Urban Pictorial Expressions: Urban Landscape and Spatial Configuration in Iztacalco

Abstract

This essay focuses on the pictorial practices located in the urban landscape of Iztacalco. Through geographic information system software, the research seeks to find patterns in the location or in relationships established by proximities between educational buildings, the public space or public transit network and the presence of pictorial practices on buildings' walls, while, at the same time, keeping track of the acceptance, familiarity and tolerance expressed by the local population towards this type of practices.