THE DILAPIDATION PROCESS OF THE URBAN-ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF WORKING CLASS AND POPULAR VILLAGES IN THE CITY OF RECIFE, PERNAMBUCO
Villages. Heritage recognition. Urban transformations. Recife
This work addresses the dilapidation of the urban and architectural heritage of working-class and popular villages in the Santo Amaro neighborhood, in Recife, in the face of disputes between a process of heritage recognition and urban transformation plans. These villages are areas of great importance in the process of expansion of the city of Recife and, today, most of their characteristics are disappearing because of the recurrent urban transformations. Based on this understanding, the present research aims to understand the relationship between the agents of urban transformation and the process of dilapidation of the villages of Santo Amaro, seeking to identify the urban and architectural attributes that help to identify the historical and cultural value of these spaces, in addition to pointing out the main difficulties faced by the villages to be recognized as cultural heritage and, consequently, preserved.