Type and typology of Amazon stilt house in Afuá

Abstract

The Amazonian stilt of the city of Afuá (PA) is approached as a resistance to the extinction of the riverside cultural tradition. It is proposed a typological analysis by type and typology, based on topological and geometric aspects, respectively. The joint analysis of the type and typology operatively contributes to the analysis and proposition associated to the experience and the appearance of the spaces, providing a better understanding of the adaptation and well being of the inhabitants of the region. The results show a peculiar way of production and appropriation of space with the manifestation of local values ​​of the built environment described by the type in the proximity to the river and the forest, in the continuity between private stowage, balcony, house, yard, etc .; and in the succession with the presence of spaces of transition between the public stow and the house, as well as described by the typology, confirming the volumetry, the proportions between the parts and the whole, besides the prominence of elements such as gables, access gates and elements of facade. The typological analysis presented approximates intellectual and popular knowledge and provides categories of analysis that allow identifying non - traditional design constraints for the production of environments more compatible with the Amazonian life, strengthening the professional codes of architecture.