Brazilian cities have experienced poor development, maintaining precarious levels of sanitation, security, and housing. The so-called informal city—self-built and lacking basic infrastructure—occupies the majority of the urban fabric, yet remains invisible and inaccessible to residents of central areas, if not to managers and planners themselves.
To analyze this issue, Insper, Arq. Futuro, and Latesfip-USP are hosting a seminar to explore the concept of the city as a school: a school of coexistence and symbolic exchange, the fundamental locus for learning from public experience, and a place that shapes the sense of urbanity.
