Saide Kahtouni
She has PhD in Architecture and Urbanistic History and Theory, (USP, 2003) Master Degree in Environment and Landscape (1994, USP). Professor in private universities for more than 20 years and Senior researcher in Environmental and lansdcape studies at USP and UFRJ.. She is a Landscape Architect with some interesting projects for more 30 years and works as environmental consult.since 1991.
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This work, specially prepared for the 7th CIAP, presents some pioneering experiences in the urban space of the city of São Paulo, related to issues of recognition and the evolution of the right to landscape, which, we conclude, evolved over time in a city where the economy and construction entrepreneurship, historically, was the main factor generating interventions in urban space, whether private or public. The first linear parks in São Paulo are considered to be significant concrete and large-scale initiatives for the creation of areas of greater permeability and leisure in peripheral areas of the city, as they were, from the
beginning, carried out with the active participation of population in the formulation of programs and desires. This text is based on some scattered technical documents, archived around 35 years ago by technical offices and sectors of the city hall. Furthermore, the evolution of environmental legislation and landscape protection were preponderant factors, as can be concluded, and of course, some important conceptual texts, which cannot be missing from the practical bookshelf.
KEYWORDS: Right to lansdscape; linear parks, popular participation
Este trabalho, especialmente preparado pera o 7° CIAP, apresenta algumas experiências pioneiras no espaço urbano da cidade de São Paulo, relacionadas às questões do reconhecimento e à evolução do direito à paisagem, que, concluímos, com o passar do tempo muito evoluiu, numa cidade onde a economia e o empreendedorismo das construções, historicamente, foi o principal fator gerador das intervenções no espaço urbano, fosse privado ou público. Consideram-se os primeiros parques lineares em São Paulo, como significativas iniciativas concretas e em larga escala, para a criação de áreas de maior permeabilidade e de lazer em áreas periféricas da cidade, pois, foram, desde os primórdios, executados com ativa participação da população nas formulações de programas e anseios. Esse texto tem por base alguns documentos técnicos esparsos, arquivados há cerca de 35 anos por escritórios técnicos e setores da prefeitura. Além disso, a própria evolução da legislação ambiental e de proteção à paisagem, foram fatores preponderantes, conforme se conclui e claro, alguns textos conceituais de cabeceira, o que não pode faltar na estante dos práticos. PALAVRAS-CHAVES: Direito à paisagem-parques lineares-participação da população
This article, originating from long doctoral research (1997-2003), deals with hydraulic engineering actions carried out since the 19th century in the city of São Paulo, considering the current techniques and the interfaces of these interventions with the urbanization of the city’s floodplains and the pioneering actions of the hydroelectric sector, vectors for the use of new land for urbanization, as opposed to the need to preserve the natural water space and its landscapes. Furthermore, issues linked to the organization of property and land ownership also proved to be mportante, according to some documents presented here
The first period goes from the 16th century to the first half of the 19th century. During that time, the natural waterscape was the main geographical feature in the São Paulo urban core. It was incorporated in the ways of life in which rivers are an integral part of the inhabitants’ routines and play the role of promoting the urban drift as essential means of transportation and communication for the system.
The second period, spanning between 1850 and 1930, saw the advent of technological possibilities and choices that reshaped the relationships between the city’s population and its rivers. With the possibility of supplying water through piping systems and bringing it from increasingly distant areas, water sources were located farther away from the city. As a result, the old public fountains disappeared and in-home running water was introduced in São Paulo. Consequently, the nearby rivers lost their importance as the City’s water sources and started being considered obstacles in the urban expansion. On the other hand, an interest emerged in acquiring land as a form of investment and integrated São Paulo City into the context of the new global capitalism. That was also when the large companies responsible for supplying infrastructure and new technologies arrived.
This work, specially prepared for the 7th CIAP, presents some pioneering experiences in the urban space of the city of São Paulo, related to issues of recognition and the evolution of the right to landscape, which, we conclude, evolved over time in a city where the economy and construction entrepreneurship, historically, was the main factor generating interventions in urban space, whether private or public. The first linear parks in São Paulo are considered to be significant concrete and large-scale initiatives for the creation of areas of greater permeability and leisure in peripheral areas of the city, as they were, from the
beginning, carried out with the active participation of population in the formulation of programs and desires. This text is based on some scattered technical documents, archived around 35 years ago by technical offices and sectors of the city hall. Furthermore, the evolution of environmental legislation and landscape protection were preponderant factors, as can be concluded, and of course, some important conceptual texts, which cannot be missing from the practical bookshelf.
