Redesenho urbano da Feira da Cidade Operária em São Luís - MA

Abstract

The present work has as its theme the urban requalification of the public spaces of the Cidade Operária fair in São Luís - MA, with the objective of elaborating an urban redesign project aiming at the valorization of informal popular commerce and better pedestrian mobility conditions. To achieve this objective, we study the historical context of the fairs and the relationship with the urban space, the impacts of pandemics and epidemics on city planning and aspects of urban vitality and active mobility. The fairs are unique public spaces of their kind, they are urban places where permanence and mobility converge. The fair in the neighborhood of Cidade Operáfia, was highlighted in newspaper reports during the most critical period of the pandemic, putting to the test the inefficiency of some policies in peripheral neighborhoods and the urgent need of cities to overcome inequalities. The methodology used is divided into three parts: theoretical foundation, diagnosis and urban redesign of Cidade Operária fair. This area of the city has a concentration of informal commercial activities, an outrageous reality in public spaces and poor environmental quality. In this way, the present work aims to assist public policies about the contemporary concept of cities, particularly in the current context of pandemic, providing a sustainable relationship in the use of spaces by vehicles and pedestrians, facilitating the maintenance and development of local commerce and services, improving access and discouraging longer trips.