The document proposes demolishing the Minhocão structure in Sao Paulo and replacing it with an integrated wooden boulevard containing bike paths and light rail transport (LRT) lines. This would revitalize the area by making it more attractive, improving connectivity, and integrating neighborhoods. Implementing an LRT system as a pilot could encourage more efficient urban mobility solutions. Partnerships with banks, companies, and operators could help support events, activities, and maintenance of the new boulevard.

1. WHAT IS
A new way to think about the city
Sao Paulo, January 2015
Everton Duarte
evertonduarte@outlook.com
THE SOLUTION?
“MINHOCAO”~

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Released in 1971 by Paulo Salim Maluf, the Minhocão is one of the most controversial
works in the history of the city of São Paulo, which in time turned out to be a great
wound in the urban landscape .
With a brutalist architecture, its structure has dramatically increased the levels of noise
and air pollution dramatically, obstructed visibility and pulled the privacy of people
living in the vicinity, in addition to degradation and astronomical devaluation of the
region.
THE PROBLEM

3. It is necessary to demolish the Minhocão structure for the construction of an integrated
wooden Boulevard with bike paths and LRT (Light Rail Transport) lines for public transport.
To minimize the impact on the population, alternative routes for vehicles must be built
before the project implementation, since the Boulevard would be restricted to the LRT, bike
paths and pedestrian.
HOW WOULD IT WORK?

4. It is necessary to demolish the Minhocão structure for the construction of an integrated
wooden Boulevard with bike paths and LRT (Light Rail Transport) for public transport .
THE SOLUTION

5. It would not be just a Boulevard, but also a new way of thinking about the city, urban mobility, opening
up new possibilities and paths, starting with a unique transport system in the city: The LRT.
Implementing a LRT system in Minhocão region can act as a pilot scheme and encourage discussions
about more efficient solutions for urban mobility.
The Boulevard is a new concept, a form of humanizing and revitalizing the city center, making the cur-
rent space better looking, valuing the region and integrating in an harmonious way with important
neighborhoods such as Higienópolis, Santa Cecília and Perdizes.
WHY A BOULEVARD?

6. The city of São Paulo could create partnerships with banks to expand the bicycle rental service, and
other companies linked to health and well-being to offer yoga and martial arts classes and other activi-
ties. Thus, the population would enjoy a space with several options for activities.
Large companies could sponsor events to be held within the Boulevard through cultural activities such
as graffiti, art exhibitions and extreme sports and the very maintenance of the park in exchange for ad-
vertising at strategic points in Boulevard. Also the partnership with operators to roll out spots with Wi-Fi
to connect to the Internet could be interesting
PARTNERS

7. THANK YOU!