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project themes have been identified: 1. Ecosystem services, 2. Food production, 3.
Mobility, 4. Energy, and 5. Waste management (Arcidiacono et al. 2017).
The project activities are initiated with IMM phasing in order to provide a modified
morphology flexible enough to achieve maximum performances in all the mentioned
project themes.
The following is a summary of the IMM intervention on Rocinha.
3 Vertical Investigation
In vertical investigation, the attributes associated with these relationships are to be
referred to as key categories. Since the performance of any system is resulted from
the relationships between its elements, it is safe to state that vertical investigation is
the methodological engine of IMM.
Six key categories have been investigated in Rocinha: Porosity, Proximity, Diversity, Effectiveness, Accessibility, and Interface.
Porosity
Normally, analyzing porosity in IMM encompasses a certain number of concepts
including building coverage, density, volume distribution concentration factor, etc.,
in a comparable manner. However, because the population density in Rocinha is
dramatically high, it is almost impossible to carry out a comparative analysis. Density
is the only key player in Rocinha, and no realistic modification scenario could be
imagined that could abate this staggering statistic (Tadi and Mohammad Zadeh 2017).
Thus, the porosity investigation in PolimiparaRocinha is a comprehensive study
of built-up density which with consideration of integrity in social characteristic in
the whole favela could also be directly interpreted as population density.
In this analysis, the buildings have been categorized with regard to their heights.
Considering the almost uniform size of the building footprints, the porosity investigation here shows the distribution of density in an acceptably accurate way. Although
there are limited numbers of buildings that are up to eight stories, the highest typical buildings are four-story buildings. This typology finds its peak primarily in the
vicinity of the western section (because of the metro station) and alongside da Gávea
street. The volume distribution in the rest of the favela is following a quasi-random
pattern (Fig. 1).
Proximity
Proximity is the quality by which an urban area’s main uses can be reached by means
of non-motorized transportation (mainly walking). The main relationship here is the
one between functions and volume/voids. Of course, the street network is also a key
factor. In order to analyze proximity, according to its definition, it is fundamental
to define the key urban functions and to investigate the way in which the functions
influence non-motorized mobility (Tadi et al. 2015).
G. Masera et al.
project themes have been identified: 1. Ecosystem services, 2. Food production, 3.
Mobility, 4. Energy, and 5. Waste management (Arcidiacono et al. 2017).
The project activities are initiated with IMM phasing in order to provide a modified
morphology flexible enough to achieve maximum performances in all the mentioned
project themes.
The following is a summary of the IMM intervention on Rocinha.
3 Vertical Investigation
In vertical investigation, the attributes associated with these relationships are to be
referred to as key categories. Since the performance of any system is resulted from
the relationships between its elements, it is safe to state that vertical investigation is
the methodological engine of IMM.
Six key categories have been investigated in Rocinha: Porosity, Proximity, Diversity, Effectiveness, Accessibility, and Interface.
Porosity
Normally, analyzing porosity in IMM encompasses a certain number of concepts
including building coverage, density, volume distribution concentration factor, etc.,
in a comparable manner. However, because the population density in Rocinha is
dramatically high, it is almost impossible to carry out a comparative analysis. Density
is the only key player in Rocinha, and no realistic modification scenario could be
imagined that could abate this staggering statistic (Tadi and Mohammad Zadeh 2017).
Thus, the porosity investigation in PolimiparaRocinha is a comprehensive study
of built-up density which with consideration of integrity in social characteristic in
the whole favela could also be directly interpreted as population density.
In this analysis, the buildings have been categorized with regard to their heights.
Considering the almost uniform size of the building footprints, the porosity investigation here shows the distribution of density in an acceptably accurate way. Although
there are limited numbers of buildings that are up to eight stories, the highest typical buildings are four-story buildings. This typology finds its peak primarily in the
vicinity of the western section (because of the metro station) and alongside da Gávea
street. The volume distribution in the rest of the favela is following a quasi-random
pattern (Fig. 1).
Proximity
Proximity is the quality by which an urban area’s main uses can be reached by means
of non-motorized transportation (mainly walking). The main relationship here is the
one between functions and volume/voids. Of course, the street network is also a key
factor. In order to analyze proximity, according to its definition, it is fundamental
to define the key urban functions and to investigate the way in which the functions
influence non-motorized mobility (Tadi et al. 2015).