Nove praças: um sistema de lugares

Abstract

This study deals with the open public space system analysing a specific typologie, the public square. We discuss the dynamics and the relevance of the square in contemporary cities in nine similar public areas, located in a periphery district called Campo Grande, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. This research reflects about the everyday life on these squares, noticing individuals relationship within the space, revealing the transformation of these squares in meanigful spaces, with caracter, identity and distinct features. Those squares in Campo Grande district represent part of a larger system grid mainly interconnected by their uses and appropriations.