Arquitetura efêmera: equipamento público para pernoite de pessoas em situação de rua no município de São Paulo.

Abstract

The considerable increase of people living on the streets in large Brazilian cities after the Covid-19 pandemic is a reality. Erased by historical indifference and social invisibility, this population has now managed to draw attention (from the media and society) to the problem and put pressure on the public authorities to somehow help these people who appropriate urban public spaces with their makeshift tents. As much as there are initiatives from the São Paulo government directed to this public, they are not able to supply the demand in the public shelters, both in terms of services and reception. And those who have managed to settle there, with a lot of luck, have done so after waiting at least 6 months, the time required after the completion of social registration in the State. While they wait for time to pass, these people are still on the streets, without housing, food, security or assistance. And so the cycle of neglect is renewed and life becomes an open-air martyrdom. This work proposes to develop a light and replicable piece of equipment, of low cost and quick production and assembly; which will serve as support during the period in which people living on the streets are waiting for the processes for obtaining shelter in shelter centers available by the City Hall.