Lessons on the Margins of UN Habitat III

When I asked Dr George Handley for permission to share his story from UN Habitat III, he was reluctant at Continue reading →

VILLAS + THE STORY OF THE CITY

An application of Jean Baudrillard’s simulacra for the analysis of the power dynamics between formal and informal GUEST POST by Continue reading →

Kick starting 2016 with villas

Happy new year FAVELissues readers! To jump start the 2016 posting series, I will begin with a short documentary on Continue reading →

Radical Cities / Radical Changes

Radical Cities / Radical Changes I just finished reading Justin McGuirk’s book Radical Cities. In it, the author describes some Continue reading →

Notes on the Potential of Teaching Spatial Practices in Informal Urbanisms

  In his 2004 article Fallacies in Architectural Culture, Professor Doug Kelbaugh suggested that there were at least seven fallacies Continue reading →

BEHIND THE URBAN FRONTIER [documentary]

“Exploring the concept of modern urban metropolises through the clandestine world of marginal cities and their struggle for equal rights Continue reading →

Edges, Patches, and Street Vendors

  With today’s post, I am diverging a bit and beginning with a focus on street vending in Los Angeles, Continue reading →

Favela and Futebol VI: its not only about winning

June of 1982.  The Seleção directed by Tele Santana enchanted the world with their beautiful soccer. I clearly remember the Continue reading →