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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Connecting the mountain to the city

Some years ago, when I lived in Bogotá, one of my favorite plans was to hike the mountains near the Continue reading →

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 Continue reading →

Favela Tourism:: Rocinha

“Don’t Be a Tourist, Be a Local” This is the slogan for Exotic Tours, a tourism company specializing in tours Continue reading →

MEDELLIN: “Social Urbanism”

Trying to clean up its past associations and scars received during the 1980s as “the world’s cocaine capital,” Medellín has Continue reading →