Centro Histórico de São João do Rio do Peixe : documentando edificações emblemáticas

Abstract

This graduation essay presents studies developed within the boundaries of the São João do Rio do Peixe Historic Center with the objective of registering its architectural heritage, especifically the distinctive buildings that make it singular. Hence, from a bibliographic survey on the history of the city, concepts related to architectural languages produced in the first half of the twentieth century and practices about heritage preservation, the work invests on the alleged historic center, considering the limits defined by the Paraíba Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAEP). In such context, fourteen edifices are selected and analysed by means of allotment insertion, spatial configuration and architectural shape being registerd through both technical drawings and photographs. The results are presented in a table that registers the “state of the art” of the elected buildings, which in a general sense points out the main target of the listing – that of saving history and memory.