On The Architecture of Recent Urban Interventions [In Informal Settlements]

Named by the Urban Land Institute as the Most Innovative city of 2013 and hosting the UN Habitat’s World Urban Continue reading →

WUF + break

Dear readers, This will be the last post of the summer- we will continue with our posting schedule come September. Continue reading →

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 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. 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 Continue reading →

Summer Course :: Urbanismo Social, Medellin

http://www.eafit.edu.co/escueladeverano/cursos/Paginas/modelo-medellin-urbam.asp   

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 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 →