Bordando a Hamburguesa: urbanismo de gênero em espaços públicos do Canal do Baldo, em Natal/RN

Abstract

Gender urbanism uses women as protagonists in the planning and analysis of cities by restoring to the feminine gender the historically denied right of access to the city, in addition to considering the social role instilled in women as caregivers, in a way that means that interventions in public spaces aimed at the female gender directly imply in actions that also benefit those in their care, such as children, the elderly and the population as a whole. In the specific case of squares, they need to make the user feel welcomed so that they fulfill their role as a space for leisure and contemplation, which occurs through the promotion of a positive perception of safety. Ney Aranha Marinho Square – located on the banks of the Canal do Baldo in the Tirol and Barro Vermelho districts of the city of Natal, capital of Rio Grande do Norte – is a linear route that encompasses different characteristics between its sections from its maintenance, implying in its ways of use due to the latent perception of insecurity that exists in some abandoned points of the way. Therefore, this undergraduate thesis aims to develop a proposal for a preliminary study of urban revitalization for the stretch along the banks of the Canal do Baldo, based on its analysis with the bias of gender urbanism. From the observation of the space through the bias of gender urbanism, through direct afternoon and night visits of post-occupancy evaluation, photographic records and collection of interviews –– it results in the preliminary urban study of revitalization of a part of the Canal, renamed Hamburguesa’s Square in one of the stretches currently lacking maintenance – taking advantage of the new name to reinforce a historical figure related to Baldo’s Stream. Based on what was collected in interviews with users of the public space and on critical analyzes carried out by the author, the product reveals that the requests demanded by the general population are aligned with what gender urbanism suggests, reinforcing that this bias uses women as a protagonist in order to benefit the population as a whole.