Guidelines for intervation in railway edifications of historical interest in the State of Sao Paulo: train Stations of Noroeste do Brasil railway path / Diretrizes para intervenções em edificações ferroviárias de interesse histórico no Estado de São Paulo: as estações da Estrada de Ferro Noroeste do Brasil

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

The necessity, more imperative each day, to preserve buildings recognized by communities, areas, or even countries, as historical patrimony, shows the importance of studying the historical patrimony of Brazilian railways; believing in their preservation, not only for their repercussion and significance to the state of Sao Paulo, but to all Brazil. This work presents issues related to the preservation of railway buildings - which are, or should be (the reasons for that will be presented afterwards), considered historical patrimony - exploiting some railway stations of Noroeste do Brasil railway ? EFNOB used as case study, and proposes some general principles that should be noted when intervening such buildings. The main purpose is to call the attention to the necessity of urgent measures to preserve, and consequently, restore the historical patrimony of the railway in the state of Sao Paulo and throughout the country, which is near completely abandoned with few exceptions. The analysis of the current restoration procedures and their usage in intervention projects of such buildings should succeed an extended historical and architectural research about them, considering it as a fundamental point for an effective and responsible start of the process of preserving past evidences. Some fundamental principles such as the concepts of preservation, historical patrimony, and restoration, besides an exam of railway?s architectural manifestations, are presented in order to define the edges of the present analysis. The preservation of a cultural patrimony should be faced, also, as means of getting the compromise of communities. In addition, the inclusion of the patrimony in daily life is an important way to transmit knowledge to future generations.

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preservation patrimônio histórico preservação edificações ferroviárias - são paulo historical patrimony railway buildings - são paulo

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