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Urbanism and the urban in the Bogotá transformation. Expert discourse and a word from the residents

No. 11 (2012-12-01)
  • Camilo Andrés Cifuentes Quin
    1Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña camilo.andres.cifuentes@estudiant.upc.edu Arquitecto egresado de la Universidad de los Andes. Titular de un DEA Ambiances Architecturales et Urbaines (Laboratorio Cresson). Actualmente es estudiante del Doctorado en Arquitectura en la ETSAB-Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña y profesor asociado del Máster Architectures et Cultures Sensibles de L’environement, en la Ecole National Superieure d’architecture de Grenoble
  • Sandra Fiori
    2Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Lyon-Laboratorio Cresson sandra.fiori@club-internet.fr Urbanista. Doctora en Arquitectura, école Polytechnique de L’Université de Nantes, y etnóloga. Profesora en la école Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Lyon e investigadora en el Laboratorio Cresson
https://doi.org/10.18389/dearq11.2012.14

Abstract

One of the most visible aspects of the recent transformations of Bogotá has been the building and renovation of public spaces. This research project aims to understand the objective causes of the change, the models that have guided development in Bogotá and includes a study of residents’ experiences. This knowledge, compared with the observation of emerging dynamics in some renovated areas, allows us to witness that the residents have, for the large part, adopted the official discourses. It does not however, impede the observing of disagreements and arguments. This exercise allows lessons to be learned from the Bogotá case, particularly with respect to the guarantees required to assure an adequate balance between urban transformation and local development.

Keywords: Bogotá, urban development, public space, expert discourse, urban narratives