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The mall as a public space: the Case of La Florida, Santiago

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La Florida, en Santiago de Chile, es un barrio de “clase media emergente” que ha crecido rápidamente durante los últimos años. Actualmente, es dentro del Mall donde sucede la mayor parte de la “vida pública”, recreación y ocio de los residentes de La Florida, quienes son particularmente atraídos por este espacio público de consumo. Este fenómeno se vuelve visible al comparar los [verdaderos] espacios públicos en La Florida—calles, veredas, plazas y parques—con el espacio público ficticio del mall. Dentro del Mall todo está limpio y lleno de vida, sin embargo, inmediatamente fuera del Mall, las calles de La Florida están deficientemente mantenidas y carecen de vida pública. Más aún, existen dinámicas de clase e identidad social detrás de este fenómeno. Este paper apunta a esbozar una teoría que responda la siguiente pregunta: ¿Por qué es el Mall el espacio [privado de uso] público más exitoso en La Florida? La Florida, in Santiago de Chile, is an “emergent middle class” neighborhood and is one of the fastest-densifying areas in Santiago. Currently, most “public life” and leisure time of La Florida’s citizens happens in the Mall. People of La Florida are deeply attracted to this public space of consumption. This phenomenon becomes visible when comparing the physical quality of the [actual] public spaces of the neighborhood—the streets, sidewalks, plazas and parks—with this fictitious public space: the privately owned streets of the mall. Inside the Mall, everything is clean and full of life. However, immediately outside the Mall, La Florida streets are in poor condition, and lack of public life. Moreover, there are certain class and social identity dynamics behind this phenomenon. This paper aims to outline a theory answering the following question: why is the mall the most successful [privately owned] public space in La Florida?
Departament d’Urbanisme i Ordenació del Territori. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Title: The mall as a public space: the Case of La Florida, Santiago
Description:
La Florida, en Santiago de Chile, es un barrio de “clase media emergente” que ha crecido rápidamente durante los últimos años.
Actualmente, es dentro del Mall donde sucede la mayor parte de la “vida pública”, recreación y ocio de los residentes de La Florida, quienes son particularmente atraídos por este espacio público de consumo.
Este fenómeno se vuelve visible al comparar los [verdaderos] espacios públicos en La Florida—calles, veredas, plazas y parques—con el espacio público ficticio del mall.
Dentro del Mall todo está limpio y lleno de vida, sin embargo, inmediatamente fuera del Mall, las calles de La Florida están deficientemente mantenidas y carecen de vida pública.
Más aún, existen dinámicas de clase e identidad social detrás de este fenómeno.
Este paper apunta a esbozar una teoría que responda la siguiente pregunta: ¿Por qué es el Mall el espacio [privado de uso] público más exitoso en La Florida? La Florida, in Santiago de Chile, is an “emergent middle class” neighborhood and is one of the fastest-densifying areas in Santiago.
Currently, most “public life” and leisure time of La Florida’s citizens happens in the Mall.
People of La Florida are deeply attracted to this public space of consumption.
This phenomenon becomes visible when comparing the physical quality of the [actual] public spaces of the neighborhood—the streets, sidewalks, plazas and parks—with this fictitious public space: the privately owned streets of the mall.
Inside the Mall, everything is clean and full of life.
However, immediately outside the Mall, La Florida streets are in poor condition, and lack of public life.
Moreover, there are certain class and social identity dynamics behind this phenomenon.
This paper aims to outline a theory answering the following question: why is the mall the most successful [privately owned] public space in La Florida?.

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