Canopy walking as a proposal for the açaí harvest in Amazonas

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.05420170215

• Palavras-chave: Atena

• Keywords: Açaí harvest; Geopolitics of the State of Amazonas; Sustainable design.

• Abstract:

  This paper is about a proposal

  of application of canopy walking as a way of

  optimizing the açaí crop process made by

  “Cooperativa de Açaí de Codajás/AM”. The

  cooperative, which operates in all stages of the

  productive chain of the fruit, faces difficulties

  ranging from risks imposed to the extractors

  during the harvest, in addition to disinterest of

  part of the cooperative young people. In order to

  understand the scenario of the açaí crop, a study

  was carried out on the geopolitics of the Amazon,

  from which new forms of understanding the rural

  space are discussed, as well as the contribution of

  Sustainable Design to the açaí harvest proposal.

  A field research was made, accompanied by the

  President of the Cooperative, during which it

  was detected that the production chain presents

  a set of improvised and non-systematic actions,

  evidencing the need for improvements in the

  way that traditional harvesting is made, in order

  to make it more secure and attractive to people.

  The use of the concept of canopy walking has

  resulted in a proposal that avoids the unsafe

  escalation in the açaí tree and promotes a safe

  crop of the fruit through a system composed of

  stairs, catwalks, protective nets and platforms 

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