Transformació

Abstract

The Historic Centre of the city talks about how the site's history and its habitants. Is a complex space, where the population in certain way owns some part of space. In the historic center you can find different and contradictories functions, but now the public spaces have been transformed according to the needs of the community, different plans and manage of public policies, just to name a few factors. The public spaces of the Historic Centre have been transformed over time due the needs and problems to which it has faced. Particularly Historical Centre who are considered World Heritage challenge specific interests and problems, most of the times the transformation is linked to the tourism and commerce, forgetting the importance that mean for the city and its habitants. The designation of World Heritage to the Historic Centre has created problems in public spaces such as spatial fragmentation, fake space, new socio-spatial relations and exclusion of certain social groups. This document presents some concepts, studies and analysis of different public spaces in Historic Centre, aiming to reflect on the subject to draw conclusions that can generate topics of research or monitoring. Exemplifying and quoting the public spaces in a Historic Centre to a close environment, this paper mentions the zócalo of the Historic Center of Oaxaca City. This public space has been an important element in the Historic Center of Oaxaca City, it was a key part in the conception of the city and continues to be a part of the residents life and expressions of Oaxaca. Today, this public space is still a feature of the town site, its image has been used in promotion of tourism, generating an attractive location for visitors, also remains an important area of society. The zócalo has evolved over time and still remains part of the identity of the habitants.