Upgrading informality. There is an ideal “dosage”?
Right now in Venezuela there isn’t any official upgrading policy, and the living conditions in our informal neighborhoods are worse Continue reading
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urban informality + urban development
But! What about me?
Next year the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child becomes law in Sweden, this gives each child the right Continue reading
30 veces FAVELA. 1-15
Esta es la historia de un hipertexto: Comencé a “postear” en 2014, desde entonces he dicho FAVELA como quien dice Continue reading
A Manifesto for XinWu Village
Figure 1 Collective masterplan A Manifesto for XinWu Village by Ralph Spencer Steenblik As the architectural cleansing continues in China, Continue reading
Borderslums
The U.S.-Mexican border es una herida abierta where the Third World grates the first and bleeds. ––Gloria Anzaldúa According to Gloria Continue reading
Ciudad Completa
After several events, the first of those reported in a previous post, last Saturday was the final chapter of “Caracas, Continue reading
(In)formality: liminal cases
Communities that are rebuilding or reforming following a crisis exist in a constant flux of formality and informality. This liminal existence, at once formal and informal manifests itself physically in many of the places that displaced families seek shelter.
La estructura social como garante del desarrollo progresivo en el barrio venezolano
El desarrollo progresivo de los asentamientos informales venezolanos se debe en gran medida a las estructuras organizativas que surgieron de Continue reading
