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"The design of the house represents a constructive model that uses common materials in the slums, with an adequate implementation and attention to lighting and ventilation, resulting in a space with great environmental quality," according to the ArchDaily prize selecting panel.
The house owner, Kdu dos Anjos, is very proud that his house won this prize, because most of the news about the favelas talks of violence and homes destroyed by landslides. ....
The campaign is designed to enhance opportunities by helping women and vulnerable youth who live in Rocinha, Brazil s largest low-income favela community. ....
They looked at this and we said we are the favela, they say no this is not a favila, it is a building. so we pasted the wall in israel palestine. one of the guys say, what is israel and palestine? they had never heard of it. i could not find a bridge to explain what it was. this is what we want to do, we want to pace them. the next day we started pasting the stairs. the stare is actually right in the heart of the favela. you cannot see from outside that it is something only the locals can see. so we paste, it is a beautiful day. and then suddenly. [sound of gunfire] [speaking non-english] ....