Node and Place: spatial dilemmas around Transport Stations

Abstract This study analyzes spatial transformations at Station Areas in the city of São Paulo to further the debate on spatial dilemmas between Node and Place. Case studies of the Pinheiros and Faria Lima Station Areas analyze and discuss their spatial attributes based on Urban and Transport categories, both in the meso- and micro-scales. The study considers that there is an inherent ambivalence between Node and Place as a source of conflicts, but also an opportunity for urban (re) development and/or renewal. The results show that, despite extensive spatial transformations in the studied Station Areas, the ambivalences between Node and Place have not been overcome; rather, they were exacerbated.