08 MAKINGSPACEFORDEMOCRACY

A coordinated public space for demonstration and memory in Lima.

Scale: 4200 linear m Type: individual / thesis Date: 2022 - 2023 (in progress)

In recent years there has been a sustained spike in demonstrations around the world. In cities, demonstrations take different forms, but protesters always aim to occupy, disrupt, and make themselves seen and heard as means to show resistance.

This thesis explores the way civic expression takes public space as a material and immaterial resource to decrease the distance between government and citizens in the Historic Centre of Lima in Peru, a contested site where heritage buildings, power institutions and growing social discontent coexist.

By creating a coordinated public space that formalizes the