Architecture and Design in Curitiba

Frederick van Amstel @fredvanamstelhttp://fredvanamstel.com

Architecture and Design SchoolPUCPR

Curitiba, Brazil

•3.2 millions inhabitants in the metropolitan area

•Mild weather (16 C average)

•One of the best cities to live in Brazil

Curitiba is known for its integrated bus system, which has been copied by many other cities

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system

Curitiba shapes the urban sprawl to a certain extent

Curitiba has one of the highest recycling rates of the world

Children as change agents

Collectors sell the recyclable

trash

Recycle truck with a bell

This is PUCPR’s campus in Curitiba

Architecture + Design project: a bike rack made out of recyclable materials

Digital Design classroom

This is how we write collaboratively

This is how we evaluate student’s works

This is how the students evaluate us

Courses in English offered by our school

• Integrated Urban Design: urban development & slum upgrading

•Urban Acupuncture & Strategic Management

• Landscape Design Strategies for Urban Areas

• others ...

Other projects in which I was involved recently

Clinics Hospital of Paraná had a strong conflict among the departments involved in surgeries

People from different departments played The Expansive Hospital game (developed at UTwente)

Low tech visualization for surgery prioritization

Social participation lab at the Brazilian Presidency

President Dilma Rousseff launches Dialoga Brasil, a social participation application

Living Lab with other Universities in Curitiba and the University of Twente

Strong grassroots movement to improve cycling in the city

Curitiba as a test bed for smart city innovation

Obrigado!Frederick van Amstel @fredvanamstel

http://fredvanamstel.com