El espacio público: construcción y apropiación desde la informalidad

Abstract

The definition and construction of collective spaces in informal settlements arise from the need by the population of generating facilities and meeting place. So, common areas and inner cities have developed atypical and alternates to institutional planning process so because while there , were not designed under the parameters of urban design; on the contrary , they have been gestated from the dynamics of the occupants who build collective spaces in the first instance , and then by frequent use promote community ownership. From the foregoing, it is intended to show how it is the public space is generated in such settlements considering informality in Latin America is a common process.