Pelotas entre o porto e a estação ferroviária: patrimônio cultural edificado a espera de revitalização

Abstract

This work aimed to identify the existing potential for implementation of housing of social interest in the port-railway area in Pelotas, from the adaptation and use of the construction capacity and the infrastructure of idle buildings found in this area which is considered of Cultural Heritage interest. In order to do so, the public policies available at the moment will be analyzed, enabling funding of such adaptations for the reuse of these buildings in an insight beyond the simple real estate speculation, in order to avoid the recurrent practice of transferring the poorer populations to other areas. Based on several studies concerning the port-railway area in Pelotas, we will check what these surveys and researches point as well as their contributions to requalify/revitalize the region through the HIS – Habitação de Interesse Social (Social Interest Housing - SIH). Therefore, by crossing the data found in these researches, we elaborated an analysis of the information. In a second moment the promotion and funding policies for the SIH will be identified to use the idle or partially used buildings located in urban centers or historical sites and the types of buildings in the studied area will be identified to enable the priority provision of social housing. Such identifications should necessarily be analyzed by the Cities Ministry and the Culture Ministry as these are responsible for the development of such theme on Federal Government levels. With the result of the several stages of the research we intend to present a criss-crossing result of the constructive potential of the buildings selected in this research, and the identification of funding programs and/or sources which may enable the implementation of these constructions, highlighting the necessity of adaptation or indicating recommendations that may help setting the foundations of the Funding Programs for SIH provisions. Such recommendations may constitute more than one instrument to support City Governments and Programs to decide on the usage of the idle buildings in urban historical sites for social interest housing.