Arte, educação & espaço público: proposta arquitetônica de um espaço expositivo e de ensino de artes visuais pra o bairro Messejana em Fortaleza/CE

Abstract

According to Barbosa (2018, p.2) “we cannot understand the culture of a country without knowing its art”. Despite being mandatory in the school curriculum since 1971, arts were only considered as a language of knowledge in 1996 (Oliveira, 2021). Arts teaching has as its main functions the encouragement of self-expression, creative problem solving, cognitive development, the creation of visual culture, discipline, enhancing academic performance and preparation for the job market (Barbosa, 2006). In the urban environment, art is subject to interventions by third parties, an informal exchange then occurs, with their own identities, cultures and experiences, and this ends up creating an identity for the urban space as well. Although there are already some cultural facilities in the city of Fortaleza, even if recent, they are concentrated in the northern part of the capital, contributing to cultural segregation. Thus, the general objective of this work is to propose a space for the exhibition and teaching of visual arts with a focus on public-private integration in the Messejana neighborhood in Fortaleza-Ce, seeking to propose a space that encourages public integration with works of art. The methodology adopted included bibliographical research, reference studies and a design process based on Neves (1989). The project developed was implemented in an area that includes the environmental preservation of the rainwater channel, in order to provide art and art teaching experiences connected to current times. It is concluded that this project reaffirms the importance of thinking about architecture as a means of promoting social transformations, especially in areas that lack cultural and educational investments, contributing to the sustainable development of the neighborhood and the democratization of access to culture and education.