Identificando elementos adaptativos no espaço público: Estudo em frações urbanas de Jardim Oceania e Manaíra

Abstract

This study seeks elements that can help the public space adaptability, improving its urban vitality levels. Considering the urban area as a system that needs constant adaptation due to its vulnerabilities and endogenous tensions, the study examined the built environment of fractions of two neighborhoods of the city of João Pessoa - PB (Jardim Oceania and Manaíra) In João Pessoa - PB, the 1975 Urbanization Code led to the valorization of circulation axes aimed at the individual transport, having consequences in the increase of road surfaces, proportionally superior to public spaces of social coexistence. Through the investigation of elements that may provide adaptability (through guidelines) and improve urban vitality, it was possible to categorize the main spatial elements existing in the study area (without assuming the relevance of one element to another), stipulating the influence of spatial conformation, ways to adapt them and the contribution to local revival. Patterns, recurrences of elements and ways of approaching them were identified, revealing the adaptive potential of various elements present in the public space, their possibilities of improving the urban vitality, and the stipulation of programmed adaptive strategies for the public space.