Allegri, Alessia2013Allegri , A 2013 , ' Lisbon Shopping Scape - The urban dimension of the Lisbon commercial spaces. 1970-2010 ' , Revista Lusófona de Arquitectura e Educação .1646-6756Revista Lusófona de Arquitectura e EducaçãoThis is a study of commercial spaces, focusing on the exploration of the existing relationship between the urban shapes and the design of commercial spaces. The planning of commercial activities cannot limit itself to purely economic and management dimensions, but should be central to any debate on the city. This inquiry contributes to illuminate the mechanisms of production of city and commercial systems that can be either mutually reinforcing or mutually negating. Our interpretation of the relationship between the commercial spaces and the city is based on the taxonomic study of commercial models that characterised Lisbon from 1970 to 2010. This analysis of its recent commercial history has led to the definition of three macro-categories of commercial systems that illustrate three types of relationships between the city and its commercial dimension: symbiotic, commensal, and parasitic.application/pdfengopenAccessARQUITETURASUPERFÍCIES COMERCIAISESPAÇO PÚBLICOCOMÉRCIO RETALHISTAURBANISMOLISBOAARCHITECTURECOMMERCIAL SURFACESPUBLIC SPACERETAIL TRADEURBANISMLISBONarticle