PERCEPÇÃO DA PAISAGEM DE PARQUES URBANOS: abordagem ensaística de busca pela estética e pela funcionalidade

LANDSCAPE PERCEPTION OF URBAN PARKS: essayistic approach of search for aesthetics and functionality

Abstract

Faced with the relevance of perceptual studies for the interpretation of citizens' satisfaction with the landscape of cities and the central problem of the tendency to design nonconformities in urbanized areas, the general objective of the research is to develop a perception essay on urban parks in Curitiba, Paraná, through diagnosis of aesthetic and functional aspects. With a quali-quantitative approach, applied nature and experimental focus, the investigation was based on methodological procedures linked to the interpretation of responses to an online questionnaire, composed of open and closed questions. As answers to the investigative question about what are the preferred form and function characteristics in nine parks in that city, the essayistic results on figurative-aesthetic and orientation-functional variables attest to the guiding hypothesis that some user preferences are not properly considered in the spatial conception, reinforcing the importance of compositional and utilitarian quality for the appropriation of these public spaces.