Praças para o Elesbão: proposta de novos espaços livres

Abstract

The city is a human agglomeration that grows and develops from of social relations and social space, established for historical and socioeconomic. Therefore, changes in the urban fabric occur constantly at the same time. over time, due to new searches for occupation areas, changing the dynamics of urban space and forming new neighborhoods in the city. The problem is that, Often, this urban expansion occurs without proper planning, neglecting important measures to improve the quality of these spaces. Regarding these improvements, for Cunha and D’Agostini (2007), the insertion of quality open spaces is fundamental, as they contribute to improvement of the urban environment, both in its functionality and aesthetics, as well as in its environmental and sanitary spheres, in addition to providing leisure conditions. They are spaces that allow free access and house various functions linked directly into the habituality of the urban environment. Miranda Magnoli (1982) describes that urban free spaces are the streets, avenues, squares, public or private gardens, urban beaches or simple spaces urban. Tângari et. al. (2009) confirms this statement and reiterates that free spaces in Brazilian landscapes they express varied associations, conflicts and contradictions relating to its social and cultural aspects and its relationship with the forms built. The squares, as components of these spaces, represent the synthesis of urban culture of the place in which it is located. These are green areas that promote leisure, diversity and social inclusion, essential functions for collective life. Considered the collectors and distributors of energy from streets and buildings in neighborhoods where they are located, in which they act directly in the space – life interaction social – human existence. Therefore, tending to be an urban instrument, at least which promotes social awareness, necessary for the civilizational dynamics (MAGNOLI, 2006). In view of this, the work proposes to study the public open spaces of the municipality of Santana, located close to the capital of the state of Amapá, due to city ​​express problems in its urban environment, regarding these questions. The development of the work was concentrated in an area of ​​the Elesbão neighborhood, diagnosing the existing needs and potential in its spaces. collective life.