Cinema: arte e cultura como agente transformador da experiência urbana

Abstract

This monograph addresses cinema as art and culture, the relationship of projection rooms with urban space and their evolution over the years. It relates the cultural facilities and their relationship with the urban space, showing its role as a transformer of the urban experience of the population relating architecture and the city. Through conceptual studies and the interpretation of reality, we seek the basis for the development of an architectural project aimed at the diffusion of cinema as a space of art and culture, where the relationship between city, culture and entertainment dialogue with the historical context, central axis of the city of Curitiba/ PR, emphasizing the Rua XV de Novembro where, in the past, was the starting point of the film culture of the capital. In addition, it is intended to develop the place, with the purpose of providing the appropriation of public space, relating it to the cinema, in order to rescue the social experience of the former Cinelândia curitibana. For its implementation, a land is chosen from its potential and its direct relationship with the central area. Case studies exploring the needs program, the relationship with the city and its design strategies are also analyzed. Through this work, it is assumed that the creation of an equipment that stimulates encounter and public enjoyment, relating art, culture and the city, will provide the promotion and diffusion of cinema, new senses and awaken the cultural and artistic experience in the population.