Alameda 104: Integración del comercio informal a través de la recuperación del espacio público y el diseño arquitectónico

Abstract

In the Suba sector, the Transmilenio Station Portal de Suba was inaugurated in 2006, a portal that would become not only an important milestone for the town but would also a relevant node in Bogotá capital mobility. This event gives way to the development of commercial and social dynamics, which benefited the sector economically but at the same time caused troubles in other aspects. Informal street vending spots arouse because of the pedestrian flow caused by the transportation system, bringing about environmental problems, obstructions of pedestrian traffic. This project proposes the intervention of the public space in the affected area, with a design that contemplates important theoretical aspects regarding the space. These are the necessary and optional activities that are developed into the space, such as transiting, staying, trading and socializing. This, added to the analysis of pedestrian flows, gives us an idea of where is necessary to disperse or group people in the space, where is unnecessary, advisable or necessary to spatially rethink an area with a certain use (or several uses). All this, to improve local transportation and pedestrian experience as the main character of the city. Thus, improving people´s quality of life and their way of perceiving and using shared space.