Aug 3, 2014 · The building materials used for the homes must meet three major criteria: be low cost, light enough to be carried on men's backs, and small enough to pass through the narrow …

Mar 29, 2021 · The term favela is generally associated with chaotic slums, drug use, and high crime rates. But informal residential neighborhoods are changing, providing space for cultural …

Favela (Portuguese: [fɐˈvɛlɐ]) is an umbrella name for several types of impoverished neighborhoods in Brazil. The term, which means slum or ghetto, was first used in the Slum of …

FAVELAS, named after the Brazilian crawling plant ‘favela’ have existed in Brazil since the late nineteenth century. Vomited regions of firmly pressed abodes were planted in the urban areas, …

Sep 15, 2023 · Inaugurated by the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1994, the Favela-Bairro program sought to improve the living conditions of favela residents by promoting their inclusion within …

Mar 8, 2023 · Check out a selection of projects that show inventive solutions for construction in favelas, slums and peripheral areas.

These favela eradication programmes forcibly removed over 100,000 residents and placed them in public housing projects or back to the rural areas that many emigrated from.

Dec 3, 2019 · The objective of the Favela School of Architecture/Escola de Arquitetura da Favela (2014-) is to learn about the architecture of favelas from the exchange of knowledge between …

Jul 10, 2013 · In studying how homeowners have constructed and improved their own homes, I will examine how this raw, hand-crafted urbanism leads to the longevity and vitality of the …

Apr 30, 2014 · According to a recent survey of 6 communities, 95% of favela homes are built of brick, concrete, and reinforced steel. 75% have tile floors. Residents put decades-worth of …