O lugar das galerias do centro de São Paulo: relações entre espaço público e privado

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

Analysing the ancient spaces designed for commerce in the history of civilisation it is possible notice that such places were not just used for the exchange of goods, but were also a place for meeting and for public life of citizens, as was the case of the Arabian bazaar, the Greek ágora and the Paris markets. This use of public space for commerce will undergo great changes after the Industrial Revolution, when products began to be produced in large scale and when population as a whole started to have access to the the places that sold these goods. It is the time of the appearance of big department stores and commercial arcades. Arcades, also called passages, first appeared in Paris, in the end of the 19th century, and spred throughout the world, modifying the relations between public and private in the urban space of cities. Being a private facility, accessible to the public in general, it was possible to browse through it without buying something. Differently from indoor shopping centres these spaces related in a more open way with the city, without visible barriers between public, private or semi-private spaces. In São Paulo commercial arcades appeared in the 20th century, following the Frnech idea of increasing the "profitable" areas of buildings. Most of them exist up to now and are located downtown. With their uses focused on commerce, many of them have specialised in one type of product. They are still used as passages by pedestrians who only wish to cross blocks through their interior. This research aims to analyse some of these places from the point of view of the relation established between public and private spaces taking into consideration the access, internal circulation and other important items in the project of each one of these arcades.

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non-place commercial arcades public spaces espaço público private spaces galerias comerciais espaço privado arquitetura e urbanismo não-lugares

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