The impact of a public space "de-semantization": the Lacet Curve case in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais

Abstract

This article aims the public space de-semantization issue - the Lacet Curve, located in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This process develops from thelocal government interference, when it pulled away from there a soccer field, which was mainly used by a partof the society with a lower purchasing power.As a result, this place lost its social function. Since then, this fact has caused the local population commotion, leading all to discuss the city, the urban space and also the urban planning as adiscipline. The main goal of this article is precisely to understand as a problem the repercussion that this fact has caused in the society.