Sao Paulo's Victor Civita Plaza:
It may not fit preconceived notions of the dystopian aesthetic, however I cannot think of a more apt example. The Plaza consists of a series of walkways raised above a contaminated site. The trees, plants and ecologies that we traditionally associate with health and recreation are here too contaminated for humans to interact with. The Plaza is located on a a brownfield site previously used for garbage incineration. Is this the future of our post-industrial cities?
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Photographs by Nelson Kon, hosted by
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