ENSAIO PROJETUAL PARA A MOBILIDADE ATIVA:

EXPLORANDO A CAMINHABILIDADE NA AV. DR. JAIR DE ANDRADE

Abstract

The Contemporary cities suffer with the process of densification that presses and ignores the public spaces of the city. The emphasis on the use of individual vehicles results in smaller spaces for the pedestrian, hampering urban living and walking in cities. The city of Vila Velha-ES is precarious in terms of active mobility, with routes that, despite the flow of people, do not value the pedestrian. From this scenario, the present work presents a design essay for the quality of the public spaces, in particular for the improvement in the displacements on foot, having as a cut Av. Dr. Jair de Andrade. The development of the project proposal investigates the application of the concepts of urban vitality, walkability and pedestrian valorization, based on the theories of Jacobs (2000), Gehl (2013) and Speck (2016). The research still elucidates the techniques of analysis: photographic survey, flow count, questionnaires, behavioral observation, field diary and walk test. The proposal was based on the valorization and protection of the pedestrian, on increasing the social and environmental quality of the road, on stimulating active facades and on the rescue of the bicycle path, in order to improve the quality of urban space on urban roads.