This research aims to contribute to the investigation of patterns of space appropriation. Aimed at the dynamics between users and the built environment, due to its importance in the process of urban activation and re-signification of spaces. In this work, I expose the discussion on the relationship between memory, appropriation and construction of place, having as a case study the lows of Prefeito Negrão de Lima and Silas de Oliveira viaducts, both in the neighborhood of Madureira. Fruits of the incompatibility between the process of elaboration of mobility projects in the city of Rio de Janeiro and the local dynamics, acting as a fragmenting agent of the space, because at the same time that it has the function of connecting different points in the city, it generates throughout its I walk through countless residual spaces that result in a disintegration of the urban fabric. The objective of this research is to investigate to what extent these appropriate spaces, their physical elements and the activities carried out contribute to the consolidation of space as a representation of a social group, in the articulation and cohesion between the different areas of the surroundings. Issues related to informal activities present in these spaces and the understanding of how such dynamics take place will also be worked on, in order to understand the process of converting a space into Place. The relevance of the research lies in the urban analysis that understands urban space from a more human component and scale and the consequent appropriation of spaces as a strategy during the process of urban activation. In addition, the research aims to elaborate analysis categories based on the case study and use them in Parque Madureira, with the intention of helping in the general understanding of the area, in order to motivate the subversion of other spaces in the city.