The city history as an instrument of project and intervention: The Ribeirão Pires Colonial Nucleon, a case study

Authors

  • Pedro Murilo Gonçalves de Freitas Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1980-4466.v0i6p69-101

Keywords:

Colonial nucleons, Ribeirão Pires, Cultural heritage

Abstract

This article presents the urban development of the central valley of Ribeirão Pires city started with the installation of the same name station on the "São Paulo Railway" associated to its colonization nucleons called "Sede", "Colônia" and "Pilar" in the end of XIX century by the Imperial Government. It was analyzed the area's history formation joining the collected documentation to a more deeper analysis of the actual city's design. The research aimed a constant review over the historical reading parameters of contemporary cities, because the apparent uniformity of its landscape has turned difficult a coherent perception of its history by its inhabitants, promoting the continuous degradation of its cultural heritage. This work discuss the need of the valorization of memory and local history as a form of cultural public politics and as parameters of new projects of public urban intervention.

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Published

2008-10-01

Issue

Section

Cultural Heritage

How to Cite

Freitas, P. M. G. de. (2008). The city history as an instrument of project and intervention: The Ribeirão Pires Colonial Nucleon, a case study . Revista CPC, 6, 69-101. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1980-4466.v0i6p69-101