Elementos de la identidad en el espacio público: la experiencia de Patio Bonito, un barrio sin proyecto

Abstract

The public space developed in popular architecture has different characteristics that make it singular among the many others that can be seen in a metropolis like Bogota. The dimension of the street, the quantity and quality of the urban lacks or the modification of the heights of the houses are some of the premises with which it usually appears in the analysis of what the inhabitants built in this type of neighborhoods. However, in Patio Bonito, to these initial premises it is necessary to add another type of elements that complement and transform the public (the facades decoration, the extension of the low floors, the appearance of artifacts of commerce and ambulant transport) that has a direct incidence in the formation of the everyday. In this way, it is sought to analyze all the elements that grant identity to the neighborhood and that characterize it of many others existing with similar characteristics.