A rua em fragmentos: sobreposições temporais como narrativas históricas espacializadas em Cuiabá (MT)

Abstract

his article aims to test an aspect of the master’s research focusing on the formal characteristics that make up Rua 13 de Junho, a transition area between Zones of Historical Interest (ZIH) in Cuiabá. New narratives are designed to study the landscape of this path between the Old Center – ZIH 1 and the Porto Waterfront – ZIH 2, which contribute to the perception of the transformations of functions over time, as well as to think about the practical impacts that fall on reminiscent materiality. Currently the road is perceived in fragments, a factor that instigates an investigative journey that explores other ways of understanding this landscape. The work begins with some considerations about permanence and modifications, focused on the context of form to understand temporal overlaps. In a second moment, the gaze will be turned to the fissures of everyday life, as a means of seeing beyond what is seen: a reflective process of what the form communicates to us, whether thinking about these “roughnesses” as resistance, or as mismatches in relation to the dynamics of the city. The underused areas, in the section in question, are (old) forms manifested through ruins and vacant lots. These phenomena, by revealing the logic of the formation of the urban nucleus, are the product of possible processes addressed here as a means of provocation. Finally, a counter-cartographic exercise is presented to think about spatiality in a more questioning way, indicating possibilities for historical investigation based on its inflections.