Shared cultural traditions and experimentations between Europe and Latin America

The book gathers the reflections developed by research- ers, professors and students about the 21st-century challeng- es of downtown São Paulo, the largest and most important Brazilian city. It expresses a collective work, which started just before the Covid-19 pandemic without being reduced by the adverse effects that social isolation imposed on the world. On the contrary, it was strengthened by understand- ing that education in architecture and urbanism should take advantage of opportunities and understand the his- torical and current conditions. Accordingly, it contributes to interfering with the spatial organization’s dynamics and producing a socially transforming space in a material and immaterial way.