Plataforma Infrashelter

MARIANA SHELTER

MARIANA SHELTER

Emergency: In 2015, two dams broke in the city of Mariana, in the district of Bento Rodrigues and Paracatu. So, a wave of 60 million m³ of mud, with mining tailings, covered the city, leaving the population homeless.

Location: The shelter is located in the Arena Mariana gym, in the Vila Aparecida neighborhood, more specifically on São Vicente de Paulo street.

Figure 1: Location of the gym. Source: Google Earth (2021).

Implementation date: November 6, 2015.

Total affected people: 150 people from Bento Rodrigues and 300 people from Mariana.

Administration: No information obtained.

Camp structure

Area: No information obtained.
Expansion: There were no expansion plans for the shelter.
Camp layout: The homeless were taken to an existing structure, the Arena Mariana gym, in which mattresses were placed in the gym to accommodate people.

Figure 2: shelter in the Arena Mariana gym. Source: Unicamp Newspaper (2018).

Reception and sorting

Description: No information obtained.
Quantity: No information obtained.
Area: No information obtained.
Dimensions: No information obtained.
Building System: No information was obtained.
Position in camp: No information obtained.

Figure 3: (a) Reception and information. (b) Homeless arriving at the gym. Source: G1 MG (2015).

Administrative space

Description: No information obtained.
Quantity: No information obtained.
Area: No information obtained.
Dimensions: No information obtained.
Building System: No information was obtained.
Position in camp: No information obtained.

Storage

Description: Donations that were made to the affected population were sent to the gym, where they were distributed to people sheltered in the place and to the community.
Quantity: No information obtained.
Area: No information obtained.
Dimensions: No information obtained.
Building System: No information was obtained.
Position in camp: No information obtained.
Operation: No information obtained.

Figure 4: Organization of donations. Source: G1 MG (2015).

Space for psychosocial and health care

Description: No information obtained.
Quantity: No information obtained.
Area: No information obtained.
Dimensions: No information obtained.
Building System: No information was obtained.
Position in camp: No information obtained.
Health Surveillance Principles: No information was obtained.
Demand: No information was obtained.

Educational space

Description: No information obtained.
Quantity: No information obtained.
Area: No information obtained.
Dimensions: No information obtained.
Building System: No information was obtained.
Position in camp: No information obtained.

Recreation space

Description: No information obtained.
Quantity: No information obtained.
Area: No information obtained.
Dimensions: No information obtained.
Building System: No information was obtained.
Position in camp: No information obtained.

Community areas

Description: No information obtained.
Quantity: No information obtained.
Area: No information obtained.
Dimensions: No information obtained.
Building System: No information was obtained.
Position in camp: No information obtained.
Importance: No information obtained.

Kitchen

Description: No information obtained.
Quantity: No information obtained.
Area: No information obtained.
Dimensions: No information obtained.
Building System: No information was obtained.
Position in camp: No information obtained.
Demand: No information was obtained.

Reception, stocking and distribution of food items

Description: No information obtained.
Quantity: No information obtained.
Area: No information obtained.
Building System: No information was obtained.
Dimensions: No information obtained.
Position in camp: No information obtained.
Operation: No information obtained.

Refectory

Description: The food was done in the gym, without delimiting a specific area.
Quantity: No information obtained.
Area: No information obtained.
Dimensions: No information obtained.
Building System: No information was obtained.
Position in camp: No information obtained.
Demand: No information was obtained.

Laundry

Description: No information obtained.
Quantity: No information obtained.
Area: No information obtained.
Dimensions: No information obtained.
Building System: No information was obtained.
Position in camp: No information obtained.
Demand: No information was obtained.
Other possible structures: No information obtained.

Basic Camp Services and Access

Site access

Access routes (state of conservation): No information obtained.
Entries: No information obtained.

Sanitary sewer: As the shelter already has infrastructure, the sewage connection is with the local concessionaire.

Energy: In terms of electricity, with the disaster, the connection with the public grid was compromised.

