Centro cultural cidade do sol : anteprojeto arquitetônico de um edifício de múltiplo uso para estímulo da cultura e eventos em Natal/RN

Abstract

Architecture, being inseparable from human life, is a necessary component in the understanding and assimilation of the spaces used by man, from their home to the extension of the city as a whole. Each city has its own cultural reality, which we must seek to know its history so that they make sense of its practices, customs and transformations to which they are subject. The cultural artistic scenario of a city includes countless possibilities to be reproduced in its democratic vision of culture for citizenship, starting with the architecture of the spaces. Architecture and culture go together. Within this reality, although the reach of actions, events, independent cultural projects is always growing, there are few options for spaces destined to receive these activities, when there are alternatives, they are concentrated in historic neighborhoods - making it difficult to popularize these practices. So that this issue could be alleviated, this final undergraduate project measures the insertion of a Cultural Center in the city and how this can be a modifying agent capable of supporting the exposed cultural gap. Aiming at encouraging and facilitating access to cultural activities and activities for the population, the architectural proposal of the multiple-use building is located in the Lagoa Nova neighborhood, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. Primarily, a theoreticalconceptual discussion was developed, based on bibliographical references, studies of design references and data collection (interviews), generating knowledge to be applied in practice and directed towards the architectural solution. In the project, functional spaces were created that communicate with each other, enabling integration and consensus in the building as a whole. The architectural parti boils down to a proposal based on a game of “full” and “empty”. Where “full” are the blocks that house the programs, and the empty ones the connecting spaces and, occasionally, could host outdoor events to stimulate the movement and constant flow of users through the architectural space.