Curicica: de “fim do mundo” à “Barra Olímpica”

Abstract

The dissertation” Curicica, from the end of the world to “Barra Olímpica” is a study of the urban transformation process in the vicinity of the Olympic venues, in Jacarepaguá, Rio da Janeiro. The starting point was an in-depht review of the urban development of the region of Curicica commissioned by the city during the project “Morar Carioca”(2012), a governamental project to urbanize all local slums that was subsequently suspended. It is an exploration of the logic that guides the occupation of an area that until recently had never had a consolidated urbanization and where the actions of the municipality led to great transformations presented by the inclusion of the area in the housing market. The first chapter explores the general context in which the municipality operates public policies. These policies have developed into a growing partnership between the public and private sectors. The second chapter is a brief research of urban interventions now underway in the city and their suitability to host the Olympic events in 2016. In terms of the area of study: we seek to understand the logic of occupation of the region in the context of urban evolution of the “Baixada de Jacarepaguá”. The third chapter is a study of the dynamics of local relations undertaken by the main creators of urban space : the public power, the favela population and the property development industry, in creating an urbanity with characteristics radically different from those in existence already