Solid waste: No information obtained.

Water: As it is in a fixed structure, access to water is provided by the local supply system. However, with the disaster, water for consumption came from donations made.

Drainage: No information obtained.

Fire Protection: No information obtained.

Latrines

Type: Toilets, already in the gym.
Number of latrines: No information obtained.
Demand: No information was obtained.
Division by Gender: No information obtained.
Accessibility: No information obtained.
Security: No information obtained.
Conservation: No information obtained.

Washroom

Quantity: No information obtained.
Demand: No information was obtained.
Conservation: No information obtained.

Showers

Number of showers: No information obtained.
Demand: No information was obtained.
Division by Gender: No information obtained.
Accessibility: No information obtained.
Security: No information obtained.
Conservation: No information obtained.
Cost: No information obtained.

Structure of individual shelters

Type: In the shelter, there were no individual shelter structures, and the homeless shared the gym court.
Area: No information obtained.
Dimensions: No information obtained.
Quantity: No information obtained.

Figure 5: Mattresses placed in the gym. Source: adapted from G1 MG (2015).

Safety

Camp security

Risk area: Due to the breaking of the dams, the homeless moved to the gym, outside the risk area, which was covered by mud.
Surroundings: No information was obtained

Lighting

Solution adopted: The lighting solutions are the same as those offered by the gym.
Demand: No information obtained
Outputs: No information obtained

Resident Security

Control of people: No information was obtained
Conflicts: No information obtained
Gender and age issues: No information obtained
Other security issues: No information obtained

Cultural adaptation and accessibility

Strategies for adaptation to local culture or social equity measures: No information was obtained
Social equity and socio-economic development projects: No information was obtained
Universal Accessibility: No information obtained

Environment and sustainability

Environmental comfort

Thermal comfort: No information obtained
Natural ventilation: No information obtained
Natural lighting: No information obtained
Protection of homeless population: No information obtained
Impacts on the environment: No information was obtained
Sustainable solutions: No information was obtained

Publications

AGÊNCIA BRASIL. Dos 600 habitantes de Bento Rodrigues, distrito da cidade Mariana, em Minas, destruído após rompimento de duas barragens de rejeitos de uma mineradora, cerca de 150 tiveram de passar a noite de quinta para sexta-feira na Arena Mariana, no centro do m. Itatiaia, ago. 2016. Disponível em: https://www.itatiaia.com.br/noticia/quase-300-desabrigados-passam-a-noite-em-ginasio-e-igreja-apos-tragedia?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_9d1839d0213fafb3569bdd8df8cd88ac73d4e2d8-1629121580-0-gqNtZGzNAjijcnBszQhi. Acesso em: 02 jun. 2021.

Desabrigados em Mariana estão sendo levados para ginásio. G1 MG. 06 nov. 2015. Disponível em: http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/noticia/2015/11/ desabrigados-em-mariana-devem-ir-para-ginasio-diz-prefeitura.html. Acesso em: 12 abr. 2021.

MORI, Letícia. Impunidade: 5 grandes tragédias brasileiras em que ninguém foi responsabilizado criminalmente. BBC News. São Paulo, fev. 2019. Disponível em: https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-47206026. Acesso em: 25 maio, 2021

NUNES, Eliana Ferreira; AGUILAR, Vitor Zurim, LIMA, Ana Paula Alves da Silva; ABREU, Simone Maria Brandão Marques de. Abrigos para situação de emergência. Estudos em Design, Rio de Janeiro, v. 26, n. 2, p. 166, 2018.

Da água para a lama. Jornal da Unicamp. 07 mar. 2018. Disponível em: https://www.unicamp.br/unicamp/ju/noticias/2018/03/07/da-agua-para-lama. Acesso em: 15 maio, 2021.

Made by: Thais Nolio Santa Cruz.

Translate by: Ana Beatriz Caetano Prado

Financing CNPQ 2020-2021.

First Update:28/10/2021.

Last Update: 10/07/2022.