O processo de requalificação urbana em Assaí-PR.

Abstract

Assaí located in the North region of Paraná State was founded by BRATAC in 1932 to settle rnainly Japanese immigrants. The urban area maintained the morphological characteristics of a plan designed by Japanese Colonization Companies, having the school as a core. in 1993 a new process called URBAN REQUALiFICATION was started to re-structure the town, with particular emphasis on the recovery of the character and identity. The morphological-type analysis of traditional dwellings dellineated a group of significant buildings stock. This fact reaffirms the need for a continuity, an attractivity potential. As a result of the fragility of those wooden houses and disappearance of traditional construction techniques, the local architecture has systematically been eroded. An adequate legislation and the creation of a new tradition are necessary to reinforce the importance of regionality. The action to encourage the community to give value to the   experience   of the place is implied in order to create and defend an architectural landscape.