The Place of Waters in the Urbanization Process of Jundiaí

Abstract: This paper is a partial report about the investigative process that was conducted in order to answer the question launched in the National Public Competition for Ideas for the Jundiaí River Valley — Connections and Urban Design, promoted by the Municipality of Jundiaí (2019). The research carried out consists of the following products: analytical matrix of the main documents related to public policies, integrating a time horizon with recommendations for review, as well as the proposal for an Environmental Zoning and Quota; cartographic series of five maps and a profile view, at different scales, from the regional insertion of Jundiaí to the Municipality; cartographic tabulation of the historic hill and surrounding valley bottoms, with the definition of ten categories of articulated elements that define a specific dynamic of the urban tissue. The results obtained, in addition to the award of an honorable mention in the aforementioned contest, are of an intersubjective nature, since both the research subjects were transformed by the experience in the territory — albeit peripatetic — and Jundiaí, object of multifaceted analysis, was also enriched by new meanings.