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M. A. L. Frandoloso and E. N. Scorsatto
a sector connector, promoting a public environment that acts as a social articulator
(Broken City. Frandoloso et al. 2019a, b).
Activities were developed to study the “urban voids” in order to establish strategies for organizing the urban space. According to Jardim (2012, p. 38), idle areas,
endowed with infrastructure, within the urban perimeter that lack constructions,
hinder the full development of the city, as they are spread out and dispersed. These
areas push communities into peripheral regions and lack to optimize the current
urban infrastructure. They also create unnecessary costs, which could be better used
to boost public resources in a more compact city, with well-distributed space and
infrastructure.
According to the criteria established in previous stage of the project—2018, the
areas inside the urban perimeter of Passo Fundo were identified to analyze the urban
voids in the city, the free plots, the access to basic sanitation within an area of more
than 5000 m
2 . The survey (Jacobs 2016; Panhossatt et al. 2019; Frandoloso et al.
2019a, b), identified 124 urban voids larger than 5,000 square meters. In total there
are more than 730 empty hectares, of which about 139 ha are buildable as represented
in Fig. 7.
Fig. 7 Map of urban voids in Passo Fundo. Source Jacobs (2016)
M. A. L. Frandoloso and E. N. Scorsatto
a sector connector, promoting a public environment that acts as a social articulator
(Broken City. Frandoloso et al. 2019a, b).
Activities were developed to study the “urban voids” in order to establish strategies for organizing the urban space. According to Jardim (2012, p. 38), idle areas,
endowed with infrastructure, within the urban perimeter that lack constructions,
hinder the full development of the city, as they are spread out and dispersed. These
areas push communities into peripheral regions and lack to optimize the current
urban infrastructure. They also create unnecessary costs, which could be better used
to boost public resources in a more compact city, with well-distributed space and
infrastructure.
According to the criteria established in previous stage of the project—2018, the
areas inside the urban perimeter of Passo Fundo were identified to analyze the urban
voids in the city, the free plots, the access to basic sanitation within an area of more
than 5000 m
2 . The survey (Jacobs 2016; Panhossatt et al. 2019; Frandoloso et al.
2019a, b), identified 124 urban voids larger than 5,000 square meters. In total there
are more than 730 empty hectares, of which about 139 ha are buildable as represented
in Fig. 7.
Fig. 7 Map of urban voids in Passo Fundo. Source Jacobs (2016)