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
On January 28, The New Yorker published an article about Caracas under Hugo Chavez with the provocative title “Slumlord.” The author, journalist Jon Lee Anderson, has spent time with Chavez Continue reading
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
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
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
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
The title of this post is taken from a series of paintings by Jeff Gillette, a Southern-California-based mixed-media artist and painter. Gillette, in his artist’s statement, writes of his visits Continue reading
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
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
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
I’d like to take as my starting point the blog entries posted here by Proyectos Arqui5 about their experiences designing upgrading projects in barrios in Caracas, Venezuela. I’m struck by Continue reading
Post by Silvia Soonets [Proyectos Arqui 5] on Caracas
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
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
As the aerial cable car- or metrocable- is quickly gaining attention and traction, becoming one of the new paradigms in addressing urban informality, I wanted to share this short video of the 2 Continue reading
La Vega is one of the largest informal settlements in Caracas, holding a population of over 100,000 people. “San Rafael Unido” is a sector of La Vega is a small Continue reading
Urban Cable Car, Barrio San Agustín The Barrio of San Agustín is one of the most centrally located and connected barrios in Caracas. It sits next to the city center, Continue reading
Where are we today? In 1987, for the first time, the Ley Orgánica de Ordenación Urbanística, the equivalent of the zoning and planning law for the city, recognized the barrios Continue reading
Background A great majority of the urbanization in Venezuela took place due to the early oil exploitations. Towards the end of the XIX century, most early cities and camps were Continue reading
Caracas is capital to Venezuela, a country that has been famous for its petroleum and today, for its 11 yearlong president Hugo Chavez, and small name revamp to “República Bolivariana Continue reading
