Disruptive Biotope: The Interstitial Space between Nature and Urbanism

Reátegui H.D.L. · Architecture Inspired by Nature: Experimenting Bionics (2023) · DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-33144-2_11

Resumen

Before the arrival of COVID-19 and the mandatory social isolation, the citizens of Lima remembered the existence of that place of collective enjoyment; however, others are witnesses of a positive change in water resources that allows the development of mutualistic interactions of flora and fauna present in the city of Lima. We are referring to the Rímac River along its banks, one of the three most important rivers that the city has, with a length of 140 km from the heights of Ticlio (4818 m above sea level) to the sea outlet, considered in this study as that interstice that generated recreational spaces on its banks and was a source of inspiration for locals and foreigners, capturing those scenarios in works of art, poetry, and lyrics. It continues to be the main source of surface water and the most important aquifer of the Peruvian capital. The Rímac River was considered as an object of analysis in the city of Lima and the principle of explanatory research, based on a case study, being a useful method for the understanding of what is explained. The result of the study was that the reduction of human activity in the pandemic has had several impacts on nature showing us a different ecosystem (biotope + biocenosis) in the Rímac River and a health education along with a civic conscience, through balance and interaction: individual-nature- society; a continuous and erroneous administration of the Rímac River that government political scenarios failed to consolidate through both environmental and urban-architectural recovery projects. Environmental liabilities will continue to increase if we continue to make this natural interstice a place for solid waste, industrial and domestic wastewater drainage, tailings derived from nearby mines and factories, leading to increased pollution and making the interstitial space, for many years, the most polluted place in Peru. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023, Corrected Publication 2023.

Instituciones: Universidad César Vallejo