The Help-Yourself City

I am reading a really interesting book by Gordon Douglas: “The Help-Yourself City: Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism .“ Continue reading →

AICA, the workshop

Post by Silvia Soonets Few weeks ago I was invited, along with other professionals with experience in informal settlements, young Continue reading →

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 →

Museotopías del barrio

Del Museo Natural Bello al Museo Viviente Guest post by Gerardo Zavarce Mayra (Cayita) Bello es una mujer que vive 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 →

Revisiting Torre David [UTT’s Alfredo Brillembourg]- Screening + Conversation [@ DC]

For those of you who are in or around the US Capital city- Washington DC- I will be moderating a Continue reading →

Inside the limit

Post by Silvia Soonets The highway between the informal settlement of Petare and the formal one “La Urbina”, in Caracas, Continue reading →

Urban Growth Pains

Post by Marines Pocaterra In formation of cities the upgrade process to improve infrastructure happened in several generations thus consolidating Continue reading →