Avaliação pós-ocupação da Praça e Memorial Maria Aragão

Abstract

The construction of the Square and the Memorial Maria Aragon was a tribute to the communist Medical Dr. Maria Aragon, who went down in history of Maranhão policy with his example of dignity and courage in the struggle for democratization of the country. The architect Oscar Niemeyer was a personal friend of Maria Aragon and carried out the project which is endowed with structures with large swings and monumental curves, developed with ribbed double slabs, in which high-tech materials were used. The research aims to post-occupancy evaluation Square and Memorial Maria Aragon. To develop this work was done a recent analysis of space Square and Memorial Maria Aragon and this confronted by questionnaires which the following aspects were analyzed: visual comfort, hygiene, adaptation of spaces to use and psychological comfort. Physical, environmental, equipment and furniture are distinctive in their quality and quantity, taking into account aspects related to physical and psychological comfort of users and surrounding residents. The results were obtained through the inter-relationship between the perception of users through field research, with observation and opinion of users. Indicating compositional aspects of the physical space intimately affecting the type and intensity of use of the square, contributing positively or negatively to their valuation. It was evident therefore that the low utilization Square and Memorial Maria Aragon, is mainly the aspects related to the physical quality required by patrons and the amount of securities and urban facilities. It is argued that investment and physical planning of these public spaces must be grounded in the knowledge of the aspirations of the target population, in order to allow their greater ownership.