EL ASTILLERO ARATACA: DE LA ÉPOCA INDUSTRIAL A LA ERA DIGITAL - UN PROYECTO ABIERTO A LA INVENCIÓN

Abstract

This article is part of a research project by the Research Group for Design, Heritage, Perception, and Landscape, affiliated with the Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC, in Brazil. The Greater Florianópolis region holds remnants of a rich, disused industrial heritage. In this regard, we have selected the ruins of the Arataca Shipyard, located near the Hercílio Luz Bridge, for a more detailed study. This investigation is a segment of a broader research project that is being extracted to contribute to works in the fields of architecture and engineering. The focus is on surveying, analyzing, and intervening in an industrial heritage site, situated at a significant point in the capital of Santa Catarina. It represents an integrated approach to conceptualize a project for its rehabilitation.Thus, this work aims to understand the historical context and its transformation into a collaborative and sustainable action. We seek to grasp the importance of this complex as a marker of the maritime-industrial era on the insular headland of Santa Catarina Island. Additionally, we intend to learn more about its new context through the practice of walking. Understanding its spatiality involves cartography, as well as diagnosing the structural pathologies of these buildings.Our objective is to create a project that reinterprets the role of these ruins within the city, empowering this space to facilitate cultural, artistic, and digital initiatives without undermining its current uses. A place that is alternative, creative, and open to innovation.