Tactical urbanism: claimed the participation and use of public spaces.

Abstract

Tactical urbanism is presented as a counter-hegemonic way of thinking and building public spaces in the city. (Brenner 2016, 9) "emerges in a context of governance crisis", in which citizens, organizations and urban groups mainly, seek answers celerity to problems of urban quality that have transcended for years and that every day deepen the spatial and social gaps. This paper study the concept of tactical urbanism, its possible theoretical support and the methodologies and tools that characterize it; present in a succinct manner some experiences of tactical operations in Latin American, with the aim of visualizing some of the interpretations that have been given to it with project approach, identifying common spatial qualities, methodologies and urban themes of approach, actors involved and design tools.

The microscale approach is conceptualized as the place where neighborhood identity and culture are sustained and nurtured, where encounters are generated and relationships are built; It is understood that there is a gap in the spatial approach structures from the urban plans in which the microscale should appear as a starting point for a networked, comprehensive, heterogeneous and larger-scale city construction. (Gehl 2010, 118) “Among all the issues that a planner must attend to, the most important is to pay attention to the small scale”. Tactical urbanism frequently acts on this microscale through processes that claim participation, the use of public space, and collective management processes.