Professional Master Degree Dissertation
Professional Master Degree Dissertation
Built at the beginning of the 18th century, the old Fortress of Nossa Senhora da Conceição is a testimony of the colonial military architecture in Rio de Janeiro, located in a historical site of formation of the city: the Morro da Conceição. The fortification's project is represented in the plan of the city of Rio de Janeiro elaborated by Jean Massé, from 1713, considered the first scaled plan of the city. Currently, the fortress maintains its original military use, housing the headquarters of the 5th Geoinformation Center (5th CGEO) of the Brazilian Army, but has, since 1922, developed activities focused on cartographic production. With the obsolescence of the fortification's defense function, still at the 18th century, the destination of new uses over the years was important for its preservation, however, some physical adaptations for the development of the new activities promoted changes that compromised its integrity. In order to map the modifications executed, simulations of the site plan of the Fortaleza were made from historical documents with different dates, which allowed the overlap of its architectural evolution in the period between 1702 and 2012. The methodology included the bibliographic and iconographic research in different collections, in order to substantiate the actions of the project, together with the theoretical concepts on preservation of the patrimony. Structured in three chapters and justified by the historical and artistic value of the fortification and the existence of a cartographic collection of national relevance, this dissertation has as main objective the elaboration of an intervention project that defines the priorities of action in the whole group of buildings and its site gaps, indicating parameters and directives that aims its preservation. The result has the proposal to evidence the Fortress, still unknown by the population of Rio de Janeiro, intending to bring this historic heritage back to the map of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Keywords: Fortaleza de Conceição, historical value, use adaptation, Rio de Janeiro.
Data de defesa: 14/09/2018Person
- Cláudia Carvalho Leme Nóbrega [contributor]
- Ethel Pinheiro Santana
- Fernanda Chagas da Costa [author]
- Noêmia de Oliveira Figueiredo