Spatial reconfigurations: an Iberian-American cities study in comparative perspective - São Paulo and México City

Abstract

Contemporary cities present visible transformations, expressed in its landscapes, reconfigurations, new morphologies, uses and functions. Along of productive, social and technological changes occurred in 1980’s, the last two decades of XX century saw these transformation scenes linked to economic and cultural globalization. Iberian-American cities are included in the universe of examples that can be researched and analyzed scientifically. This article is a part of a major project, called “Paradigms for the study of Iberian-American cities in XXI century”, realized by School of Architecture and Urbanism, Mackenzie Presbyterian University. It is focused the universe of cases, in order to search a comparative perspective between São Paulo and Mexico City.