The ‘faveliza-tion’ question

[1] If the favelas are considered the nodes between megacities and secondary cities, Could they be the key pieces to Continue reading →

Peripheral Dis ruptions: A Trans-local Look to Marginal Architecture

  [Guest Post by Daniel Torrego Gómez] [1] Urbanism. New epistemologies. Urban studies are going through a big controversy that threatens Continue reading →

Thinking about Favelas II:

[1] Most of the schools of architecture in Latin America have been considered theory as history, although, from this perspective, Continue reading →

BIUTIFUL FAVELA

<< Lo bello es feo y lo feo es bello…>>. Macbeth (primer acto). [1] Historia de la Belleza, es el Continue reading →

Favelas: The “Real” Modernity in Latin America?

All countries that constitute Latin America are developing countries; approximately 124 million of Latin American urban inhabitants live in poverty. Continue reading →

Favelas, the New Beginning

“The city may be dead”, Lefebvre seems to say, but “long live the city!”… David Harvey, Rebel Cities (2012) [1] Continue reading →

Thinking about Favelas:

  [1] The idea of architecture is not static but changeable, and therefore, a better way of understanding this, is Continue reading →

Redes geo-sociales: las favelas por dentro

[1] De acuerdo con Adrienne Rich el cuerpo representa la geografía más cercana, ese mismo cuerpo se extiende a geografías Continue reading →