Requalificação Urbana: uma proposta para o bairro Cotrel em Erechim

Abstract

Public spaces have followed the urban context since the beginning of the emergence of cities, evolving and transforming their functions and forms. Currently, public leisure spaces are important to provide a healthy urban environment; urban parks, squares, central flowerbeds, streets and sidewalks act as organizing spaces, for permanence, passage, rest and leisure for the entire population. These environments, when in good condition, contribute to some factors, such as: environmental, such as air quality control; social aspects, such as the provision of democratic access; and, economic, as a stimulus to local trade. The objective of the work is to develop a theoretical basis for the design of an urban redevelopment project, supported by the principles of sustainable urbanism, for the Cotrel neighborhood in Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul. The methodology is exploratory, descriptive, purposive and based on the steps of a case study, given this, the work was organized in three different steps. The first being the characterization, data collection and history of the Erechim city; the second consists of establishing parameters for choosing the intervention area; and, the third covers the photographic survey, the in loco visits, the geographical relief of the locality, the urban morphology and the land uses related to the chosen area, according to the theoretical analyzes of Kevin Lynch. Methodological research shows that Cotrel neighborhood offers an available area for intervention, needs better infrastructure, is far from the center of the city and requires public leisure spaces that offer the local population able environments for use. As a reference and subsidy to the research, case studies were carried out related to the proposed topic, which contributed to the selection of ideas, solutions, elements, materials and techniques. With this work it is concluded that, the intervention and revitalization of public spaces is of great importance for the constitution of an adequate and qualified urban environment. And that through processes aimed at sustainable urbanism, it is possible to obtain positive results in social, environmental and economic aspects in relation to the city, benefiting the entire civil society and promoting healthy and accessible urban progress.