IMMdesignlab at the 27th World Congress of Architects in Rio de Janeiro…….
Channel: IMMdesignlab
Date: 2021-09-02

Angela Maria Rossi professor and researcher at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and co-author with professors Francesco Causone, Gabriele Masera, Massimo Tadi (Politecnico di Milano) presented at the 27th World Congress of Architects in Rio de Janeiro, the paper titled: An urban management system for the sustainable regeneration of the favela of Rocinha. This presentation held in July 2021 showed the results related to PolimiparaRocinha, a project financed by Polytechnic of Milan and originated through a partnership with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.  Considering that, globally, one in eight people live in slums, this project applied the Integrated Modification Methodology (IMM) to propose a regeneration process and its implementation at Rocinha, one of the largest Brazilian slums, located in the city of Rio de Janeiro.