Levantamento e identificação do patrimônio arquitetônico urbano de Ijuí construído entre os anos de 1890 e 1960

Abstract

The present study focuses on the architectural heritage and defines a specific region of Rio Grande do Sul. Polarized by the current city of Ijuí, the researched area is located in the northwestern sector of this state, and its colonization began in 1878, through immigrants who reemigrarated from other colonies. Once Gaucha's architecture still is a subject of little study, Ijuí demonstrates to contain a valuable collection to be known and analyzed. Based upon a concept of space as a structure generated from the social, economic and political relation which are established, the primary objective of this study was to get to know the basics of urbanization of the city under study, identifying its architectural heritage with a view to rescue the urban memory by means of an inventory. When considering the studied period, we found that Brazilian architecture has developed in the middle of a complex cultural process and architects and Brazilian immigrants have always contributed to the disruption of established forms and styles. In a historical-cultural perspective, the preservation of cultural heritage ensures the continuity of history, preserving the customs and traditions, besides establishing bases in support of sustainable development policies. In this sense, Ijuí’s season buildings, most often inserted in the downtown area, eventually suffer great losses, in an urban environment that instantly, uncontrolled land speculation, converts the urban land in a more profitable goods, giving rise to new constructions. Considering that the heritage buildings is the element through which the cities are distinguished from each other physically, it is urgent to take conservation measures to protect the assets of equity as the old town and modern city are thought together, to ensure public participation in decision-making, so that the same build an identity with patrimony.