Recuperación del patrimonio arquitectónico y urbano en el centro histórico ampliado de Bogotá - caso de estudio La Plaza España y el BIC fábrica pastas El Gallo

Abstract

The urban and architectural heritage located in the urban center of Bogota city has gone through a series of transformations generated as a result of political, cultural, environmental and social events that over time have caused physical deterioration to the buildings, forgetting or lagging behind the historical importance they have for the city; this added to the modernization processes and the lack of appropriation by the communities causes an unfavorable atmosphere for these areas and impairs the experience and circulation in the public space. Taking into account the importance of the recovery of Cultural Interest Assets (BIC), the need to integrate them within the urban improvement works currently proposed by the District and the economic dynamics of these sectors, we intend to work on the concept of urban regeneration as a strategy for the improvement of a place in degradation, based on a proposal of articulation between the BIC and the immediate urban environment, attending to policies of improvement in the quality of the spaces, inclusion of welfare activities for the population and adaptation of the properties for their sustainability over time taking as an object of study the BIC Factory "Pastas El Gallo" as an industrial and historical reference for the commercial area and the "Plaza España" as a recently declared Sector of Cultural Interest (SIC) in the expanded historic center of the city.