This article addresses the issue of urban land occupation patterns from their definitions from the management and planning that are grouped into a categorical network, which allows concentrating them on five major groups: land, infrastructure, zoning, construction and integrals. To contextualize this network, the research addresses the context of approximation in the dimensions of Latin America, Colombia, Bogota, and, finally, the case study: the city locality of Chapinero. The categorical network of patterns is a tool for characterization of the locality, as a result, exposes Chapinero in nine areas identified by the peculiarity and the dynamics of the patterns.