
São Vicente Ferrer Square

Architects | Alexandre Brasil e Carlos Alberto Maciel |
Collaborators | André Luiz Prado |
Location | Formiga, MG, Brasil |
Area | 5.019 m² |
Project | 1997 |
Construction | 1999 |
Photos | Jacques Tinoco Rios |
The urban design of the São Vicente Ferrer Square has as a starting point the main existing elements – the perimetral trees, the Church, and the linearity of the two small squares behind it – in order to define the main interventions that structure the it: the axis that recovers the importance of the atrium of the church; the round dry space for events in a central area of the square; platforms under the trees, improving the use of the areas under the tree canopy while redesigning its topography; and the ‘rambla’ as a pedestrian walkway articulating the longitudinal squares [not built] and the main space.