Collaborative urban intervention in the Jardim Maguari housing complex's comercial center, in Belém, Pará

Abstract

The Conjunto Jardim Maguari’s commercial center, active since the 1980s, is characterized by diversity in economic activities, permanent structures and mixed use. The space, considered a desirable and necessary urban equipment for the quality of the urban environment, serves part of the population of the Coqueiro’s neighborhood, in Belém/PA, contributing to the intense flow of people during the day. The constant use of urban space, combined with other circumstances, accelerated the deterioration and degradation of the environment, since the necessary urban maintenance and/or retrofitting is not done periodically. In view of this scenario, it is proposed with this article to present the results of an experimental research carried out at the commercial center as a product for the study of tactical urbanism characterized by the collaborative aspect, of low cost and flexible, as an alternative to intervention in the environment built on a small scale, for physical recovery and redirecting the occupation of public space. Therefore, the text seeks to qualitatively analyze tactical urbanism through the detailing of the urban intervention process and of the results obtained and, with this, to encourage discussions on alternatives urban intervention methodologies as an instrument for autonomy in the collaborative management of public space.