Abstract

REYES-GUARNIZO, Andrea Bibiana. Understanding the territory for the construction of appropriation and identity in the Municipality of Soacha. Rev. Arquit. (Bogotá) [online]. 2020, vol.22, n.1, pp.44-57. ISSN 1657-0308.  https://doi.org/10.14718/revarq.2020.2651.

The demographic growth of the municipality of Soacha (Colombia) generates an urban and ecological impact that leads to a decrease in the sense of belonging and roots among its inhabitants. Therefore, it was sought to identify the perceptions that the different actors involved had about the municipality. This research had a qualitative approach, where the National Development Plans (PND, for its Spanish acronym) between I970 and 2012 were analyzed, in the light of urban growth, historical characteristics and government policies. Surveys and social mapping exercises were applied, which evidenced the contrasts between the perceptions of the inhabitants about the municipality, characterized by indifference towards the public sphere and aggressiveness towards the environment. The project worked with a focus group through a territory recognition strategy. The result allowed to analyze how the construction of the territory depends on the interaction of social groups with the physical environment. In this way appropriation relationships that enhance identity traits are built, and this is essential to foster a change in the perception of those groups about the municipality and arouse interest in continuing to recognize the territory.

Keywords : Urban growth; urban development; urban imaginary; urban perception; public politics; urban segregation.

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