ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/897700/social-architecture-the-misunderstanding-that-led-ruy-ohtake-to-improve-brazils-second-largest-favela Sun, 08 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0000 CAU/BR https://www.archdaily.com/897700/social-architecture-the-misunderstanding-that-led-ruy-ohtake-to-improve-brazils-second-largest-favela The story of the "Redondinhos" housing project in Heliópolis, São Paulo began with a misinterpreted quote by Ruy Ohtake. In 2003, a magazine published the following statement attributed to the prestigious architect and urban planner: "What I find most ugly in São Paulo is Heliopolis." After seeing the report, Ohtake clarified that his intention was to say that the ugliest in the city is the difference between rich and poor neighborhoods - "the difference between the Morumbi neighborhood and Heliopolis, the largest favela," he corrected.

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