Transformaciones urbanas en enclaves comerciales emergentes en las metrópolis de Bogotá y Buenos Aires

Abstract

The recent transformation processes that have been generated in lathe of large shopping centres of Bogotá and Buenos Aires metropolis shed light on a series of functional synergies and urban hybrids that are the central subject of this research. On the assumption that these changes are the result of the interaction between a commercial formula "predesigned" according to retail strategies and homogenizer’s market principles, and an urban space with specific social and physical characters, the various processes and spatial configurations that take place in some representative commercial enclaves are discussed. In addition, we experiment with new - or renovated - reading and proposal graphics devices (nolli, exploded axonometric, photomontage). From them it is comparatively reflected on the "porosity" of urban fabric and the collective spaces system, typological "inward" mall transformations and the processes and functional hybrids that operate at their edges.