Thanks to a comment by Guilherem Carneiro Cabral from the University of Sttugart, I want to clarify that what is being constructed in Ipanema is not a MetroCable but an Elevator/bridge system connecting the metro with the favela above. Following is the link to a youtube video showing some of the design projections for the PAC and this particular area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlh__KCibEI
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About Adriana Navarro Sertich
My name is Adriana Navarro Sertich. I hold a concurrent Masters degree in Architecture, and City and Regional Planning at the University of California at Berkeley. The majority of posts on this blog are a reflection of my travels and analysis throughout the 2010 as a John K. Branner Fellow. My research project, Favela Chic, aims to analyze the role and relationship between architecture, planning and urban informality. The research is threefold: Acknowledging that a great percentage of the urbanization today is happening informally, I am looking at the manner in which architecture and design are taking lead roles in the way that practitioners and governments are addressing the "favela" (or informal settlement). Second, I am analyzing the way in which "favelas" are able to legitimize themselves without any formal intervention, thus reflecting more sustainable and adaptable modes of development; and thirdly, as the title suggest, there is a certain questioning of the current fascination we -mostly design professionals- are having with urban informality and "favelas".
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