Pátio Itajubá: proposta de shopping a céu aberto em Curitiba/PR

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to collect data on commercial architecture as a way to understand the motivations for the design decisions that have been applied, in this way, support the development of a commercial architecture project that shows the influence of typology in the urban context. The interaction between public and private spaces could be the key to a commerce that joins the urban landscape and wraps around it, contributing to the perception of security in the city. The validation of the hypothesis occurs after studying the concepts of urban landscape, interaction between public and private space, commerce and city, and the following retail commercial typologies: Street commerce, commercial galleries, malls and open malls. The last typology was chosen for the development of the proposal, which will be accomplished in a land plot in Curitiba/PR. To get qualified references, a critical analysis of three projects of contemporary commercial architecture was carried out, as well as a diagnosis of the area chosen for the intervention. Finally, the way land plots are occupied in the city must be a debate between architects and urban planners, and this work demonstrates this responsibility.