Centro Cultural Estação Velha: proposta de requalificação da estação velha de Campina Grande - PB.

Abstract

The architectural pre project of intervention for the requalification of a historic site in the city of Campina GrandePB, with emphasis on the expansion of the current Museu do Algodão is the finality of this work. The study object area is shaped by the buildings that make up the railway complex of Estação Velha, these being, historic buildings listed by the state agency to protect the heritage (IPHAEP – Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico do Estado da Paraíba, in Portuguese). Analyzing the various theoretical concepts about restoration practices and concomitant issues to the development of an architectural project, as well as the knowledge of projects with similar characteristics and strategies, the work has as its final objective, the contemplation of an egalitarian cultural place, which regard the adaptability of the site to the proposed new use, increasing its historical and cultural value. The analysis of the study object area in question, followed by a rational architectural proposal also aims to take decisive character for future interventions that may be realized in that place; in the case of an initial step taken in relation to the construction of new insights about the heritage of the city.