Parque Ipanema: inserção urbana, limites e entorno

Abstract

This paper discusses the urban disconnection of the Ipanema Park, in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, with its immediate surroundings. The research seeks to understand urban alternatives that enable the reestablishment of the link between a public space of leisure with its neighbors neighborhoods and possibilities to evidence cyclists and pedestrians in a modern city, whose urban layout is projected on the scale of automobiles. The spatial delimitation chosen to carry out the study guarantees the comprehensiveness of the integral area of the park and the elements and uses present in its surroundings that directly influence its dynamics. Analyzing the shortcomings and potentialities of the cut in question, it is worth noting the need for occasional interventions in some accesses of the park to promote greater use by people living in their vicinity and enable them to attend it without relying on motor vehicles, be safe and comfortable in walking or cycling. This research bases the proposal of urban requalification of the perimeter of the Ipanema Park in order to reconnect it to its surroundings.