11.27.2018
MICHAEL MALTZAN TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE SYMPOSIUM
SAO PAULO: A RADICAL REVOLUTION
Michael Maltzan Architecture is pleased to announce that Michael Maltzan will be a participant in the symposium, Sao Paulo: A Radical Revolution.
No other city in the world has as great a concentration of inner-city post-industrial land as that of São Paulo. This unique urban situation demands attention and rewards analysis.
São Paulo: A Radical Evolution Symposium brings together a number of internationally renowned scholars and practitioners in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism and urban governance to reflect on São Paulo. The discussion will focus on the city’s river systems, primarily the Tietê River, and the re-integration of its adjacent post-industrial land into the life of the city. Furthermore, the panelists will deliberate on the design procedures that can transform post-industrial land into vibrant mixed-use inner-city districts.
Supported by the Haddad Foundation, the event marks the launch of Sao Paulo: A Graphic Biography (University of Texas Press, 2018), the first comprehensive study of the city’s evolution, by Felipe Correa, Vincent and Eleanor Shea Professor of Architecture and Chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of Virginia.
Comparative in scope, the symposium opens a dialogue between world renowned international experts who have developed extensive research and complex projects in equivalent metropolitan areas across the globe, and Brazilian urbanists who have deep knowledge of the lessons and challenges —current and historic— present in São Paulo. Organized in three interrelated topics based on chapters and themes from the book, panelists and respondents will open conversations on the exchange of urban concepts and technical expertise across disciplines, continents and cultures, and how these relate specifically to São Paulo.
Hosted by Insper and organized by the University of Virginia School of Architecture, along with the South America Project and Harvard University’s Brazil Office, the event opens an important space for discussions between design and governance, placing São Paulo in the context of global design practices.
