Node and Place: spatial dilemmas around Transport Stations

authored by

Yara Cristina Labronici Baiardi, Angelica Benatti Alvim, Jörg Schröder

Abstract

This study analyzes spatial transformations at Station Areas in the city of São Paulo to further the debate on spatial dilemmas between Node and Place. Case studies of the Pinheiros and Faria Lima Station Areas analyze and discuss their spatial attributes based on Urban and Transport categories, both in the meso- and micro-scales. The study considers that there is an inherent ambivalence between Node and Place as a source of conflicts, but also an opportunity for urban (re) development and/or renewal. The results show that, despite extensive spatial transformations in the studied Station Areas, the ambivalences between Node and Place have not been overcome; rather, they were exacerbated.

Organisation(s)

Territorial Design and Urban Planning

External Organisation(s)

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Type

Article

Journal

Cadernos Metrópole

Volume

27

ISSN

2236-9996

Publication date

13.12.2024

Publication status

E-pub ahead of print

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Architecture, Urban Studies

Research Area (based on ÖFOS 2012)

Urban design, Urban planning

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1590/2236-9996.2025-6263221 (Access: Open)