Serra da Bocaina - um estudo sob a ótica do design regenerativo

Abstract

The present work analyzes the Serra da Bocaina in Araxá, Minas Gerais, and proposes interventions that seek the best use of the area according to the uses which are given to the region by both residents and The present study analyzes the Serra da Bocaina region in Araxá, Minas Gerais, and proposes interventions that seek the best use of the area according to the uses that are given to the region by both residents and visitors, generating, in addition, a positive balance for the environment. The work was motivated by the author's feelings regarding the place, the rock, and the climbing, practiced a few years ago. Such feeling was awakened with the visit to the Serra for the practice of climbing, and since then a great connection with the land, the inhabitants and visitors of the place has been established. From the point of view of development theory and regenerative design, the terrain is extensively analyzed, and it is sought to find the "vocation" of the Serra. Serra da Bocaina has a "vocation" defined both by its natural aspects, as well as by its location and the use given by its regulars. People who inhabit the site, visitors and temporary residents who enjoy the rock have a purpose for the mountains, see a function and feel a need to occupy and appropriate the place. The intention of the proposal is that everything be thought of in a sustainable and regenerative way, with the least possible environmental impact. By analyzing the recent buildings and talking to the people who began to occupy the place, it is possible to realize that the occupation has an uncertain route, the residents can not give name or choose a function to be performed in the place. The work is not intended to label the area, but rather to define this so-called "vocation," embracing the intentions and purposes of the inhabitants and visitors, while respecting the limits given to us by the land and the region. It is necessary to continue the uses and activities that are compatible with this vocation, and to respect it, thinking about how we can reciprocate what the Serra offers us. It is then assumed that the place has a vocation that is inherent and directly linked to what the people who frequent and inhabit it aspire to, and the intentions it has for the area. It is important to consider that each individual has his purpose, what moves him. The aspirations and desires of a group of people united by a common purpose have the capacity to transform and change the reality in which it is inserted. Therefore the work aims to identify and materialize this vocation. It is searched from a general research of the area, and through theoretical survey, investigation with the individuals, interviews, photographic cataloging, field visits and case studies, identify the uses and the intentions of the man with respect to the area, to later to analyze the physical characteristics of the environment, and finally to propose solutions that respect and seek the regeneration of the area that has been used for various purposes. Firstly, we analyze the Serra da Bocaina area and its surroundings, providing a contextualization of the theme to be approached. In the second chapter, this is the theoretical framework that will support the projection solutions, the development approach and regenerative design, which serves as guiding line for the project and awakens the question of the vocation of the place and the uses given by man. Finally, case studies are analyzed that inspire and prove the practical feasibility of all this theoretical study presented, so that from there, the bases are laid with the preliminary study, and that it is possible to foresee the decision points and the possible ways to follow in devising the de facto solution.