HIGH RISE LIVING AND THE INCLUSIVE CITY

The Franco-Brazilian High-Rise research project looks at issues raised by the accelerated residential verticalization of contemporary metropolises. What links can be made with the global financialization processes? What narratives are produced by developers and municipalities to attract capital and people into these high-rises? What are the experiences of their residents? How do high-rise living change the experience of the city? Is this trend alleviating or deepening segregative processes? These are the major questions our research tries and answer through case studies. Cases include Lyon and Sao Paulo where the partners of the project are based (USP and Université Lyon2, with collaborations with the Municipal Agencies of both cities), London as a benchmark, but also Melbourne, Dallas, Brasov, Hanoï, Buenos Aires, Oran.