Title & Author:

Minha casa--nossa cidade : innovating mass housing for social change in Brazil / [edited by Marc Angélil & Rainer Hehl in collaboration with Something Fantastic].

Publication:

Berlin : Ruby Press, [2014]
©2014

Description:

496 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
"The content of this publication was realized by students of the Master of Advanced Studies in Urban Design at ETH Zurich. The program was initiated by the chair of Professor Marc Angélil at the Department of Architecture in collaboration with the Future Cities Laboratory at the Singapore-ETH Center for Global Environmental Sustainability"--Colophon.
"Mas urban design. Penny Alevizou [and 31 others]."
Title and statement of responsibility from cover; book has no title page.
"ETH Zürich, MAS Urban Design"--Cover.
Mas Urban Design teaching team: Rainer Hehl (Director of Studies), Something Fantastic--Julian Schubert, Elena Shütz, Leonard Streich.
Includes bibliographical references.
Minha casa-nossa cidade: from "Minha vida" to "nossa cidade" / Rainer Hehl -- Part 1. MCMV: Minha casa, minha vida program : A short introduction to Brazilian mass housing ; MCMV program overview -- Beyond access to housing ; Social welfare or free market economy? ; Minha casa, minha vida: entidades ; Undoing the standards ; Progress or "déja vu"? ; Sorry for the inconvenience, we are changing Brazil ; Access to housing versus access to the city / interview with Júnia Santa Rosa -- Part 2. APB: Arquitetura popular Brasileira : A review of contemporary Brazilian vernacular -- An index of popular Brazilian architecture (excerpt) -- A language for popular architecture ; A non-authoritative approach towards architecture ; We make our buildings, then they make us ; Vernacular modernism ; Popular architecture as a political project ; A new and radical vocabulary ; Choque de Ordem ; Cultural exchange and urban integration / interview with Leticia Monte -- Part 3. MCNC: Minha casa nossa cidade projects : Innovated Brazilian mass housing for social change -- Charter of claims -- Rio de Janeiro: Colónia Juliano Moreira ; Mutual growth ; Charged voids ;Undoing the city of dichotomies -- São Paulo: Brasilándia ; Inhabiting the edge ; Looking at the urban edge ; Brasília: Santa Maria ; The urban satellite ; The satellite city as future urban model ; Aguas Claras -- Pará: parauapebas ; Networked infill ; [1 m², 25 ha] ; Whatever happened to the Amazon? -- MCNC diretrizes: guidelines for improving the MCMV program -- Models in circulation: a tale of two cities / Marc Angélil and Cary Siress.

Summary:

In 2009, Brazil launched the mass housing program "Minha Casa, Minha Vida" ("My House, My Life"), which aims to build 3.4 million housing units by the end of 2014. By reexamining the program at a critical time, Minha Casa - Nossa Cidade ("My House, Our City") attempts to hack the production of mass housing and tackle the profound social changes currently underway in Brazil. In three chapters, the book reviews the history and implementation of the government program, highlights the ingenuity of "Popular Brazilian Architecture," and presents design proposals by MAS Urban Design for low-cost housing. Building on the program's success in broadening access to housing, Minha Casa - Nossa Cidade puts forth a vision for the city as a common project and the transformation of monotonous urban areas into popular neighborhoods - living environments that can be appropriated according to individual as well as collective needs.

ISBN:

9783944074092
3944074092

Subject:

Land use, Urban Social aspects Brazil.
City planning Social aspects Brazil.
Public housing Social aspects Brazil.
Low-income housing Social aspects Brazil.
Utilisation urbaine du sol Aspect social Brésil.
Logement social Aspect social Brésil.
Pauvres Logement Aspect social Brésil.
City planning Social aspects.
Land use, Urban Social aspects.
Low-income housing Social aspects.
Public housing Social aspects.
Architecture Study and teaching
City planning Study and teaching.
Brazil.

Added entries:

Hehl, Rainer, editor.
Angelil, Marc M., editor.
Angelil, Marc M. editor.
Hehl, Rainer editor.
Monte, Leticia interviewee.
Santa Rosa, Júnia interviewee.
Siress, Cary author.
Something Fantastic (Firm)
Something Fantastic (Firm) editor.
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich issuing body

Innovating mass housing for social change in Brazil

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286328
Call No.: BIB 226570
Status: Available