Gondolas+cable cars+telesféricos

Image above: Medellín’ s Cable in the Comunas 1 and 2; source: Albeiro Lopera I wanted to share an article by 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 Continue reading →

Urban Cable Car, Barrio San Agustín

Urban Cable Car, Barrio San Agustín The Barrio of San Agustín is one of the most centrally located and connected Continue reading →

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 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 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. Continue reading →

Olympics revisited – Rio’s Morro da Providencia

For this next post, I want to revisit the oldest favela in Rio de Janeiro- Morro da Providencia- a favela Continue reading →

The Parking Effect

Post by Marines Pocaterra How does parking affect cities? One of the main themes of this blog is the physical, Continue reading →

ARCHITECTURE: Designers as Social Agents [looking at TECHO as an alternative design approach]

[Guest Post by Tal Sustiel] As an Israeli-Jewish architect living in one of the most conflicted and disputed geopolitical territories, Continue reading →

Favelas of Complexo do Alemão big tourist attraction, supposedly, thanks to gondola transport system…

Favela tourism is here to stay; and despite widespread ethical concerns, it’s booming business. Accordingto recent numbers collected by SuperVia, Continue reading →

How to market ideology

Post by Marines Pocaterra The urban fabric densifies constantly increasing the accessibility requirements. Focusing on self-constructed urban tissue (favelas or 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 Continue reading →

New Socio-Spatial Relationships Produced Through Urban Occupations, ‘Informalizing’ the City

Temporary informalization of urban space in global cities can radically alter interaction between urban citizens. Can we draw parallels between informal housing 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 Continue reading →

“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 Continue reading →

Boundary workers: a foot in every sector and our fingers in many pies

  When Akbar Modan and I moved to Malmö / Sweden some years back we landed in yet another city Continue reading →

Arquitectura sensorial, la dimensión de la percepción

Según estudios realizados por el instituto Max Planck de psicolinguistica titulado “Los verbos referentes a la vista predominan en las Continue reading →

Sueño de una noche de verano

“El simulacro nunca es el que esconde la verdad – es la verdad la que esconde el hecho de que Continue reading →

Regeneración espontanea

Tal y como Aristóteles teorizo sobre la generación espontanea determinando que un “principio activo” en la materia puede originar vida Continue reading →

Competition Ideas for famous slum in Mumbai

This month November 2014, the results of a very peculiar competition should be published “Reinventing Dharavi, an International Ideas Competition”. Continue reading →