2011 Leftovers :: Floods + Stairs – Part 1
With the New Year picking up speed and the passed year quickly dissolving in our memory, I want to take this opportunity to recap on a couple of remnants from Continue reading
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FAVELA CHIC :: Aerial Cable Cars & Gondolas
The upgrading of ‘slums’ in Latin American cities attracts the global eye. Although governments, planners and architects have long intervened in informal settlements -or favelas- it is only recently that Continue reading
Resistance to Rio’s Celebrated Gondolas, Fetishizing the Teleferico
Why would local residents rally against major investments in transport infrastructure meant to increase mobility within the favela when the press are acclaiming the very same projects? I’m not Continue reading
