RE-THINKING THE EDGE Sustainable redevelopment of Serrinha favela in Florianópolis (Brazil) NO LIMITS

The project of a training center of construction follows the prin¬ciple of redefining the edges. The title No limit contains in itself a double inter¬pretation: the demolition of the border, not only physical but also mental, and the importance of social inclusion and interpenetration between formal and informal city .

What we want is to create a meeting point between two parts, a place of mutual exchange and encounter of ideas, eliminating the differences.I chose this theme because it allows me to develop various fundamental aspects for the improvement of a context like that of the informal city. These aspects are sustainable approach, redefining the edges, innovation and participation in the learning process, permeability between formal and informal city. The space designed must be able to be penetrable, permeable in both directions, without preferential ways. In this way, what was once a fine line, it becomes a permeable border and regulated in order to curb those kinds of uncontrollable phenomena as informal expansion. For this, the center could be a good compromise to meet the needs of both sides, giving the inhabitants of Serrinha an interface with which to compare for more in-depth knowledge in the field of construction and a further pavilion providing university campus useful not only for the community del Morro, but also to UFSC students wishing to make their experience of cooperation and interaction. Moreover, thanks to an example of improper land use, which occurred in the course of a few years, it has come to deduce that area, if you do not want it to be occupied, must provide a service to the community, even if this temporary, but that at least give a permanent guarantee of future intervention.