摘要
The workshops built by the Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro in Jundiai can be considered among the most significant Brazilian railway assets, both for their aesthetic and deployment qualities, and for the industrial activities carried out on the premises, since their spaces preserve the memory of the work of generations of railway personnel who performed their various functions there between 1893--the year they opened, and 1990 when they were permanently decommissioned. This complex, during its almost 100 years of operation, has undergone significant modifications and enhancements mainly due to technological changes driven by the replacement of steam traction by electric traction, and then by diesel-electric traction. Despite this, the complex maintained an impressive architectural consistency. Unfortunately, most of the buildings of this complex are unused and in disrepair, being the target of invasions, vandalism and theft of materials that if not stopped will cause irreparable damage to its structure and to the local ambience. The question that appears most urgent, therefore, is to seek ways to repossess this group of workshops in order to meet the current demands of urban development without losing the characteristics which form its architectural and urban identity in a city in accelerated mutation.
