Then, there was El Tepito …

The evening before visiting El Tepito, a neighborhood just a few blocks north of the Zocalo, to explore its ever-sprawling, six days a week street market, I was advised not 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 →

More Definitions :: Informality vs. Informalities

While reading some of the posts from last week, I couldn’t help but ask myself again ‘What is informality?’ The more I learn about the subject, the more difficult it 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 →