Intervenção no Palácio da Abolição em Fortaleza: flexibilidade e permanência

Abstract

This work analyses the rehabilitation and restoration project of Palácio da Abolição in Fortaleza, the executive headquarter of the State Government of Ceará. Initially proposed as residence for the Governor, the building is part of an important set of architectonic modernist buildings of the city, built in 1970 and designed by the architect Sérgio Bernardes. The intervention, proposed in 2011, aimed to identify and preserve the main characteristics of the original project. Through the analysis of the principles of flexibility in Bernardes approach, the work raises a discussion about how these principles, so present in Modern Architecture, can still contribute in interventions on the buildings from this period. In the specific case of administrative public buildings, such as Palácio da Abolição, it is even mote important to use this attributes of structural permanency and durability and flexibility and adaptability in its uses and functions through time, considering that they are constantly going through reforms and interventions. By analyzing the intervention on Palácio da Abolição, it is possible to contribute to the discussion of the criteria to preserve similar buildings and, therefore, to the valorization of its architectonic, historic and cultural legacy.