Hospital neighborhood project: Hospital de Amor, Barretos-SP

The Hospital Neighborhood Project was the result of a research and extension project carried out through an agreement between IAU-USP and Pio XII (responsible for the Hospital de Amor) and was prepared by an interdisciplinary team from the PExURB Group - Research, Teaching and Extension Practices in Urbanism. It involved professors, researchers and undergraduate and graduate students from the Instituto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo-USP and the School of Engineering of São Carlos-SP, as well as public managers, patients and dealers in the neighborhood. The main objective of the Hospital Neighborhood Project was to attribute quality to the surroundings of the Hospital de Amor, located in the Doutor Paulo Prata district (southern part of the municipality of Barretos-SP), aiming for inclusive public spaces creation. It is intended for citizens who use the hospital’s neighborhood and especially for patients, patient companions, hospital employees, dealers installed there and all visitors.