The district of Baron Gerard, Campinas: the system of free spaces, the vectors intrametropolitanos and areas of recent urban development.

• Grant number: 08/08746-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): December 01, 2008
• Effective date (End): November 30, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Architecture and Town Planning - Landscaping
• Principal Investigator: Wilson Ribeiro dos Santos Junior
• Grantee: Gisela Lattes Ferreira
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas, Ambientais e de Tecnologias. Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 06/56623-2 - Systems of free space and the constitution of the contemporary public sphere in Brazil, AP.TEM

Abstract

This research project aims to study the existing system of free spaces in the District of Baron Gerard, municipality of Campinas and the role they play in setting the sphere of contemporary public life in the district. Search understand the relationship between the urban structure of the District of Baron Gerard and dynamic space that result from its connections with other areas of the city of Campinas and the surrounding metro.