Paisagem e espaço público: as intervenções urbanas na avenida Barão do Rio Branco em Juiz de Fora/MG

Abstract

The formation of theurbancenter of Juiz de Fora/MG in theregion where it isestablished, is duelargelyto its main route, the Barão do Rio Branco Avenue. In the early nineteenth century the history of the city is part of the formation of the avenue and city-avenue influences become reciprocal.In order to elucidate these relationships, this research shows the history of the avenue and its major transformation, by identifying landmarks in the landscape, space and time. Understanding the features of the urban landscape and public space has become necessary to analyze the interventions occurred. The time frame begins in 1836, when related to the detour that resulted Avenue, extending to the present day. As the study area considered the Barão do Rio Branco Avenue in all their extension. This is a basic nature of search, setting a documentary and bibliographical study, developed at the Post Graduate Program in Built Environment of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, through literature review, primary data collection, iconography and data measured by the author to characterize the road today. The interpretation of the avenue's history helps to clarify the intricacies of their training, particularly specific periods and dates. Related interventions in chronology enable observation of repercussions in shaping the urban fabric, identifying the role of the avenue as an important articulator of the central area. The changes in the landscape and Avenue conformation could be observed at different periods, as over time the Barão do Rio Branco Avenue goes through many changes that had a significant impact on Juiz de Fora landscape. Structural or beautification character, these changes show the great importance of the avenue to the city.