Odi-vilas

The proposal extends the interrupted street network and introduces a recreational path for pedestrians, bikes and skaters. This circuit connects the dispersed cultural, educational and social institutions of the surrounding fabric. Making ODI-VILAS the core of this new civic figure. A public plaza becomes a gathering place and connects the municipal market with a future light rail stop. The porous surface of the plaza allows two existing streams to pass though and expand during rainy periods. The adjacent flood zones are occupied with small plots that serve for vegetable gardening to support the existing informal vegetable production of the site. This mini-agriculture promotes self-organization and introduces a productive approach to create a sustainable ecological urban zone. Proposed community uses along the public plaza like a kindergarten, playgrounds, retail kiosks and a community center give further activity to the central area offering a new active.

Different housing typologies respond to the demand of low-income market rate housing and of a special re-housing program for the inhabitants of the existing shacks. The re-housing units allow for expansion over time while families grow and provide agricultural gardens for sustainable self-support. Traditional methods of “Low-Tech” such as cisterns, shading, wind wheels and non-sealed surfaces are used.