Advisor: Maira Martins
Dissertation: From space to place: a study on the human dimension and socio-spatial cohesion of Madureira
Defense date: 14/07/2021
Abstract
This research aims to contribute to the investigation of patterns of space
appropriation. Aimed at the dynamics between users and the built environment, due
to its importance in the process of urban activation and re-signification of spaces.
In this work, I expose the discussion on the relationship between memory,
appropriation and construction of place, having as a case study the lows of Prefeito
Negrao de Lima and Silas de Oliveira viaducts, both in the neighborhood of
Madureira. Fruits of the incompatibility between the process of elaboration of
mobility projects in the city of Rio de Janeiro and the local dynamics, acting as a
fragmenting agent of the space, because at the same time that it has the function of
connecting different points in the city, it generates throughout its I walk through
countless residual spaces that result in a disintegration of the urban fabric. The
objective of this research is to investigate to what extent these appropriate spaces,
their physical elements and the activities carried out contribute to the consolidation
of space as a representation of a social group, in the articulation and cohesion
between the different areas of the surroundings.
Issues related to informal activities present in these spaces and the
understanding of how such dynamics take place will also be worked on, in order to
understand the process of converting a space into Place. The relevance of the
research lies in the urban analysis that understands urban space from a more human
component and scale and the consequent appropriation of spaces as a strategy
during the process of urban activation.
In addition, the research aims to elaborate analysis categories based on the
case study and use them in Parque Madureira, with the intention of helping in the
general understanding of the area, in order to motivate the subversion of other
spaces in the city.