KEYWORDS: Right to lansdscape; linear parks, popular participation
Este trabalho, especialmente preparado pera o 7° CIAP, apresenta algumas experiências pioneiras no espaço urbano da cidade de São Paulo, relacionadas às questões do reconhecimento e à evolução do direito à paisagem, que, concluímos, com o passar do tempo muito evoluiu, numa cidade onde a economia e o empreendedorismo das construções, historicamente, foi o principal fator gerador das intervenções no espaço urbano, fosse privado ou público. Consideram-se os primeiros parques lineares em São Paulo, como significativas iniciativas concretas e em larga escala, para a criação de áreas de maior permeabilidade e de lazer em áreas periféricas da cidade, pois, foram, desde os primórdios, executados com ativa participação da população nas formulações de programas e anseios. Esse texto tem por base alguns documentos técnicos esparsos, arquivados há cerca de 35 anos por escritórios técnicos e setores da prefeitura. Além disso, a própria evolução da legislação ambiental e de proteção à paisagem, foram fatores preponderantes, conforme se conclui e claro, alguns textos conceituais de cabeceira, o que não pode faltar na estante dos práticos. PALAVRAS-CHAVES: Direito à paisagem-parques lineares-participação da população
This article, originating from long doctoral research (1997-2003), deals with hydraulic engineering actions carried out since the 19th century in the city of São Paulo, considering the current techniques and the interfaces of these interventions with the urbanization of the city’s floodplains and the pioneering actions of the hydroelectric sector, vectors for the use of new land for urbanization, as opposed to the need to preserve the natural water space and its landscapes. Furthermore, issues linked to the organization of property and land ownership also proved to be mportante, according to some documents presented here
The first period goes from the 16th century to the first half of the 19th century. During that time, the natural waterscape was the main geographical feature in the São Paulo urban core. It was incorporated in the ways of life in which rivers are an integral part of the inhabitants’ routines and play the role of promoting the urban drift as essential means of transportation and communication for the system.
The second period, spanning between 1850 and 1930, saw the advent of technological possibilities and choices that reshaped the relationships between the city’s population and its rivers. With the possibility of supplying water through piping systems and bringing it from increasingly distant areas, water sources were located farther away from the city. As a result, the old public fountains disappeared and in-home running water was introduced in São Paulo. Consequently, the nearby rivers lost their importance as the City’s water sources and started being considered obstacles in the urban expansion. On the other hand, an interest emerged in acquiring land as a form of investment and integrated São Paulo City into the context of the new global capitalism. That was also when the large companies responsible for supplying infrastructure and new technologies arrived.
.." Saide Kahtouni chose the theme, developed it as her doctorate’s thesis and
now offers it to the broader range of stakeholders, supported by her
professional experience pursued in facing this environment.
This study is a solidly technical and critical project, that developed the
idea originally exhibited in her 1990s master’s dissertation, making a trip
São Paulo, a City of Water on the course of the media course of Tietê river, affected in its turn by the discretion of man all the way to the river mouth on the Paraná river. On a par with criteria in selecting what to assess as a problem, with rigour in collecting data, in analysing and arguing as a scholarly professor, there is always sensitivity. In her perception of, and taste for, the literary and a landscapist form, in her poetry and profession, there is an architect’s eye. .."
now offers it to the broader range of stakeholders, supported by her
professional experience pursued in facing this environment.
This study is a solidly technical and critical project, that developed the
idea originally exhibited in her 1990s master’s dissertation, making a trip
São Paulo, a City of Water on the course of the media course of Tietê river, affected in its turn by the discretion of man all the way to the river mouth on the Paraná river. On a par with criteria in selecting what to assess as a problem, with rigour in collecting data, in analysing and arguing as a scholarly professor, there is always sensitivity. In her perception of, and taste for, the literary and a landscapist form, in her poetry and profession, there is an architect’s eye. .."
By Professor Murillo Marx
September 2004, for the first edition, in Portuguese.
It discusses the consequences of technological choices and applications on the urban environment and its landscape, in the processes of reconfiguration and artificialization of natural water courses to expand the offer of urban lands.