Estudo sobre a vivacidade: análise da avenida Marechal Castelo Branco no bairro do São Francisco, São Luís- MA

Abstract

The neighborhood of San Francisco emerged in the mid 1960s and 1965s. The name given to the neighborhood refers to the patron saint of peace, named after São Francisco, in which he was chosen to protect fishermen who already lived in small communities in that region. The referred area was considered a noble neighborhood, being an overestimated and occupied by commerce, churches, residences and others. Ruy Ribeiro Mesquita created an expansion plan for São Luís where the objective was to develop the city towards coastal areas such as Itaqui Bacanga and São Francisco and their surroundings. The residents report that during the bridge construction period there were positive impacts, such as the development of the neighborhood and its surroundings. The chosen object of study was Avenida do Bairro, Marechal Castelo Branco, which is devalued, with a view of abandonment before the people who pass by the avenue and still go to some commercial and business sectors that exist in São Francisco, a research was conducted to analyze some aspects of the avenue such as infrastructure, lighting, parking among others. The participants of the study were residents of the great São Luís- MA, merchants and service owners of the place of study; data were applied in one of the tools of Post-Occupation Evaluation (APO), so that through these it was possible to generate data referring to the avenue. Issues such as reforms and works carried out by the City Hall, are some of the interventions that the neighborhood has already suffered, either through asphalting services, lighting and others. The liveliness covers a set of aspects that contribute to the urban quality, through the dimensioning of cities in an organized and egalitarian way, it is possible to generate living spaces and collective character, extinguishing the number of urban voids. In this way, having a general approach about how one finds vivacity in Marechal Castelo Branco Avenue.