A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT FOR THE CENTRAL MARKET – MERCADÃO

Abstract

In September 2015 the Globo Television Network contacted three schools of architecture: FAU USP, Escola da Cidade and FAU Mackenzie, to join VERDEJANDO CHALLENGE, on of the actions of Verdejando Project, within the Program Globo Universities. The project consisted of the television monitoring the process design of mentioned three schools, in a series of special reports on the issue of the green in São Paulo City. It was the third year that the series were displayed on local TV news of São Paulo, with the novelty of the participation of mentioned university teams to discuss the shortage of green and its impact on changes in the urban climate as well as to make proposals for possible interventions in combating the effects of these phenomena. The LABVERDE - Green Lab - was nominated to represent the FAU USP between the other two schools. Thus, each school chose an area in São Paulo as a subject for study and future scenarios propositions.