The neighborhood Lagoinha as a place of memory and the Operação Urbana Con- sorciada Antonio Carlos/Pedro I – Leste-Oeste (2014) – Belo Horizonte/MG

Abstract

The city of Belo Horizonte / MG - Brazil has been passed for numerous urban transformations over the years, through the establishment of public-private partnerships. In this sense, has been frequent the use of urban operation instrument by the public government in order to promote the renovation of specific areas of the city, that require more infrastructure. Appeared recently, the proposal called Operação Urbana Consorciada Antônio Carlos /Pedro I – Leste-Oeste (2014), that was approved by Conselho Municipal de Política Urbana, that aims to induce a urban renovation and the densification of significant areas of Belo Horizonte, and that has been discussed nowadays, in view of the magnitude of the proposals, and the possible consequences for the Belo Horizonte population. One of the neighborhoods that has being contemplated on the operation, is the neighborhood Lagoinha, focus of this article, and that has been, over the decades, target of public intervention to improve your road capacity in metropolitan level, in detriment of your socio-cultural valorization and preservation aspects, and interests of resident population. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to relate the current proposals directed for the neighborhood Lagoinha, from the urban operations, with the possible consequences for the region under the historical and socio-cultural aspects.