City of Dreams – Curibita, Brazil

It’s not a dream. It’s a necessity.

Watch the video!   City of Dreams – Brazil

Jaime Lerner : Brazilian urban planning guru.

– He has a commitment to simplicity, no fear of simplicity.

– Cities should have 3 main principles: mobility, sustainability, identity

_transportation

_extensive networks of parks: used flooding to his benefit, no mowing b/c the lawn mower guy now mows with sheep.

_ people and respect. he feels inside the people. Food for garbage. The poor clean up in trade for food. They created a sustainable town for the poor.

_ jaime is now a first world consultant!  “if you want to make life better.. make the cities better”