Cities That Matter

The title is a play on Judith Butler’s book Bodies That Matter. In it, she expands her theory of gender Continue reading →

CCScity450

CCScity450 Communities is a project that results from a research led by Professors Aliz Mena and Franco Micucci of the Continue reading →

Entrepreneurship in Petare: El Encantado

Antonio Moreno, young Petareño, known by everyone in “El Encantado”, South Petare as the son of Micheal Jackson, was offered the seed Continue reading →

(In)Formality: beyond the plans

Every city around the globe faces questions of horizontal expansion at one time or another in its life – when Continue reading →

What are the “issues” with favelas?

Just like the name of this blog site suggest: favelissues, favelas are “issues” to be taken care of, that need everyone’s attention Continue reading →

SOCIAL HOUSING/ MEXICO (article)

Caption image above: Unidad Independencia post-earthquake housing, Mexico; source: Architectural Review For this post, I wanted to share this article Continue reading →

Slums: technologies of governance

Cities are understood to be bounded spaces of urban infrastructure inside a bordered national territory, however, in an ever-increasing integrated global Continue reading →

The Shift and The Push – how will all be housed?

THE SHIFT Last spring The municipality of Malmö signed up to The Shift. The Shift was initiated by the UN Continue reading →