Enclaves residenciais urbanos e o redesenho dos padrões tipomorfológicos da cidade de São Luís

Abstract

There is currently a rapid transformation in the urban landscape of the city of São Luís, influenced by the culture of privatization of urban space for the construction of gated communities, independent organisms within walls that oppose the public and heterogeneous space. This segregation not only causes a transformation in the social relations experienced in the city, but also results in a modification of the combination of the elements that make up the urban form. This work aims to evaluate the redesign of the typomorphological patterns caused by the private residential enclaves for the city of São Luís, through the understanding of gated communities, the elements that make up the urban form, the intense production of residential condominiums in the capital of Maranhão, the reading of the landscape context, the study of new arrangements created between the morphological elements and the interference of the legislative context in the production of residential enclaves and in the consequent transformation of the city. This expansion of residential enclaves in São Luís generates negative interferences in the quality of the urban space. The design of the city must result from the participation of managers, legislators and professionals from the most diverse areas, through an understanding of the real needs so that decisions can be made that benefit society as a whole.