Shift in Venezuela?
Can we be optimistic? post by Silvia Soonets Last weeks have been really complicated in Venezuela. We have been protagonist of the news all around the world. The situation is Continue reading
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URBAN POLICY FOR DUMMIES
Post by Marines Pocaterra The urban policy has been so neglected in many countries, that it has become a mockery of urban planning. Sometimes based on rigid zoning restrictions that Continue reading
Parks from many, parks for all
Recently, the Espacio Foundation published a new book, Interventions in Public Spaces in Sucre Municipality” (Intervenciones de espacios públicos en barrios del municipio Sucre). The book documents a program set Continue reading
Urban development and social inclusion. The CAF award
Post by Silvia Soonets [Proyectos Arqui 5] on Caracas This week the CAF announced the results of the second international competition of Urban Development and Social Inclusion. I’m proud and Continue reading
Urban propositions before populations boom
Post by Marines Pocaterra[Proyectos Arqui 5] on Caracas Classical urban theory prescribed strict centralized planning, containment and land use control. It seems new trends are evolving within urban science. But Continue reading
Venice, and why we should be sad.
Post by Silvia Soonets [Proyectos Arqui 5] on Caracas Just yesterday the verdict of the jury in Venice was made public, and the discussion in Caracas went immediately bitter and Continue reading
Turning the upgrading program on
Post by Silvia Soonets [Proyectos Arqui 5] on Caracas The electoral year ( Venezuela has Presidential election in October 2012) bring new opportunities to rethink the housing policies, of course aiming Continue reading
Formal vs. Informal Does it mean anything?
Post by Silvia Soonets [Proyectos Arqui 5] on Caracas Adriana’s last post, More Definitions: Informality vs. Informalities, made me think, once more, about the meaning of informality. I’m not talking Continue reading
Worst Urban Practices
Post by Marines Pocaterra [Proyectos Arqui 5] The adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 was a landmark achievement for the international community. They constitute one of the Continue reading
Architeture vs. Politics: Is it possible for them to agree?
Post by Silvia Soonets [Proyectos Arqui 5] on Caracas Last year, a friend invited us to participate in a self-build housing program. It was then, that we heard, for the first time, Continue reading
The Urban Theater
Post by Marines Pocaterra [Proyectos Arqui 5] on Caracas We all agree that urban interventions should be positive social actions that focus their benefits on low-income urban dwellers. There is Continue reading
Falling in Love with the “Barrio,” the risk of toying with informality
Post by Silvia Soonets [Proyectos Arqui 5] on Caracas
ON YOUR MARK…GET SET…STOP!
Post by Marines Pocaterra [Proyectos Arqui 5] on Caracas ON YOUR MARK… The perception of urban informality as an incremental reality, not a temporary anomaly, became clear in the eighties. Continue reading
Going Backwards in Caracas
Intro Post by Silvia Soonets [Proyectos Arqui 5] In 1999 we started working on the improvement of our informal settlements, or barrios. The goal of the “Programa Nacional para la Continue reading
