Araras Railway Station: analysis of the functional conversion from the Post-Occupancy Evaluation

• Grant number: 16/11675-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2016
• End date: August 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Architecture and Town Planning - Architecture and Urbanism Project
• Principal Investigator: Samir Hernandes Tenório Gomes
• Grantee: Camila Alessandra Chiari
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Arquitetura, Artes e Comunicação (FAAC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Bauru. Bauru , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project aims to evaluate the functional conversion of a railway building in São Paulo, in order to detect the spatial and functional changes after its occupation by analyzing the degree of user satisfaction and compatibility factors in use in space. The evaluation of the proposal focuses on the Araras Railway Station and is embedded in the procedures and methods of the Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE). Evaluating the functional conversion process is intended to contribute to the understanding of the adaptability of this condition Paulista railway building, knowing the response capacity of the built environment in the face of requests arising from activities implemented. The proposal is linked to two major projects funded by FAPESP, as follows: "Memory Train (1869-1971): Inventory Paulista railway industrial heritage" FAPESP No. 12 / 11259-2 and "Projective Guidelines from the Post-Occupancy Evaluation: the case of collections of Railway Museums Paulistas " FAPESP No. 2014 / 07634-8.