A Comunidade Criativa: Local Empowerment through a multi-purpose building for the lower income community of São Paulo

On one hand, São Paulo is in desperate need of popular housing for the lower classes. Real-estate investors are not focusing on the lower classes. On the other hand the city has a lot of abandoned buildings, for several reasons. A large amount of the abandoned buildings are situated in the city center. The unoccupied buildings contribute in the...