Water and city

A morphological perspective on the relationships between water shapes and urban design

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https://doi.org/10.5821/siiu.12977

Abstract

This article investigates the relationships between water and the city, utilizing Urban Morphology as a theoretical and methodological framework. The objective is to identify forms and formal relationships between water shapes and urban design. The theoretical foundation draws from Kropf (2009), Oliveira (2018), Botechia (2017), and Fernandes (2014), emphasizing the morphological process concepts of Conzen (1960) and the contributions of Dias Coelho (2014), which describe transformation, adaptation, and stagnation processes (Conzen, 1960), as well as addition, superposition, and sedimentation (Dias Coelho, 2014). The municipality of Linhares (Espírito Santo, Brazil) known as the “City of Waters”, with 78 lagoons, is the empirical object due to its enriching context. The methodological protocol comprises three stages: theoretical investigation, elementalization of forms, and analysis of formal relationships. This study aims to enhance understanding of morphological processes and relationships between water shapes and urban design, given their historical, environmental, and social significance.

Keywords: Urban Morphology, water shapes, lagoons, urban design.
Topic: Urban Morphology

Author Biographies

Zanandra Falcão, Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES)

Master's student in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), with an emphasis on the concentration area Cities and Impacts on the Territory. She has a specialization in Urban and Environmental Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, PUC Minas, and completed her degree in Architecture and Urban Planning at UFES in 2022. She is currently dedicated to studies related to Urban Morphology and the relationship between water and the city. She participates in and organizes the Study Group: RIXAS URBANAS (2023-), which encourages debate, theoretical and practical discussions regarding the teaching of subjects focused on urban studies within the school of Architecture and Urbanism.

Flavia Ribeiro Botechia, Federal University of Espírito Santo - UFES

He holds a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (1997), a Master's degree in Architecture from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2001) and a PhD in Architecture and Urbanism from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie - São Paulo. He develops research with an emphasis on the theoretical field of urban morphology. She is a professor at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Federal University of Espírito Santo.

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Published

2025-01-26

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No. 16 (2024): Barcelona-Córdoba 2024

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SIIU 2024 CORDOBA

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