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Manchester School of Architecture Manchester Metropolitan University [Student ID: 19010978] University of Manchester [Student ID: 10610482]
Self-production of Public Space in Leon, Mexico.
Mariana Camacho Gonzalez MMU:19010978 | UoM: 10610482 MA Architecture and Urbanism
August 2021.
Abstract.
Socio-economic disparities in Leon, Mexico can be perceived in the public spaces (PS) in different areas of the city. Appropriation is a concept that comprehends the interaction between users and a formal PS, however, it is not entirely clear when referring to an informal one.
This research is divided into two parts to prove that the lack of formal PS in marginalised areas of this city leads to compensate the situation with the production of space through the appropriation of non-formal PS. The first part consists of the quantitative morphological analysis of PS within two polygons, which are defined areas in the city; and the analysis of three typologies, or kinds, of PS found in each of them. The second includes an interview with one inhabitant in one of the polygons and a photograph of one of the PS within her neighbourhood. This to perceive it from their perspective, that leads to the quantitative study. The findings show that appropriation does happen as a response to the absence of formal PS.
It is made evident that appropriation is not only reflected in the morphological dimension of the spaces but in the social interactions as well. For this reason, some physical signs of appropriation do not express the entire situation, as some of them are initiated by social situations within the community.
