Between private and public Transformation of the notion of common spaces in the city of Cali. =

Urban transformations are processes that are part of the dynamics of urbanism. The processes of progressive transformation of the different urban configurations expand the ways of using urban spaces. However, these different interactions, phenomena, and subsequent forms of appropriation of spaces by citizens, evidence various representations where the current idea and generalized definition of the so-called public space, ignores some characteristics, special social dynamics, and attributes of urban surfaces. Cali is a Colombian city, in which these urban processes are evidenced in each context, in this way, the tradition of the city cannot be read under the same idea of public space in a current context and the process of development. Faced with this issue, it is necessary to question: What is meant by public space in Cali? What is meant by public space in the traditional context and the context of expansion? Is the public space conceived in the traditional context the same as the expanding context? is the idea or concept of public space applied in the city adequate? This research answers these questions from various contrasts and forms of definition in which the notion of the problem posed, taking into account morphological and typological characteristics of a traditional urban cut and a current urban cut of the city of Cali, are the axis for reflections.