INHABIT THE AGRI(CULTURE) URBAN REQUALIFICATION IN THE PALOQUEMAO MARKET SQUARE THROUGH A MIXED-USE BUILDING + FARMING

According to the Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations (FAO), “Latin America is the breadbasket of the world and has food availability as if there were no other place on the planet.” Analyzing the importance that agriculture has had in Latin America throughout history and the condition of urban and social degradation that is currently in the territory, this work explores how, based on spaces that are culturally recognized by the population, such as the market places and through the close relationship they have with food, the development of a new concept of food production is proposed, which can be replicated in other Latin American cities and in turn produce as a consequence, the urban regeneration of an area, in this case in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. The main themes that this work evaluates are: urban agriculture, underutilization of spaces, public space, productive methods and education as a social transformer.