Espaços de uso múltiplo: um encontro do skate com a praça

Abstract

The current scenario of national skateboarding is of expressive growth in the number of skaters and professional athletes with worldwide status. Despite this, and Brazil’s historical connection with the sport, practitioners still suffer a lot of prejudice and have their practice spaces often neglected by the public authorities. It was identified in this research that, in the city of Curitiba, the availability of public equipment for this sport combined with spaces that have environmental and constructive quality, is not enough. Therefore, this study aims to develop a skatepark project inserted in a skateable public square in the city of Curitiba – PR, seeking to offer integration, visibility for the sport and a quality public space for the surroundings. To this end, concepts involving the sport in question and the characterization of public spaces were addressed, as well as an analysis of the location and case studies, for later definition of design guidelines appropriate to the theme.