Drag History Drag Favela
[1] El espacio sur americano se ha definido desde el norte global. Las primeras historias del nuevo continente se construyeron a Continue reading
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urban informality + urban development
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
Hot Showers for the Homeless?
iterative research process, designing a proto-architectural molecularly in-spired micro-bamboo system, followed by some case-study examples of ac-tualized instantiations of the system at scale.
Canaima School, an oasis in La Vega
I cannot believe I have never written here about Canaima School. Maybe it is because something so beautiful do not 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
Favela re-nomadizada I
[1] La organización espacial del sur-continente (de México a Argentina), ha sido explicada desde una perspectiva occidental; así, la historia 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
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