S u s t a i n a b l e R e v i t a l i z a t i o n P r o p o s a l
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SUSTAINABLE REVITALIZATION PROPOSAL FOR PAULÍNIA
BOTANIC GARDEN, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
Maria Rita de Paula Amoroso¹ & Jeanette Inamine Miachir²
¹ Architect – MSc, Architecture School PhD student, UNICAMP, SP, Brazil
² Bilogist – PhD, Paulínia Botanic Garden Director, SP, Brazil
Abstract
Paulínia Botanic Garden was established on May 30
th
1992, sized 8,6 ha and
with several plants collections, such as medicinal and aromatic herbs, arboretum,
palmetum and cactus. The structure comprises administrative area with 80m²,
seedlings production greenhouse with 1500m² and facilities for employees. It also
develops regional flora scientific research, native trees seedlings production to the
restoration of degraded areas, municipal urban foresting and environmental education
programs to several publics.
Due to the Institution’s development, arose the necessity to expand its
installations. Therefore a landscape and architecture Master Plan was elaborated to
define and locate essential sustainable buildings to attend the research demand and
create spaces to attend the municipal and neighboring schools branches.
The project holds a visitor’s and environmental education center with a 75
seats auditory, a space to develop workshops with themes related to the environment,
an administrative center, a cafeteria, a library, labs and toilettes adapted to visitors with
special needs.
The buildings will have sun energy system and will be built with recycled
materials as ecological bricks, green covering and water reuse.
In this manner, the Institution could carry out its mission: to promote vegetal
diversity conservation aiming environment sustainable use, regional flora research
development, the sensitizing of the plants importance to men through environmental
education programs and leisure to visitors.
Thus, the objective of the project was to develop a Master Plan which could ally
and attend the conservation proposal, scientific research, environmental education,
leisure and sustainable architecture.
Keywords
: sustainable architecture, environmental education, Paulínia Botanic
Garden, forest restoration.
Introduction
In Brazil, Botanic Garden is defined as a protected area, constituted in the
whole or in part by scientific recognized alive plants collections, organized,
documented, and identified, with the aim of study, research and documentation of the
country’s floristic patrimony, accessible to public, serving to education, culture, leisure
and the environment conservation (Resolução CONAMA 339 / 2003, Ministério do
Meio Ambiente).
In 1985, the city hall expropriated an area located near to the entrance of the
town for the Botanic Garden establishment. In 1989, infrastructure services were
executed such as plant beds implantation, pathways, plants introduction and
greenhouse production installation (1500 m²). In the beginning of 1992, occurred the
construction of the administrative building.
In May 31th 1992, the Garden was inaugurated, with the objective of being a
research, leisure and plant exposition center. Nowadays, it develops a very diversified
role, mainly with local flora studies, projects for public squares and gardens, urban
