Espaço público e ocupação efêmera: a Virada Cultural como instrumento de requalificação do Centro Histórico de São Paulo

• Autor(a) principal: Zarpelon, Larissa Francez
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações do Mackenzie
• Texto Completo: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/25953
• topic: espaço público contemporâneo; políticas urbanas; eventos culturais; Virada Cultural; Centro Histórico de São Paulo; contemporary public space; urban policy; cultural events; Virada Cultural; São Paulo historical center; CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ARQUITETURA E URBANISMO

This study aims to identify the possible potential that ephemeral occupation, through cultural events, has on transforming public areas in downtown São Paulo. The focus of the analysis was the historical city center, consisting of the Sé and República districts, and the event, the Virada Cultural (Cutural All-Nighter), as it has been taking place since 2005, primarily in the region and proposes to be a tool for re-appropriation of the space by city residents. Through a conceptual and theoretical discourse that provides an overview of the city and the contemporary public space, from a historical, economic and urban perspective, as well as the inclusion of the 'culture' topic in urban policy, we proceeded to survey press reports about the Virada Cultural, so as to compare them to the official discourse provided by the organizers, through documents and press conferences. The study reveals that democratic and plural cultural events can serve as one of the possible instruments for the government to stimulate the occupation and symbolic requalification of São Paulo s historical center.