
kilometers. São Paulo metropolitan area is ranked as the second most populated in the Americas.
• São Paulo had lacked any city plan before 1889, and
no zoning law was passed until 1972.
• Its huge market is a magnet for multinational corporation.
History and urbanization
With the Implementation of the railroads that started in 1865 and the
coffee trade, the city became an attractive option for coffee growers
for living in. The pressure of immigration and the arrival of growers slaves to the capital led to
the swelling population of the city.
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Precipitation
Rainfall is abundant, amounting to an annual average of 1,454 millimeters. It is especially common in the warmer month’s
average of 219 millimeters, and decrease in winter, average of 47 millimeters.
Brazilian Architecture
MASP Lina Bo Bardi
ARMONIA_ 57 Ript Yque
FAU – USP Villanova Artigas
08/12/2010
Area of
Santa Efigenia
Degraded Area
“Cracolandia”
Area of intervention
08/12/2010
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