Sanches, DéboraOrtiz, Sérgio Ricardo Lessa2021-01-192021-01-192020978-989-757-125-12184-800910.24140/2020-sct-vol.4-1.8http://hdl.handle.net/10437/11656Série Cultura e TerritórioThis work discusses the revitalisation process of Dom Orione Square and Major Freire Square, developed in a university extension project by architecture and urban planning students of Centro Universitário Belas Artes in São Paulo. The Dom Orione project was conducted jointly with Association Novolhar, which provides social inclusion to children and teenagers in need living near the square. Even without a proper playground, the square is used by children all through the week. At weekends a flea market takes place, with local vendors using improvised tents for selling antiquities. To better understand the children’s expectations, the students organised a design and sculpture workshop in which children could express, the changes they wanted in the square in a playful manner. Through the drawings and clay sculptures, the students were able to create a project that met the needs of the local population. In the Major Freire Square, the project was developed in partnership with the NGO "EU RESOLVO", taking also into account the needs of local residents. Due to its proximity to the São Judas subway station, Major Freire Square has a great potential for recreation activities. The students organised meetings with the local population to discuss their needs in order to create a project suited to the locals. It is believed that participatory processes are fundamental for the training of architects and urban planners sensitive to the real-life issues of the city. Consequently, the appropriation of public spaces by the population in general and by children and adolescents in particular, will be better understood and taken into account. In this way, discussing methodologies and development alternatives by participatory projects contributes to future public policies and to the development of responsive public spaces.application/pdfengopenAccessEDUCAÇÃOEDUCATIONURBANISMOURBANISMCRIANÇASCHILDRENESPAÇO PÚBLICOPUBLIC SPACEGESTÃO PARTICIPATIVAPARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENTCOMUNIDADES LOCAISLOCAL COMMUNITIESESPAÇOS URBANOSURBAN SPACESESTUDOS DE CASOCASE STUDIESbook