Ruptura e integração: o caso da intervenção do paseo de la brecha no casco fundacional de Colônia do Sacramento, Uruguai

Abstract

It addresses the case study of the Founding Hull of Colonia del Sacramento focusing on territorial transformations and urban meaning, in the context of UNESCO's seal as a World Heritage Site. City-document, Colonia demonstrates its importance as strategic territory in the control of the South American continent in the XVII and XVIII centuries. From Portuguese citadel, then Barrio Sur and arriving at the current Historic District, had changes of urban value and perception over time. As a study cut, the Paseode La Brecha project and its interference in the patrimonial context are problematized. In the urban scale it causes a rupture in the traditional land structure connecting two streets. In the scale of the object proposes a contemporary architecture, in tension with the patrimonial landscape. Through bibliographical and iconographic research, testimonies of technicians and other actors, one studies the impact on daily life and cultural tourism of the changes provoked in the territory delimited by the old wall.