La identidad social urbana como criterio de análisis de las transformaciones físicas del parque Marceliano Vélez Barreneche de Envigado

Abstract

Taking into account the physical changes that have been massively generated in the founding parks of Antioquia, it is pertinent to ask: what has happened to the urban social identity? according to the theorists cited in this research, urban space is a social product determined by symbolic interaction and with meanings elaborated in community; it is to this extent that architects must recognize meanings as an important part of project planning to favor the appropriation of communities to certain urban environments. After that been said, the park Marceliano Vélez Barreneche in the municipality of Envigado is addressed as a case of study, where it is intended to make a reading of the physical transformations to which it has been subjected throughout history, through the concept of Urban Social Identity, to recognize the identity features that have shaped its urban structure in the timeline. On the other hand, it seeks to determine the impact that the last physical-spatial transformation had on the community. In the development of the research, a systematic review of the archive is carried out and qualitative and quantitative tools are applied as a means of obtaining information, all the data found are analyzed through the reading criteria of the urban-architectural space from the approach of urban social identity.