Diseño urbano ambiental de la ronda del río Tunjuelito a la altura del barrio Islandia

Abstract

The environmental damage and public spaces deficit produced by the no formal housing development, issues to treat. The environmental urban design of the Tunjuelo river’s riparian buffer zone located in the neighborhood Islandia in the district of Bosa, based in previous studies pretends to comprehend the cause of the issues above, its antecedents and people involved; based in a historical, social, cultural and physical analysis of the sector by finding its strengths and weaknesses which will show the current status of river’s edge in order to generate the corrective diagnosis. The decision to work on the Tunjuelo river’s riparian buffer zone in this specific area was made based on the necessity of stopping the progressive deterioration suffered by this since the middle XX century, due to the inappropriate residential wastes treatment as well as industrial, which has intensified environmental and social problems in the zone, becoming itself in a focus of insecurity undesirable for people. In addition and based in the studies made, it will be generated some basic guidelines which will be the starting point of this design, taking advantage of the identified strengths, enhancing the appearance of the factual territory, improving the spatial quality of the riparian buffer zone as well as respecting the environmental urban laws and generating nice paths and spaces for habitants and pedestrians, pointing to increase the Green zones and public spaces of the area and reducing the current deficit of public spaces.