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ESPACIO

PUBLICO ESPACIO SOCIAL ESPACIO PUBLICO ESPACIO SOCIAL ESPACIO PUBLICO ESPACIO SOCIAL ESPACIO PUBLICO ESPACIO SOCIAL

PUBLIC SPACE AND PEOPLE

Daily experience in public spaces

Socio-spatial aspects of public space in the central city

Func2ons & Uses of Public Space


Public spaces in city centres

From public space to social place

Daily experience in public spaces

Places
A place is somewhere where iden22es, social rela2ons and history can be read. A non-place is somewhere where this reading is not possible.
(Marc Aug)

Non-places
Spaces of circula7on: highways, airports, train and bus sta2ons Consump7on spaces: malls, hoteland restaurant chains, parkings, etc. Inert spaces: Inters2cial and liminal, such as empty plots, spaces between infrastructures.

Su diseo y mantenimiento ecaz 2ene un impacto no solo sobre los conictos que se puedan generar en el propio espacio (sntomas) sino sobre sus causas.

Some previous thoughts about public spaces Func2ons of public spaces: Socializa2on, social interac2on, leisure & recrea2on Spaces of mul2dimensional reali2es: social, cultural, urban, arquitectural,
Environmental and tecnological The estate of public spaces gives us informa2on about the dynamics of the popula2on that use them and the conicts and poten2als that it might contain. Its design and management has an impact not only over the conicts that might take place there (symptoms) but over their real causes. A healthy public space: used, valued, dynamic, safe is a sustainable public space.

Socio-spatial aspects of public space in the central city

Public space oXen embeds in the neighbourhood realm How are these public spaces perceived from dierent urban segments and scales? Metropolitan areas City District Neighbourhood.
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Metropolitan area

City

Los espacios pblicos de la ciudad interior en relacin a la escala urbana

District neighbourhood

Public space

Other

Cerrar

Square

Park
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Metropolitan Area

New metropolitan centrali2es

Clonic ci2es and neighbourhoods Iden2cal centrali2esMalls Franchises and even facili2es Repeated iden22tes The references of urban iden2ty are oXen contained in the central city.

City
Symbolic relevance for metropolitan area residents Image of the citystatusicontheme park Concentra7on of cultural, administra7ve and leisure resources Landscape and iden7ty relevance for residents and foreigners Relevance as open space and daily interac7on for Residents.
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District Neighbourhood

Otros: Sta2ons Malls and surrondings Transporta2on

Public space

Non-places

Street

Square

Park

Other

PLACE
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