PRINCÍPIOS E DIMENSÕES DA BOA FORMA NA CIDADE CONTEMPORÂNEA

Abstract

The book starts from the idea that urban form consists of a combination of physical, spatial, and non-spatial attributes, resulting from established social relations and history. In doing so, it proposes a qualitative analysis and morphological evaluation of urban plans: the PEOT Brasília, from 1977, the PRET Madrid, from 1996, and the PDM do Porto, from 2006, in cities located in different countries and cultural environments, influenced by the traditions exchanged through Portuguese and Spanish colonization in the 16th to 18th centuries. It does this through the PFORM methodology (plan + form), based on Kevin Lynch's Theory of Good City Form, applied to the contemporary city. This fluid, dispersed, fragmented, and segregated city presents itself as the new paradigm of urbanization, where traditional planning and management methods no longer meet expectations as they once did. It also describes urban morphology concepts, scales of operation, various approaches, and elements without fear of breaking traditional structures. Finally, it is worth noting that the work is organized into six chapters: 1 - about contemporary society and the city; 2 - introducing the concept of urban morphology and the description of programmatic approaches; 3 - presenting concepts, principles, and references of contemporary Good City Form Theory; 4 - discussing the scales of urban planning; 5 - presenting the analysis of the three urban plans, highlighting their contributions to the current form of cities; and 6 - presenting the relationships between the city's form and its plans, indicating the relevance and criticisms of establishing a planning theory based on form. With all of this, the intention is to identify general solutions (patterns) that can support the sustainable development of the city in which we live.