Creating urbanity through the void: COMPAZ complexes in Recife, 2016-2021
Like other large Latin American cities, the city of Recife coexists with great social needs, lack of infrastructure and high levels of violence. The experiences of Medellín and Bogotá, with the construction of social facilities in deprived areas, inspired a program carried out by the Municipality of...
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Facultad de Arquitectura, Planeamiento y Diseño | Universidad Nacional de Rosario
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ayp.fapyd.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ayp/article/view/422 |
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| Sumario: | Like other large Latin American cities, the city of Recife coexists with great social needs, lack of infrastructure and high levels of violence. The experiences of Medellín and Bogotá, with the construction of social facilities in deprived areas, inspired a program carried out by the Municipality of Recife called Community Centers of Peace (COMPAZ). From its beginning in 2013, it generated four complexes built between 2016 and 2020. They offer cultural, sports and leisure facilities in needy areas which aid the population in a comprehensive way. This article analyzes how the design of two of these complexes responds to the different urban contexts in which they are inserted. Based on the assumption that they should be landmarks in the urban landscape highlighting a change in State action, we seek to understand how they established a mediation with the place and what strategies were used to make them frank and open to the community. The aim is also to understand how different flows, accesses, and particularities of each use within the building were managed. Thus, this paper seeks to show the potential of architecture to meet urgent social demands. |
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