在城市空間設(shè)計中，絕好的公共場所應(yīng)該溶于城市脈絡(luò)，精彩卻沒有強烈的個人主義，以一種讓人群感到舒適的模式存在，為城市提供基礎(chǔ)支持。城市建設(shè)無疑是集眾人之力的跨時代浩瀚工程，每一次新建與改建都需要成為城市這個閉合生態(tài)系統(tǒng)中，能夠激發(fā)過往建設(shè)價值的一份子。
該項目位于巴西城市貝洛奧里藏特，主要任務(wù)是將該市最重要的Praça da Liberdade大道與相鄰的公共廣場重新設(shè)計，減少建筑周邊停車位，增加場所的可達性和休閑性，引入更多人流，從而建立起一個有活力的公共空間。
The project of Praça da Liberdade stemmed from the need to reconcile the architectural design of the Cultural Circuit of Praça da Liberdade and the public
areas which surrounds the square. It potentials the residual surrounding areas, increasing public use through its redesign, which reduces vehicle parking
areas, incentives indeterminate media ownership and the sidewalks suited to frequent postures, accessibility and traffic.
"Space is the unequal accumulation of time."
Milton Santos
The main goal of an urban project is to contribute to the establishment of an effective public domain, less attached to consumption and more focused on
the understanding of the city as a public place. Rather than being understated, the urban design should almost dissolve, acquiring an invisibility that allows
to emphasize its potentials as a support and should offer the people possibilities not even imagined previously. This premise allows the approach of
architecture and urban design to the infrastructure, which represents certainly the most discreet works, providing “essential supports for the
unpredictability of life”, as Le Corbusier said. The necessity of discretion avoids the monumental, individualistic work and gives attention to the
construction of territory, the seam of the urban texture, the constitution of a public space in fact, as well as to the recognition of history and time. This
sense suggests that the construction of a city can be only a collective work and an inter-generational effort. In addition, a new intervention in a
consolidated environment should stand as another layer among many others and increasing the virtues of what was built before.
Praça da Liberdade大道現(xiàn)狀是融合了各個時期的建筑風(fēng)格，從法國宮殿風(fēng)格建筑到現(xiàn)代以及后現(xiàn)代的建筑，無一不足。設(shè)計旨在用新語言契合復(fù)雜背景，并提升公共場地價值：
1 不僅從現(xiàn)有周邊基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施和設(shè)備的情況考慮，更展望未來場地的兼容性，從而設(shè)計公共場所。
2 與現(xiàn)狀大道的兼容。
3 更新路面與公共設(shè)施。
4 無障礙設(shè)計在人行道上的普及。
5 降低視覺噪音，清理現(xiàn)場，比如多余的標(biāo)識牌等設(shè)施，打造出清爽干凈的視覺景觀。
6 將多個公共空間聯(lián)系
7 經(jīng)過調(diào)查之后的重新設(shè)計讓大道與周圍和諧存在。
Considered to be the first planned city in Brazil - in the late of 19th century - Belo Horizonte was planned with a positivist layout, resulting in the road design
of two grids overlapping, one of streets and other of avenues, shifted 45 degrees from each other. Although it represents nowadays a small portion of the
city, with nearly 3 million people, this original territory still is the area with better urban infrastructure.
In this city, the most symbolically spot, is Praça da Liberdade, where the city hall used to be located. A square which allows you to recognize much of the
key moments of architecture held in Brazil for over a century: the influence of France in landscaping; the eclectic architecture of the palaces; modern,
postmodern architecture; as well as contemporary interventions, turning the neoclassical buildings into cultural spaces and creating the Cultural Circuit of
Praça da Liberdade.
In the context of interventions of the Cultural Circuit of Praça da Liberdade, the project of upgrading the public areas surrounding the square was designed.
The project had the following objectives:
- Compatibility with both architectural and urban designs of the public areas, considering existing equipment and infrastructure and the future ones;
- Compatibility with the road project;
- Revitalization of urban pavements and equipment in a state of degradation;
- Compatibility between the sidewalks and the standards of the Municipal Legislation of Postures and accessibility;
- Ordering the landscape, always minimizing possible noise defined by diversity and overlapping of urban facilities and signs;
- The establishment of a greater unity in the treatment of the public spaces surrounding the square and its public buildings;
- Consolidation of a updated cadastral survey of Praça da Liberdade, as well of its surroundings.
architecture ARQUITETOS ASSOCIADOS . Alexandre Brasil I André Prado I Bruno Santa Cecília I Carlos Alberto Maciel
colaboration Clara Maga·lhães, Enara Paiva, Henrique Coelho, Michelle Christina de Andrade Souza, Plínio Santos,
Ulisses Mikhail Itokawa
place Belo Horizonte I MG I Brasil
building area 6057m²
project 2008
building 2010 - 2013
photos Gabriel Castro, Bruno Santa Cecília, Carlos Alberto Maciel
structural project Alexandre Caram e Silva
installation project Edson Tadeu Moreira - BHLuz
traffic and sign Janaina Amorim Dias
topographic Walmir Nazareth
awards Menção honrosa. 15ª Premiação de Arquitetura IAB-MG
