Ciudad, espacio público y hábitat intergeneracional

Abstract

The aging of advanced societies is a fact. Intergenerational programs are a step forward to improve age gaps and social cohesion. Architecture and urbanism, faithful to their social commitment, can make valuable proposals from their respective disciplines. Among these proposals, public space remains valid as classic urban resource of integration between different groups. Moreover, the new intergenerational architecture promotes programmatic fusion and social interaction. As consolidated case study, the Plaza de America's experience in Alicante, Spain, represents an example of combination between social architecture and public space with urban sense. In conclusion, homogeneous habitational proposals and segregated urban models can cause social isolation. Social policies must go to combined initiatives between architecture and public space such as the exposed here, example of social cohesion and city development.