Design como construção da memória através de dados históricos: um estudo de caso da Praça dos Mártires.

Abstract

This work explored the recovery of the memory of Praça dos Mártires, an important square in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará. The exploration was carried out through Information Design, using totems installed in the square as a resource. Bibliographic research and field research were used for theoretical grounding. The research used the design methodology of Bonsiepe (1984), complemented by the thesis of Pazmino (2015). Two totem models were developed with information about the Martyrs of the Confederation of the Equator and old images of Praça dos Mártires. The construction of a place's memory can have a broad spectrum, and this work explored it from a design perspective, thus demonstrating a vision of how this city can represent and highlight its memories.