Urban renewal project

2012
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
EMU – EUROPEAN MASTERS IN URBANISM
Master of Science in Urbanism and Strategic Planning
Project Development and Management
Taught by Johan Van Reeth
Autor Andrea Voigt Carvalho

[PARTNERSHIPS

IN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT
TOWARD ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION: THE
CASE OF PRAÇA VICTOR CIVITA – SP, BRAZIL.

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[CONTENTS]
1 INTRODUCTION
2 LOCATION
3 STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
3.1 Historical context
3.2 Initiation
3.3 Planning and Design
3.4 Execution
3.5 Operation
4 ACTORS
4.1. Public + Private
4.2 Community
5 CONCLUSION
6 BIBLIOGRAPHY

Partnerships in urban renewal project toward environmental remediation: the case of Praça Victor Civita - SP.
CARVALHO, Andréa Voigt
K.U. Leuven – EMU – Project Development and Management – Prof. Johan Van Reeth
ABSTRACT
The present work aims to do an analysis of the processes and solutions involved in the case of Victor
Civita Square (São Paulo, Brazil), taking in account the stages that constituted the project: initiation, planning and design, execution and operation. The main objective is to relate the different actors and technical, financial, juridical, administrative, social and ecological aspects which played an important role on it. In addition, due its implantation on a brownfield, such project was an opportunity to engage the neighborhood, government, developers, and other stakeholders around their vision of sustainability.
Is an example how innovative solutions in urban revitalization can contribute to develop degraded areas and empower community involvement.
KEYWORDS
Square Victor Civita. Partnerships. Brownfield. Sustainability.

1 INTRODUCTION
The Praça Victor Civita1 is a project designed by the Brazilian architects Adriana
Levisky and Anna Julia Dietzsch (Levisky of Architects), together with the landscape architect Benedito Abbud. The square - also known as “Open Museum of
Sustainability”, was established on a brownfield degraded by years of