Territórios criativos na cidade planejada: cartografia das quadras Babilônia Norte e Conic em Brasília

Abstract

This dissertation’s objective is to comprehend the factors that lead to the constitution of so-called creative territories. The study focuses its attention on the CLN 205 and 206 (Babilônia Norte) and the Setor de Diversões Sul (Conic) in the city of Brasília - DF. The methodology used consists of cartography, which, through the collection of quantitative and qualitative data, allowed a subjective view of the processes, flows, and expressiveness that cross the analyzed territories, considering the mutual implication and influence between territory and researcher. The research also conducted a study of documents, using documentary analysis and bibliographic review. The concepts of territory (SANTOS, 2006), creative territories (COHENDET; GRANDADAM, SIMON, 2009), creative cities (REIS, 2011), and topophilia (TUAN, 1980) support the theoretical foundation of the research. As a result, the concept of the term "creative territories" is presented based on a correlation of the mentioned authors. The factors that lead to the composition of creative territories are also defined: culture and creativity as important factors in socio-spatial relations, concentration of talents, organic cultivation of local talents, local identity, and a horizontal approach in social relations play crucial roles for creative territories to become environments for encounters and coexistence and achieve economic and social development. Babilônia Norte and Conic, analyzed from this perspective, can be defined as territories in a state of latency, where creativity manifests sporadically. However, both territories reveal themselves as alive and dynamic, indicating progress towards a phase of consolidating creativity. Finally, the research suggests future paths for their development as creative territories: 1. it is still necessary to investigate more deeply the effects of sectorization; 2. political, educational, and social initiatives need to be disseminated from the perspective of the power that the creative economy has in the development of territories; 3. the heterogeneity arising from physical, social, cultural, and economic interactions among individuals that allows cities and territories to be living organisms, in constant transformation.