Urban regulation and urban form. São Paulo in the 21^st century

Abstract

The 1972 General Zoning Law marked the production of the freestanding building type, preventing the continuous connexion between building and city. Such morphology, considered harmful to urban dynamics, lasted through urban legislation until 2014, when it was enacted the Strategic Master Plan and two years later, in 2016, the Land Installment, Use and Occupation Law. These laws implemented incentives for the active façade, a guideline that prefigures objection to the typology of the freestanding building. As such, it is analyzed to what extent the strategy of the active façade is an advance in terms of the strategy of these laws objectives (SÃO PAULO (Município), 2014, p. 54; 2016, p. 23), configurating urban spaces which, although connected to the lot unit, have as reference the block composition, overcoming the urban form degeneration and ensuring a better relation between public and private spaces.

Keywords:
São Paulo City; Urban Planning Regulations; Urban form; Freestanding Building Active Façade