Interventions for the visitors The second part of the strategy enables local residents to generate income by providing services to visitors and tourists. This translates into the establishment of a series of leisure activities, such as cafes, bars, restaurants, BBQ and party spaces, which can all benefit from the rooftop views over Rocinha.
Building material and process It adopts simple and cheap design elements of scrap materials (tyres, sand bags, wood waste). Like Campo Cebada in Madrid, the locals can choose what and where to build, participating in the building process.
Scrap wood panels
Scrap tyres
Stages of developing the rooftop micro-intervention
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