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Puerto Madero and Porto Maravilha: The Transformation Process of Port Areas into Tourist Zones
Author(s)
Antonio Colchete Filho1, Frederico Braida1, Lucia Maria Sá Antunes Costa2 and Juliana Varejão Giese1
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2017.10.002
Affiliation(s)
1. Graduate Program in Built Environment, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, 36036-900, Brazil;
2. Graduate Program in Urbanism, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-901, Brazil
ABSTRACT
Transformations in the use
of urban space in contemporary cities have common features and projects in the
global era take similar themes, such as requalifications of port areas and
waterfronts. The main objective of this paper is to revisit the process of
urban transformation and valorization of the port areas of Buenos Aires,
Argentina, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, completed in 1990 and 2015,
respectively. It recapitulates their historical processes from decay to
recovery as tourist zones, following the implementation of the “Strategic Plan
of Antiguo Puerto Madero”, from 1990, in Buenos Aires, and of “Urban Operation
Porto Maravilha”, from 2009, in Rio de Janeiro. While planning and strategies differ as they sought
distinct locations in different times, they were similar in attracting massive
investment from the real estate market. Therefore, consequences of the projects
for the cities and the local population are a more important issue than formal
results achieved.
KEYWORDS
Urban design, waterfront renewal, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Porto Maravilha, Rio de Janeiro.
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