The importance of public space as a catalyst for the development of cities, and the idea of university campuses like small cities within cities, are the main premises to start this research. This leads to the concept of university campus public space as a relevant factor for a better functioning of the university, and for the benefit of its students, teachers, and staff. However, like the urban public space, the university public space in many occasions does not have comprehensive planning for the development of all its potentialities. In Peru, the Ricardo Palma University is among the top 10 universities with the largest number of green areas on its campus. However, a comprehensive treatment of the university public space is not enough to maintain the green areas. It must be understood that the university public space also includes circulation spaces as well as living spaces. The sustai...

The public space in the university campus is a relevant factor for a better functioning of this type of infrastructure, in benefit of the university community. However, the university public space often does not have comprehensive planning to develop all its potential. It must be understood that university public space, including its green areas, has spaces such as circulation, meeting and other places produced by the new needs of its new users, which are constantly being renewed. Therefore, this investigation aims to analyze the changes applied in the use of potential university public spaces within the framework of the 21st century. The study is of the basic type, with a qualitative approach, with a comparative methodological analysis. The actions taken at Harvard University, the University of Berkeley and the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning of the Ricardo Palma University w...