REQUALIFICAÇÃO E INTERVENÇÃO DO CONJUNTO ARQUITETÔNICO E PAISAGÍSTICO DA ANTIGA USINA DA ILHA GRANDE: Pousada Ilha Grande

Abstract

The present work deals with the requalification and rehabilitation of a hydroelectric complex overturned by the municipal historical patrimony, through tourism. The Hydroelectric Complex called the Arm Plant Dry or Usina of Ilha Grande dates from 1912, is inserted in an area of ​​urban expansion of the city of Varginha - MG. The accesses to the complex are made by BR - 491 - Km 14 and Avenida Airton Senna da Silva, in the Residential Neighborhood Rio Verde, near number 1385. The Hydroelectric Complex is inserted in an artificial island that is totally integrated with the natural environment, forming a set of particular scenic beauty. The choice of this theme was due to the state of abandonment and disuse of the complex that has been registered by municipal patrimony since 2013. Thus, to what extent is the proposal to intervene in one of the equipment of the Ilha Grande Hydroelectric Power Plant Complex, with a view to the implantation of a hostel, can constitute a propulsion factor of tourism and economic development of the place? The objective is to elaborate a project requalifying the area, giving a new use to the House of Stone and inserting new buildings. The project will cover architectural intervention and its changes in the landscape and the building and the insertion of a new property, which has a harmonious relationship with the existing building. From the study of existing documentation, theoretical references, pertinent legislation, design references, preliminary study of space, planialtimetric survey, and the documentation of the experience, the work analyzes and proposes a preliminary project of a new building linked to the rehabilitation of a protected building (Stone House) altering its primitive use (engine room), now deactivated, and transforming into a museum restaurant. The work also seeks to define the importance of requalification and reuse as a means of preservation and valorization, as well as the influence of commercial activity aimed at tourism, responsible for income generation and feasibility of the rehabilitation and maintenance of the property in question.