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This systemic modification creates an optimum morphological flexibility in view
of proceeding with the project themes. The immediate consequence is to have a better
mobility flow that not only makes the area safer, but also allowed to define a locally
based bicycle network supported by bike-sharing systems which work in compatibility with the existing public transportation system. In some of the new spaces
defined by the relocation project, community gardening and aquaponic projects will
be established in order to raise awareness on the value of local food production.
These projects are integrated with the ecosystem service to ensure the management
of runoff and water conservation and the definition of a smart energy grid for harvesting and managing the renewable sources for energy production and management.
Local strategies to use organic waste for producing biogas have also been considered,
and new waste management plans in compatibility with local programs have been
proposed.
It is crucial to address the totality of the structure made by local projects in the
selected zones. These six zones are the locations in which local strategies like the
aquaponics, photovoltaic panels, community gardening, sewage system, etc., are
placed together to create an integrated system of a prototype network throughout
Rocinha. This system has been designed in such a way as to ensure two levels of
circularities on two different scales. They form a closed system so that their inflow
is provided locally. The food production uses local resources, the solar radiation is
harvested on top of the local buildings, and the proposed functions are in compatibility with local needs. However, they are linked together all over the favela with the
smart grid centrally managed by an urban management system (UMS). The proposed
improvements require the development of a specific project which, empowered by
the UMS, allows for the circulation of information between citizens, who become
the main actors of the whole system, promoting social inclusion and the sustainable
regeneration of the favela. The UMS as a system of computer-aided tools will monitor, control, and optimize the information flows coming from the different sectors
improving services for citizens such as street lighting, electrical local urban transportation, food delivery, waste management, goods delivery, etc. In this way, the
UMS can, for example, reduce traffic in congested areas, encourage the use of more
efficient and ecological transport systems, prevent the frequent blackouts as well as
establish citizens’ virtuous behavior in terms of waste collection, energy savings,
etc. (Fig. 5).
On the Rocinha scale, this system creates a balance between inflow and outflow
by allocating the local resources to the overall outflow. Moreover, thanks to the prototypes, a new bicycle network has been designed which connects the intervention
zones and other places (where the topography allows) physically. This means that
local resources provide global energy storage, public lighting, and overall connectivity. This integrity in the prototype network allows us to move from 21 critical
locations to be improved to only 6 intervention zones without sacrificing the totality
of the favela; nevertheless, the prototype network provides a capacity of integration
with more intervention zones applying the same strategies in the future (Fig. 6).
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This systemic modification creates an optimum morphological flexibility in view
of proceeding with the project themes. The immediate consequence is to have a better
mobility flow that not only makes the area safer, but also allowed to define a locally
based bicycle network supported by bike-sharing systems which work in compatibility with the existing public transportation system. In some of the new spaces
defined by the relocation project, community gardening and aquaponic projects will
be established in order to raise awareness on the value of local food production.
These projects are integrated with the ecosystem service to ensure the management
of runoff and water conservation and the definition of a smart energy grid for harvesting and managing the renewable sources for energy production and management.
Local strategies to use organic waste for producing biogas have also been considered,
and new waste management plans in compatibility with local programs have been
proposed.
It is crucial to address the totality of the structure made by local projects in the
selected zones. These six zones are the locations in which local strategies like the
aquaponics, photovoltaic panels, community gardening, sewage system, etc., are
placed together to create an integrated system of a prototype network throughout
Rocinha. This system has been designed in such a way as to ensure two levels of
circularities on two different scales. They form a closed system so that their inflow
is provided locally. The food production uses local resources, the solar radiation is
harvested on top of the local buildings, and the proposed functions are in compatibility with local needs. However, they are linked together all over the favela with the
smart grid centrally managed by an urban management system (UMS). The proposed
improvements require the development of a specific project which, empowered by
the UMS, allows for the circulation of information between citizens, who become
the main actors of the whole system, promoting social inclusion and the sustainable
regeneration of the favela. The UMS as a system of computer-aided tools will monitor, control, and optimize the information flows coming from the different sectors
improving services for citizens such as street lighting, electrical local urban transportation, food delivery, waste management, goods delivery, etc. In this way, the
UMS can, for example, reduce traffic in congested areas, encourage the use of more
efficient and ecological transport systems, prevent the frequent blackouts as well as
establish citizens’ virtuous behavior in terms of waste collection, energy savings,
etc. (Fig. 5).
On the Rocinha scale, this system creates a balance between inflow and outflow
by allocating the local resources to the overall outflow. Moreover, thanks to the prototypes, a new bicycle network has been designed which connects the intervention
zones and other places (where the topography allows) physically. This means that
local resources provide global energy storage, public lighting, and overall connectivity. This integrity in the prototype network allows us to move from 21 critical
locations to be improved to only 6 intervention zones without sacrificing the totality
of the favela; nevertheless, the prototype network provides a capacity of integration
with more intervention zones applying the same strategies in the future (Fig. 6).