Patrimônio industrial em exposição: proposta arquitetônica para realocação do Memorial Gazola

Abstract

The aim of this study is the creation of an architectural project to relocate the Gazola Memorial to an old industrial building where the metallurgy’s munitions plant used to operate in the 1940’s. To this end, this study aims to provide theoretical and technical support for the design decisions of the new memorial. The Gazola Memorial consists of a collection of objects and documents produced by the company throughout its existence. Currently, this collection is housed in an old warehouse located in the industrial park that belonged to the company. This research falls under the History and Memory theoretical field and the focus will be the Memorial project seem under the Place of Memory concept, proposed by the historian Pierre Nora. Memory can be evoked by heritage, and therefore heritage is a memory dimension. In Caxias do Sul, industrialization had an important role in building a cultural legacy, and this legacy is present through its heritage, which contributes to the questioning of a local identity. The Gazola Mettalurgic was an important company in the industrialization scenario of Caxias do Sul. It was from the munitions manufacturing for the Rio Grande do Sul Army, during the Getúlio Vargas’ Interim Government, that the company opened its doors to manufacture pieces and munitions used in the Second World War; period that was declared of military interest. The product of this study will be the architectural project to accommodate the Memorial to the new space and, therefore, I bring the look of architecture and museography in order to define an architectural briefing and an expographic proposal to its collection.