Patricia O’Reilly, architect and urban planner, author of the social project Instituto Favela da Paz (Favela da Paz Institute), located in São Paulo, in Jardim Angela, and thanks to the urban requalification of its area, allowed us to see the possibilities and open up new horizons in the art of architecture that has the main goal to shelter people in a space created by people. People sharing the same address in the universe.

Serving to create the world that we dream of…

The mission was to bring to the world of architecture, urbanism and art, tools and materials that helped shape the project in such a way that allows it to come together into something that gives its users the recognition that they seek. We entered the worlds of technology, art, and design, to project a way that impacts the “place” in a positive manner.

The requalification of the area becomes a precedent to be followed in other communities around the world. It integrates the urban space of the favela with that of the city through the restoration of sustainably designed public spaces. It also creates inputs that accelerate the education around sustainability. A main objective is to dismantle a dividing line that dooms everybody living on one side of it, with crippling discrimination. Using nature, architecture and art, this line starts to initially get blurred, until it ultimately ends up fading away completely, and with it, the discrimination that once existed.

The projects have already been done, our next step is to invite sponsors to make this utopia becomes reality.