Del espacio público planeado a los espacios públicos vivos y vividos: reflexión sobre la planificación de los espacios públicos en Bogotá

Abstract

Public space has an important role within the city. The way it has thought, planned and used by the inhabitants has a direct influence in the city from. This article presents the progress that has this as an academic research as a student from the master program on Urban and Regional Planning at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. In this article, starts by recognizing that cities have suffered significant transformations, that has led to problems such as segregation, privatization and fights in forms of uses. For such reason, it is acknowledged the necessity of rethink how public space in planned in cities. Taking Bogota as a case study, it is argued that there is a need to understand urban social practices in a deepest way, where planning should take a plural and multifunctional look when is talked about public spaces in cities.