El mercado público de san francisco como catalizador urbano y su papel en el desarrollo urbano del municipio de Bucaramanga

Abstract

The aim of this degree project is to analyze the relationship of public market of San Francisco with its influence area in Bucaramanga. Identifying the incidence that generates on the development of the urban territory and the modifications in the different variables quantifiable and qualified (uses, heights, states, perceived quality of the public spaces.) and a multi-temporal analysis of urban codes and land use plans. With the purpose of generating a reading of the articulation between these equipment with its immediate context. In order to achieve this, it is proposed one analysis of its function based on its development as centrality from the “urban catalyst theory” (Attoe, 1992). For that purpose, it is established the problems, and potentials of the public market in their context by identifying the activities and the magnitude of their impacts in the urban territory. This project also allows the evaluation of the permanence of this equipment in the context of Bucaramanga city, the application of the concept of urban catalyst in the management of the public market and the development of guidelines to regulate the development of the area of influence.