H3O

The Third Water Park (H3O), a partnership involving Flavio Agostini (M3 Arquitetura), Silvio Todeschi, Alexandre Campos, and Ana Assis, is part of a greater work comprising the entire Favela da Serra (estimated population: 50,000 inhabitants), and is considered to be one the greatest interventions of this kind ever made in Brazil. Among the several squares included in the master plan conceived by the architects, only the Fitness Square (yellow wall, project by Vazio S/A) was actually built. The Citizen’s Center (green building, project by Flavio Agostini, Silvio Todeschi, and Alexandre Campos) is a community center that operates as a square enfolded by translucent tiles, and whose programming attracts hundreds of community members. Besides the H3O park, the intervention includes the construction of a four-lane route integrating the slum and the neighbor districts, social housing blocks, sewage system, interceptors surrounding the Terceira Água stream, skate rinks, sports courts, community vivarium, etc.

Photos: Eduardo Eckenfels, Carlos Teixeira, Leonardo Finotti

Author(s):
Alexandre Campos, Ana Assis, M3 Arquitetura, Carlos M Teixeira