Palavras-chave
morfoespaço
crescimento em busca de estrutura
divisão do trabalho
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Resumo
O que distingue as cidades de outros assentamentos humanos? Este artigo investiga a criação das cidades através de uma abordagem que integra a teoria urbana e o conceito biológico de morfoespaço — o espaço das configurações possíveis. A morfogênese é conceituada como trajetórias do morfoespaço, onde configurações seriam experimentadas e progressivamente selecionadas com base em sua aptidão em dar suporte às interações de agentes. A hipótese é a de que as cidades emergiram como soluções a forças sociais e materiais potencialmente conflitantes: a necessidade crescente de densidade e mobilidade — mediadas pela emergência de propriedades como a permeabilidade e a informação espacial. Introduzimos uma nova medida de permeabilidade baseada na relação entre áreas construídas e livres e a profundidade de isovistas — e integramos essas propriedades na forma de um “cubo do morfoespaço” como espaço das configurações possíveis. Aplicamos o método a dezenas de configurações bidimensionais teóricas, assentamentos não urbanos e protourbanos e cidades contemporâneas. O morfoespaço proposto é capaz de distinguir entre essas configurações e localizar uma região específica para as cidades, as quais exibem assinaturas particulares de densidade, permeabilidade e informação. Esses resultados sustentam a proposição de que as cidades evoluem como soluções que intensificam ao mesmo tempo em que equilibram propriedades espaciais fundamentais, permitindo-lhes assim suportar funções sociais complexas.
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