A Vila Itororó: Restauros, Reflexões e Registros Visuais
Data
2023-07-12
Autores
Silva, Larissa Flauto 
Orientadores
Rufinoni, Manoela Rossinetti
Tipo
Trabalho de conclusão de curso
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A Vila Itororó – conjunto arquitetônico localizado no bairro do Bixiga, na cidade de São
Paulo – foi construída entre 1922 e 1929 por Francisco de Castro, imigrante e comerciante
português que investia em edificações residenciais destinadas a aluguel. Paralelamente ao
processo de transformação das vocações funcionais do bairro, a partir da década de 1940 a vila
começou a abrigar famílias com menor poder aquisitivo, apresentando acelerado processo de
degradação em meados da década de 1970. São dessa época as primeiras propostas, não
adotadas naquele momento, voltadas à revitalização da vila com o objetivo de ressaltar seus
valores arquitetônicos e transformá-la em um espaço cultural. Após ser protegida como
patrimônio histórico em nível municipal por meio do tombamento do Bairro da Bela Vista
(2002); e em nível estadual (2005); nos anos 2010 os interesses de revitalização da vila foram
retomados, culminando na criação do Centro Cultural Vila Itororó, entre 2016 e 2018, gerido
pela Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo, ação que provocou o deslocamento das famílias que
ali moravam. Do exposto, notamos que o processo de atribuição de valores históricos e
estéticos ao conjunto edificado pelos órgãos de preservação, assim como as ações
governamentais que se seguiram, acompanharam os anseios de transformação do espaço e do
bairro por meio da troca de público e do enobrecimento urbano. Nesse contexto, por meio de
pesquisas bibliográficas e documentais, em diálogo com levantamentos de campo e registros
fotográficos, este Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso objetivou estudar a trajetória da Vila Itororó
e suas transformações recentes, buscando compreender seus valores patrimoniais e identificar
as narrativas que têm sido exploradas nas ações curatoriais e de educação patrimonial sediadas
no novo centro cultural.
Vila Itororó – an architectural complex located in the Bixiga neighborhood, in the city of São Paulo – was built between 1922 and 1929 by Francisco de Castro, a Portuguese immigrant and merchant who invested in residential buildings for rent. Parallel to the process of transforming the functional vocations of the neighborhood, from the 1940s onwards, the buldings began to house families with lower purchasing power, presenting an accelerated process of degradation in the mid-1970s. In the 1970s, the first proposals emerged, not adopted at that time, aimed at revitalizing the complex with the aim of highlighting its architectural values and transforming it into a cultural space. After being protected as historical heritage at the municipal level through the listing of the Bairro da Bela Vista (2002); and at the state level (2005); in the 2010s, interests in revitalizing the complex were resumed, culminating in the creation of the Centro Cultural Vila Itororó, between 2016 and 2018, managed by the Municipality of São Paulo, an action that caused the displacement of the families that lived there. From the above, we note that the process of attributing historical and aesthetic values to the complex built by the preservation agencies, as well as the governmental actions that followed, accompanied the aspirations of transforming the space and the neighborhood through the exchange of public and the ennoblement urban. In this context, through bibliographical and documentary research, in dialogue with field surveys and photographic records, this Course Completion Work aimed to study the trajectory of Vila Itororó and its recent transformations, seeking to understand its heritage values and identify the narratives that have been explored in curatorial actions and heritage education based in the new cultural center.
Vila Itororó – an architectural complex located in the Bixiga neighborhood, in the city of São Paulo – was built between 1922 and 1929 by Francisco de Castro, a Portuguese immigrant and merchant who invested in residential buildings for rent. Parallel to the process of transforming the functional vocations of the neighborhood, from the 1940s onwards, the buldings began to house families with lower purchasing power, presenting an accelerated process of degradation in the mid-1970s. In the 1970s, the first proposals emerged, not adopted at that time, aimed at revitalizing the complex with the aim of highlighting its architectural values and transforming it into a cultural space. After being protected as historical heritage at the municipal level through the listing of the Bairro da Bela Vista (2002); and at the state level (2005); in the 2010s, interests in revitalizing the complex were resumed, culminating in the creation of the Centro Cultural Vila Itororó, between 2016 and 2018, managed by the Municipality of São Paulo, an action that caused the displacement of the families that lived there. From the above, we note that the process of attributing historical and aesthetic values to the complex built by the preservation agencies, as well as the governmental actions that followed, accompanied the aspirations of transforming the space and the neighborhood through the exchange of public and the ennoblement urban. In this context, through bibliographical and documentary research, in dialogue with field surveys and photographic records, this Course Completion Work aimed to study the trajectory of Vila Itororó and its recent transformations, seeking to understand its heritage values and identify the narratives that have been explored in curatorial actions and heritage education based in the new cultural center.