Xurupita: habitar (`) a margem em um contexto de emergência climática

Abstract

This final project aims to have a deeper understanding of the Xurupita settlement, located in Barreiras-BA, and to propose urban, landscape, and architectural interventions capable of enhancing the territory, promoting socio-spatial inclusion, and restoring the ecological balance of the Rio Grande riparian zone. The methodological trajectory was marked by a gradual approach to the community, from both the outside and the inside, based on qualified listening, the urban derives (driftings) method, and in the close observation of the community's everyday life. Based on territorial and socio-environmental analyses conducted in the fieldworks, several intervention scenarios for Xurupita were initially developed within the scope of the Fundamentals of the Final Project discipline, which were subsequently revised and adjusted throughout the participatory process on which this work was based. Based on the Social Interest Housing (HIS) and Technical Assistance for Social Interest Housing (ATHIS) programs, it was decided to develop, in design terms, the scenario that sees Xurupita as a “resilient” territory, foreseeing the progressive urbanization of the area, with possible internal relocations of housing units, and only when strictly necessary to ensure residents’ safety, health, and housing quality, always preserving existing socio-spatial bonds ties and the collective identity of the community. The chosen scenario values Xurupita’s integration into the adjacent “formal” urban fabric and proposes guidelines on a scale that exceeds the settlement area, combining sustainable infrastructure, environmental requalification, ecological corridors, and public equipment, such as the Community Center and the Rio Grande Belvedere, designed to act as vectors of socio-spatial justice. Despite challenges in engaging part of the community, it is concluded that improving the living conditions of Xurupita requires continued fieldwork and greater community participation, which will consolidate the right to the city, overcoming the historical patterns of exclusion and social invisibility that the community experiences through time.