References of the landscape and the production of space: The case of São Roque do Canaã/ES

Abstract

This article considers the impacts on the urban landscape as problematic, focusing on the possible loss of landscape references due to the cities' mode of production. This work is based on the method with a historical-geographical approach aligned with authors such as Conzen (1960), followed by the method structured by Mendonça (2005) for analyzing objects, highlighting the identification of landscape references and the definition of two levels of perception. The identification of two references associated with a historical and environmental context of the past, effective or objective of the approach of this article, at the same time that it presents the possibility of reflection on the form of urban production, as well as the value of its future permanence. It can be concluded that two physical, geographic, religious and social aspects are important for the emergence of the municipality and that the implantation of buildings in the central area reveals a compact city landscape, disconnected from local historical elements.

Keywords: São Roque do Canaã, materialities, landscape references, urban morphology.