Influencia de los parámetros de diseño en el éxito del espacio público. Hacia una reconversión de los procesos de proyecto pensando en las personas.

Abstract

Public Space is an urban element that let us observe, measure, count, analyze and get objective and specific answers. It is the symbol of the city; it is the basis of our socialization, because of that, we are working on it. Some urban design has had little influence on the day to day use that citizens make of it. Therefore, pinpointing the reasons and redesigning accordingly allows connection with the most direct beneficiaries: its citizens. This Research aims to know the influence of urban design on the success of public space, understanding as success a place in full use, full of activity, a social scene where people interact using it regularly and voluntarily. We propose a methodology where the military coastal city of Cartagena works as an urban laboratory, and we analyze the urban areas that have the same conditions and morphology and we compare them. We explore their social and urban context, as well as the people who live there, who are, of course, the protagonists. Results confirm that the design and structure of an old-town public space of a city like Cartagena have less influence than other contextual factors such as the urban, financial, social and historical. This demonstrates the need, from the discipline of architecture and urbanism, to listen more to the citizens because they are the "clients" of the spaces and it is necessary to revert the thought process of Urban spaces towards a design for people.