Subprograma de Promoção Social e Habitação no Centro Histórico de São Luís: uma análise do Projeto Morada das Artes

Abstract

The present paper evaluates, in the formal and social aspects, the occupation model proposed by the state government for the Morada das Artes building, located in the historical center of the city of São Luís / MA and part of the Subprogram of Social Promotion and Housing (SPSH), which, in turn, was linked to the Preservation and Revitalization Program of the Historic Center of São Luís (PPRCHSL). This model is a genuinely public initiative that combines the housing vocation, inherent to the historic centers, with the institutional and commercial uses as a way to rehabilitate and preserve a listed building, seeking to offer encouragement and support to art and culture in the region. During this research the following methodological procedures were adopted: bibliographical research as well as research and documentary analysis on the cited subprogram and on the study building; field research by means of the through visits, photographic records and interviews. In this way, the objective is understand the link between the residents, the built space and his surrounding, evaluating the contribution of this SPSH project to the valorization and revitalization of the São Luis historical center.