at a glance

Presented by Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia, the study Proximidade Territorial e Distância Social: reflexões sobre o efeito do lugar à partir de um enclave urbano - A Cruzada São Sebastião no Rio de Janeiro,(Territorial Proximity and Social Distance: Reflections on the the effect of a place - The Cruzada São Sebastião in Rio de Janeiro), by Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro, Gisele dos Reis Cruz e Juliana Eleuze Carreira Maberla analyzes the micro-territory of Cruzada São Sebastião - constructed in 1995 by the Archdiocese of the city, when Dom Hélder Câmara was deputy bishop, with the aim of providing housing to former residents of the favela Praia do Pinto.

located between leblon beach and lagoa rodrigo de freitas, Cruzada São Sebastião is made up of 10 blocks, each with seven floors, and containing 906 apartments housing around 5,000 people.