City Changer
For this post, I wanted to quickly share a very interesting initiative from UN Habitat: I encourage you to take a look! There are some quite interesting posts and projects on Continue reading
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Medellin, the most innovative city 2013
Around 2005, Medellín, begun to attract international eyes for its urban interventions on public space, public equipement and particularly, with regard to ‘slum upgrading (the city’s Metrocable system is one Continue reading
Medellin’s transformation :: a book
I wanted to share a very interesting link to a book edited by Gerard Martin on the transformation of Medellin. The book is in spanish, but it is quite graphic Continue reading
A good recap :: “The urban transformation of Medellin”
Following is a link a to good, quick article on Medellin’s transformation. It nicely resumes and simplifies the situation, as well as compliments the information already present in FAVELissues (on Continue reading
Summer Course :: Urbanismo Social, Medellin
[re]visiting low-income housing :: BUILDING LOCAL WORKSHOP [JUNE 2012]
In many developing countries, current low-income housing strategies prove to be not only inefficient but also unsustainable in their designs, material and construction choices, and are impeded by high costs Continue reading
Lecture at Parsons :: Vila Viva Favela Redesign, Belo Horizonte
Fernando Lara lectures at Parsons School of Design, discussing participatory budgeting strategies in Belo Horizonte, and recent projects in the Brazilian favelas. “Vila Viva Favela Redesign, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.” Claudius Pereira, chief executive of Continue reading
Link + Article :: Design for the Other 90% CITIES
Top: Children play on the Platform of Hope, above Gulshan Lake, Dhaka, Bangladesh. [Photo by Khondaker Hasibul Kabir] Bottom: A mural by community youth and artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn, Continue reading
Design with the Other 90%: CITIES
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum On view October 15 – January 9, 2012 Location: Main Gallery, United Nations Visitors Lobby The groundbreaking 2007 “Design for the Other 90%” exhibition has been Continue reading
Workshop in Medellin :: The Metrocable
Medellín will be hosting an international workshop at the National University Campus from the 12th to the 14th December 2011. The event, entitled “Governance, mobility and poverty reduction: Lessons from Continue reading
FORDFOUNDATION- The Just City
Marking its 75th anniversary, the Ford Foundation gathered civic leaders and policymakers, urban designers and entrepreneurs in order to explore how fairness, opportunity and equity could serve as defining features Continue reading
Informality: Re-Viewing Latin American Cities Friday-CRASSH Conference
I will be participating in the conference “Informality: Re-viewing Latin American Cities,” which will take place in Cambridge from the 18th to the 19th of February… here is some quick Continue reading
VII Bienal Iberoamericana de Arquitectura y Urbanismo_MEDELLIN
BIENAL WEBSITE October 11-14… click on the website link above!
Conference: Design and Informal Cities_Mumbai
CONFERENCE WEBSITE
“Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement”
Exhibition: MoMa PS1 Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement October 3, 2010–January 3, 2011 “This exhibition presents eleven architectural projects on five continents that respond to localized Continue reading
AA – NAi Design Workshop São Paulo :: 16 – 24 July 2010
In Sao Paulo I met a very interesting architect named Franklin Lee. He is originally from Sao Paulo but is now living and teaching at the AA in London (along Continue reading
