41 Introduction The right to the city emerged as a solution to resolve the contradiction of modern space: tension between space use value (social use of space) and exchange value (commercial use of space)1. The concept of the right to the city appeared in the 60’s when social space has been subordinated to economic processes in Western societies2. An urban revolution was expected to create more human/social adapted codes of space, but this revolution never evolved after May 1968. The way communities practice space follows a noncapitalistic logic. The recognition of these logics as a principle of organisation of space is still extremely pertinent. However, this Theory didn’t take into account the fact that codes of space can be instrumentalised to legitimate exploitation of space by the community itself. 1 Use-value and exchange-value are concepts from Marxist Theory. Marx defined a product use-value in relation to the characteristics that enable it to satisfy a human need. Exchange-value is the monetary-prize related to a product. Lefebvre applied these concepts to modern space, suggesting that capitalism can take over space as a use-value and transform it into a commodity-like object by creating an exchange-value. 2 Henri Lefebvre (2009 original in 1960), “Le droit à la ville”, Anthropos, Paris. Lila Oriard Colin PhD candidate at the University College London, Development Planning Unit of the Bartlet School of Architecture working on “Adaptive production of space” using the study case of the Mexico City Centre, North Sector area (2008-2013). Mphil at the Institute of Urbanism of Paris (2007). Msc at the Institute of Architecture of Venice (2004). Internship at unesco Kathmandu working on the state of conservation of traditional houses in World Heritage Site of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal (2004-2005). Architect hons. of the Institute of Technology and higher Education Studies of Monterrey, Mexico City (1997-2002). Working as Architect and project manager in Oger-Romer Architecture studio in Paris, specialised in master planning projects (2007-up to date). The right to the city and the exchange value of space: Learning from the Tepito experience
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