BUILT PUBLIC SPACES: PERCEPTION OF USERS OF THE LINEAR PARK RIVER OF THE FISH

Abstract

The urban landscape undergoes constant transformations with the dynamics of the cities that (re) produce the spaces. Understanding this dynamic and its results emerges from the need to understand cities and their inhabitants, places more equitable and resilient to the transformations of society. In the spatial organization of cities, places with green predominance play an important role for their relationship between urban memory, quality of life departing from natural elements, the affection of the inhabitants with the place and the memorialist that is made through the relations between space and time. Thus, we understand that the quality of the urban landscape is measured by an arrangement of infrastructure elements, but also how people perceive the environment. In this study, the analysis of the perception of a public free space is measured by the identification of the elements that are understood by users as significant for the quality of the landscape of the Parque do Rio do Peixe (Videira - SC) and what experiences are felt along the existing paths in the park. The methodology of this analysis was structured according to a compendium of authors, but mainly suggested by Gehl and Svarre (2013), Lynch (1960) and Cullen (1983) and Camara (2018). At the end of the courses, unstructured interviews were conducted with approximately 150 volunteers. The results indicate preferences for areas with a predominance of natural elements, environments that provide safety sensations and elements of historical-cultural identification.

Keywords

• urban parks
• public spaces
• environmental quality
• built spaces