Urban Spaces Sustainability. Applied Study to Curitiba’s …
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Still from the population perspective, it is understood that the Central District
attracts people for different reasons, resulting in great dynamics and an evident
diversity observed also in its architecture, since the typologies are quite varied, from
houses to skyscrapers.
The second biggest problem of Central District is the amount of homeless people.
The central region where the neighborhood is located, leads the rankings with 670
homeless people, out of a total of 1715 in Curitiba (Piva 2016).
We conclude that, in relation to land use and occupation in Central District, the loss
of residential use and the increase of commercial use and services contributed to the
degradation of public spaces. An alternative proposal of new uses for idle buildings
can be social housing. This would benefit a portion of the population, families with
kids for instance, that could live close to urban services, enriching the demographic
diversity and ensuring the appropriation of the urban space 24 h a day.
Many buildings of the central area today are underutilized and even abandoned.
It is necessary to rescue the vitality of the Central District so that it is not active
only during the day, proposing incentives that promote housing as a way to increase
public safety and minimize the constant deterioration. Concerning the problem of the
housing deficit in the central district, and the problem of buildings that are degraded
or underutilized, we intend to heal both with a single guideline: a proposal for new
housing in idle buildings what would also affect positively mobility, letting people
live close to working, service and commercial areas.
5 Pedestrian Streets, Public and Alternative Transportation
The XV de Novembro street, also known as Rua das Flores, was the first pedestrian
avenue in the country, inaugurated in 1972. Centenary buildings, tourist pubs and
gardens characterize it. The street has been considered a protected cultural heritage
by state law since 1974. The Federal University of Paraná historical building, the
Guaíra theater, is one of the main tourist attractions of the street.
In Praça Rui Barbosa is located one of the main public transportation stations of
the city and in the Rua da Cidadania da Regional Matriz there is a public building
that offers institutional services surrounded by restaurants and a shopping center.
One of the biggest problems in the Central District is violence. In 2017, the Central
District was considered the most violent area of the city (G1 PR 2017). In the 90s,
there was a demographic decline in the district that caused a significant decline in
public spaces utilization at night, space deterioration and increased violence.
However, between 2000 and 2010, the Central District increased its population
probably due to the following reasons: urban structure, services diversity, habitation prices, mobility and central zone revitalization. New proposals where launched,
such as the Centro Vivo Project, the Marco Zero program and the Riachuelo e São
Francisco revitalization.
The Central District has many collective transportation lines. Still, the municipal
institution URBS demonstrates that the amount of passengers has been declining
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Still from the population perspective, it is understood that the Central District
attracts people for different reasons, resulting in great dynamics and an evident
diversity observed also in its architecture, since the typologies are quite varied, from
houses to skyscrapers.
The second biggest problem of Central District is the amount of homeless people.
The central region where the neighborhood is located, leads the rankings with 670
homeless people, out of a total of 1715 in Curitiba (Piva 2016).
We conclude that, in relation to land use and occupation in Central District, the loss
of residential use and the increase of commercial use and services contributed to the
degradation of public spaces. An alternative proposal of new uses for idle buildings
can be social housing. This would benefit a portion of the population, families with
kids for instance, that could live close to urban services, enriching the demographic
diversity and ensuring the appropriation of the urban space 24 h a day.
Many buildings of the central area today are underutilized and even abandoned.
It is necessary to rescue the vitality of the Central District so that it is not active
only during the day, proposing incentives that promote housing as a way to increase
public safety and minimize the constant deterioration. Concerning the problem of the
housing deficit in the central district, and the problem of buildings that are degraded
or underutilized, we intend to heal both with a single guideline: a proposal for new
housing in idle buildings what would also affect positively mobility, letting people
live close to working, service and commercial areas.
5 Pedestrian Streets, Public and Alternative Transportation
The XV de Novembro street, also known as Rua das Flores, was the first pedestrian
avenue in the country, inaugurated in 1972. Centenary buildings, tourist pubs and
gardens characterize it. The street has been considered a protected cultural heritage
by state law since 1974. The Federal University of Paraná historical building, the
Guaíra theater, is one of the main tourist attractions of the street.
In Praça Rui Barbosa is located one of the main public transportation stations of
the city and in the Rua da Cidadania da Regional Matriz there is a public building
that offers institutional services surrounded by restaurants and a shopping center.
One of the biggest problems in the Central District is violence. In 2017, the Central
District was considered the most violent area of the city (G1 PR 2017). In the 90s,
there was a demographic decline in the district that caused a significant decline in
public spaces utilization at night, space deterioration and increased violence.
However, between 2000 and 2010, the Central District increased its population
probably due to the following reasons: urban structure, services diversity, habitation prices, mobility and central zone revitalization. New proposals where launched,
such as the Centro Vivo Project, the Marco Zero program and the Riachuelo e São
Francisco revitalization.
The Central District has many collective transportation lines. Still, the municipal
institution URBS demonstrates that the amount of passengers has been declining