Contribuciones para la construcción de la teoría sobre la ciudad latinoamericana

Abstract

Studies Latin American city have always been linked to theoretical and conceptual European models given the colonial legacy or patterns of American influence mainly the present study supports the idea that Latin American city has its own codes, although undeniably was developed under the physical support of the colonial city and its development had different influences, citizenship who was transformed from their customs, just as he did with the colonial art, he developed an "urban syncretism " . To understand the logic of the current Latin American city, we must study its genetic code, relying on archeology as a tool to extract the hallmarks that were transmitted in time from those pre-Columbian societies and go superimposing different historical periods morphologically transformed cities, extracting unique elements brought into relation with others, created new structures.