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The Valley
In the inland hills near Campinas, a lakeside city built for safety and belonging, where land and water return to health.
A city in the hills, around the water.
The Valley sits in the metropolitan region of Campinas, where inland hills fold around a downtown lake. The land does most of the work, in terraces and forest.
residents in a lakeside downtown and the river-forest neighborhoods around it.
of hill country in total, terraced for farming and woven with forest and wetland.
of the region's lost biodiversity set to return as land and water are restored.
The Valley: a city in the hills, gathered around the water.
Terraces, river forest, and a lake at the center.
A safe, shared city, with the land healing around it.
The Valley follows the contour of the Campinas hills. A downtown gathers around a lake, terraced agriculture climbs the slopes, and river-forest neighborhoods run along the water. Constructed wetlands clean what flows through, while orchards and food forests turn hillsides into food and habitat at once.
The design leads with people. Streets and shared spaces are built for safety and belonging, so a mixed community lives well together rather than apart. Sustainable agriculture and careful water management hold the slopes against erosion, and natural regeneration brings back the forest and the species that left with it.
Resilience, autonomy, and harmony in the hills.
Resilience
Terraced slopes and constructed wetlands hold soil and water on hill country prone to erosion and runoff. Local energy and a compact, walkable layout keep the city steady through drought and flood as the climate shifts.
Autonomy
Terraced farms, orchards, and food forests feed the city from its own slopes. A community of 5,000 grows its food, makes its energy and water, and holds its work close, so it does not depend on the distant city to live.
Harmony
The design puts safety and belonging first, with shared streets and spaces for a mixed community. Around it, natural regeneration returns forest, wetland, and wildlife, so a healthy society and a healthy landscape grow together.
Downtown and the terraces.
The landscape behind The Valley.
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The Valley is drawn for real hill country near Campinas, ready to build when a place and a partner are.