EASEMENTS AND RESIDUAL SPACES FOR PUBLIC RECREATIONAL USE. Case study human settlement Cooperativa San Francisco Guayaquil, Ecuador

Abstract

The public space in the city is the support of its urban structure and spatial organizer, whose presence allows the articulation at a physical-functional level; conceptually it defines the symbolic and interpretative; it is the place of social representation, the basis for the recognition of memory and identity. In the informality of human settlements, most of them are discarded areas from the process of illegal land occupation, which initially serve as access and are later destined as roads, therefore, the possibility of having recreational spaces is almost nil, in this scenario, an element present in most occupations is addressed, such as easements or residual spaces. The objective of this study is to formulate physical-spatial strategies for the generation of public spaces, essential components for the social interaction of its inhabitants in the post-COVID world.

Keywords: city, public space, human settlement, residual space.