Praça e integração social: estudo preliminar de revitalização paisagística em área livre no Bairro do Cohajap em São Luís

Abstract

In the present work, a reflection is made about the significance of the public spaces in the vitality, humanization and social development in cities or neighborhoods. It investigates in a more specifically way, how the urban element Public Square works as a social integrator in the communities they are in. The objective of this work is the identification of the principles, whether it be architectonical or sociological, that cooperate for the appropriation of these spaces by the population they are directed for. To identify these universal values, an analysis is made on the thinking of many authors, which, even in different contexts, could realize universal elements that can be recognized an applied in many realities. Finally, this work aims to apply the identified principles in a preliminary study that proposes a landscape revitalization of an unused public area in the neighborhood of Cohajap, in the city of São Luís.