Integração pelo vazio: um sistema de espaços livres públicos para a cidade de Caaporã, PB

Abstract

Small cities in Brazil face several challenges, one of the main ones being the lack of adequate urban planning during their growth, which can lead to problems related to their spatial organization, such as the fragmentation and disintegration of neighborhoods. Within this context, public open spaces play a crucial role in connecting these areas. Thus, a network of public open spaces becomes essential for the organization and effective development of a well-structured city. Caaporã, a municipality within the João Pessoa Metropolitan Region in Paraíba, exemplifies this situation. Its development occurred spontaneously, without planned guidelines, resulting in a lack of qualified open areas. This work proposes an urban essay for the district-sede of the municipality, seeking solutions for the problems identified in its current configuration. Through bibliographic research and fieldwork, an urban diagnosis was developed, identifying several issues in the urban fabric, with a focus on the disintegration of public open spaces for leisure. The studies highlighted the need to establish strategies for the reintegration of these spaces through a system that promotes inter-neighborhood connection and contributes to improving the quality of life of the population. As a result, guidelines and preliminary studies were established, based on theoretical and design references, which guided the proposal of solutions to the identified urban problems. These proposals consider the possibilities for intervention, taking into account the particularities of the existing urban occupation and the socio-spatial dynamics currently in place in the municipality.