New Metro Cable in Caracas

Today we had the oportunity of visiting the recently open Metro Cable in Caracas, in Mariches, Petare. It has some very good features, others not so much… As a quick Continue reading →

Revisiting Complexo do Alemão

The author revisits 13 conjoined favelas, known as Complexo do Alemão, after one year to see how ‘favela integration’ projects are progressing. Last week I had the opportunity to attend 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 →

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 →

Metrocable :: Medellin + Caracas

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 →