Productive organization in MAPU de Chiclayo: A proposal for its socioeconomic development

Abstract

This research focuses on the Urban Pre-Hispanic Archaeological Monuments (MAPUs) in the district of Chiclayo, Peru, which face problems of degradation and loss of their social, cultural and economic function due to the expansion and saturation of urban occupation. Inspired by the Inca road Qapaq Ñam, hodology is used as an approach to study the MAPUs and their influence on human behavior. Through the use of fractal geometrization and triangulations, traditional spaces are connected with current opportunities for socioeconomic, cultural and ecological development. The project strategy aims to transform inactive MAPUs into active hodological spaces. To achieve this, it is proposed to enhance current uses, creating mixed-use and specific-use corridors that promote continuity and diversity in the use of the streets, taking advantage of existing infrastructure and productive resources. A pilot project is being implemented in the César Vallejo MAPU, reinventing itself as a strategic point of transformation for the city through its temporary collective use, allowing the management of locally rooted projects with a global vision. Chiclayo requires open strategies instead of massive urban projects, promoting a productive landscape, in uninhabited territories, capable of generating energy, food, goods and knowledge on multiple scales. The MAPUs thus become active public spaces that improve social relations and merge agriculture, architecture and infrastructure, with community participation and programmatic mutations. This redefinition seeks to establish a productive identity in natural-artificial groupings and to adopt urban-rural approaches for sustainable and equitable development in the region.