Mercado orgânico e centro de gastronomia social em Curitiba-PR

Abstract

This paper aims to unravel the understanding about public markets role in the city development, its dynamics as a public space and the factors responsible for having these spaces acting as sociability and urban vitality instruments. Through Eco and Social Gastronomy current perspectives on people’s eating habits are shown, highlighting the organic products as the main agents in the search of sustainable development and food safety. In order to establish these concepts, this work proposes the architecture project of a Public Organic Market and Social Gastronomy Center in the city of Curitiba-PR. Once implemented, the place will focus on the disclosure and appreciation of the Eco-Gastronomy, nevertheless it will promote food safety to people within social vulnerability class through access to healthy food. Some specific aspects of markets as public spaces such as eating habits, organic food, regulations, design strategies and actual context were analyzed which contributed to the formulation of the program guidelines presented.