Entre o espaço público e o espaço privado - contributo e ambiguidades no desenho urbano

Abstract

The present dissertation takes as study basis the transformation of the urban space and its consecutive interference in the facts that organize it. The discontinuity of the public space, as well as the increased complexity of the relations established between different elements and domains, has motivated the study of the elementary contributions conferred by private external spaces open to public usufruct, being these directed to the filling of these ruptures - spatial and social -, and to the regeneration of a continuous and articulated strategy - a system. These spaces, usually linked to public or private buildings, demand a look beyond the architectonic object and its programmatic requirements, considering the diversity of experiences and particularities that justify the possible addition of ambiguity. Although the field of intervention is reduced to the architectural scale, concentrating in one place the study of several subjects, there are also repercussions at the urban scale, since one of the main purposes of these spaces is based precisely on the resolution or refine of the surrounding issues. Thus, in order to counteract the fragmentation of the urban space, while recognizing, at the same time, the autonomy of each stratum and its unique contribution to the prosperous, balanced and congruent functioning of the system, it will be scrutinized in what measure the social and community nature of the spaces in question - common to the public and private by the transition that materialize - could enable a lively, inclusive and evolutionary urban landscape. Considering also that the best way to preserve a space - or, in this case, a network of (public) places - is through its use, the coherent strategy will be to promote a flexible and adaptable use to the metamorphosis that extends in time and space. The construction of an idea brings together, through research and participatory dialogue, opposing notions, being the presente dissertation the result of the conciliation between concepts, understandings and personal ideas, giving rise to the production of principles applicable to the critical study of future project processes.