Diretrizes de requalificação urbana da Rua do Comércio localizada no bairro Centro em Maceió – Alagoas

Abstract

The work entitled "Urban Requalification Guidelines of the Rua do Comércio located in the neighborhood Centro in Maceió - Alagoas" aims to discuss the problematics of degradation as urban-architectural and human set that occurs in this street, as well as issues related to urban mobility, given the disturbed interaction between its different agents (buses, informal traders, pedestrians, among others) and the absence of adequate accessibility in almost the entire street. Although in November 2021 the restructuring works in downtown Maceió began, which aims to implement the Regularization of Sidewalks and Accessibility project, the other problems were once again left aside.Thus, this work aims to propose guidelines for the urban requalification of the Rua do Comércio, from the analysis of the urban space of the Rua do Comércio and surrounding area of influence aiming to characterize the problems and potentialities for requalification; and the identification of the transformations of the Rua do Comércio in response to the pandemic and the emergency decrees, in order to contextualize the challenges of the present time. For this, the construction of this work comprises from the historical formation of the street to the urban conditions of the current days and observation of specific themes, such as the pandemic and informality, resulting in the urbanistic diagnosis of the area. From the studies, it was sought to conciliate the several uses of the Rua do Comércio in a proposal that reorganizes the urban space with projectual and urban design strategies that allows the user of the space to consume the commerce and services so characteristic of the area, to appreciate the historical heritage giving coherence to the presence of the historical buildings and their historical layout, and, to walk freely with safety and universal accessibility with the following urbanistic-architectural guidelines: order mobility and informal commerce, requalify infrastructure, urban furniture and vegetation cover, conservation of facades and seizure of historical values, and, stimulate urban vitality through diversity of land use and occupation. These urbanistic-architectural guidelines start from a new urban and environmental quality, with the Rua do Comércio being a cultural corridor, with balance between preservation and the new, rich in human experiences conciliating the current dynamics with the historical heritage.