Blue-green infrastructure as potential for transforming garden neighborhoods: The case of Vila Ipojuca in São Paulo

Abstract

This article addresses the potential of Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) systems as a strategy for the environmental qualification of urban garden districts. The study clipping is the Vila Ipojuca neighborhood, in São Paulo/SP, which had its initial subdivision carried out in the 1920s, inspired by the Garden City model. From a conceptual and systemic view of BGI and an understanding of the influence of the Garden City model on the design of the city's initial subdivisions, it was possible to recognize the compatibility between the biophysical aspects of the neighborhood and the theory under study. Based on this analysis, urban intervention guidelines were developed for the implementation of a BGI network in the existing urban infrastructure, in which the morphological characteristics of the area are thought to support the system. It is intended, therefore, to present the BGI as a planning and design tool for the anthropic landscape and an alternative to the traditional model of city planning.

Keywords: hydrographic basin; urban drainage; nature-based solutions; São Crispim square.