The use of wetlands and the condominium system applied in small areas

Abstract

The situation of insufficient sewage collection and treatment in Brazil is significant when we consider the challenges of installing an infrastructure network in areas distant from the main utility company collectors or in informal urban planning that hinders the installation of standard infrastructure, such as in slums and housing developments near water source areas. From these premises, the objective of this study is to explore possibilities for universalizing basic sanitation in the form of sewage collection and treatment microsystems supported by existing ecological techniques, considering characteristics such as topography, open spaces and existing structure, as illustrated in the case of a neighborhood in the city of Itaquaquecetuba, which deals with the lack of service due to difficult topography, land and planning issues, as well as containing a small water source area, which makes it impossible to install a sewage pumping station. Based on this situation, the study aims to develop a project for a sustainable sewage collection and treatment system based on wetlands, using the microsystems of the condominium model as metrics, considering space, function and design of use of the sanitation infrastructure as a design object for the practice of Architecture and Urbanism.