FERNANDES, M. J. G.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7276299967351786; FERNANDES, Marjorie Jordana Garcia.
Résumé:
The present work has six residential buildings built in Prata’s district as object ABSTRACT
of study. The buildings are located in the city of Campina Grande-PB and were
constructed during the decade of 1960. Representing the principles of the Modern
Architecture. Prata neighborhood, taken as a case study, is situated in the surroundings
of the city center, and acts as protagonist in the modern architecture and
urban scenario, due to the installation of equipment and homes that symbolized
the Campina’s economic rise resulting from the intensification of industrial development.
The objective of the investigation is to analyze the design principles of the
objects studied, investigating how the modern architecture repertoire was reproduced
or altered in these subjects. Thus, this work intends to contribute with the rescue
of the modern residential architecture of Campina Grande, studying and divulging
this collection, opening the way for propositions of preventive measures. Therefore,
it is justified due to this collection of buildings serving as a way to understand the
history of Campina Grande, especially the needs and values of Campina Grande’s
society in the 60’s, in a way that this production can be valued as an important
exemplary group. This study is a result of a research by the Architecture and Place
Research Group / GRUPAL, linked to the Architecture and Urbanism course of the
Federal University of Campina Grande / UFCG, registered in the National Council
of Scientific and Technological Development / CNPq, through the HISTORY OF
ARCHITECTURE E OF THE MODERN CITY FORM CG, this work is based on the
research project of the Scientific Initiation Program (PIBIC), entitled “Modern Silver.
Studies on modern architectural production in the Prata neighborhood. Campina
Grande. Paraíba “, developed by the author in her last year of graduation. Two
methodological lines command this work: 1) historical; 2) architectural and urban
planning. The first one focused on historical research works collecting data in primary
and secondary sources, according to what was proposed by SERRA (2006),
which characterizes processes and systems in the elaboration of scientific research
in Architecture and Urbanism. Besides this methodological approach, the research
also worked with the analysis of architectural objects, adopting the method of
AFONSO (2017) and GASTON and ROVIRA (2007), that start from the graphic
design study to better understand the objects under study, following reasearch’s
guidelines that analyze the historical, spatial, tectonic, functional, and formal dimensions,
as well as analyzing the physical and legal conservation of real estate.