Creating urbanity through the void

COMPAZ complexes in Recife, 2016-2021

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35305/23626097v10i19.422

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contemporary architecture, social center, social urbanism, Recife, public policies

Abstract

Like other large Latin American cities, the city of Recife coexists with great social needs, lack of infrastructure and high levels of violence. The experiences of Medellín and Bogotá, with the construction of social facilities in deprived areas, inspired a program carried out by the Municipality of Recife called Community Centers of Peace (COMPAZ). From its beginning in 2013, it generated four complexes built between 2016 and 2020. They offer cultural, sports and leisure facilities in needy areas which aid the population in a comprehensive way. This article analyzes how the design of two of these complexes responds to the different urban contexts in which they are inserted. Based on the assumption that they should be landmarks in the urban landscape highlighting a change in State action, we seek to understand how they established a mediation with the place and what strategies were used to make them frank and open to the community. The aim is also to understand how different flows, accesses, and particularities of each use within the building were managed. Thus, this paper seeks to show the potential of architecture to meet urgent social demands.

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Author Biography

Fernando Diniz Moreira, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Brasil

Arquitecto por la Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE,1990). Historiador por la Universidade Católica de Pernambuco (UNICAP, 1991). Magíster en Desarrollo Urbano por la UFPE (1994). Ph.D. en Arquitectura por la University of Pennsylvania (2004). Es Profesor Titular del Departamento de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la UFPE e Investigador 1-D del CNPq. Fue Coordinador General de Docomomo Brasil (2016-2017) y Consejero Federal de CAU/BR (2012-2017). Su área de interés radica en la teoría e historia de la arquitectura moderna y contemporánea, historia del urbanismo, habiendo publicado numerosos artículos sobre estos temas. Actualmente está desarrollando una pasantía postdoctoral en la Brown University.

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Published

2023-12-11

How to Cite

Diniz Moreira, F. (2023). Creating urbanity through the void: COMPAZ complexes in Recife, 2016-2021. A&P Continuidad, 10(19). https://doi.org/10.35305/23626097v10i19.422

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Vol. 10 No. 19 (2023): RECENT ARCHITECTURES IN LATIN AMERICA. HISTORY, CRITICISM, PRODUCTION AND CIRCULATION

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Thematic dossier

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