(In)formality: Instant Cities & Planned Transformations
I first started writing about Instant Cities in 2013 as a way to describe how post-crisis displacement and refugee camps Continue reading
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urban informality + urban development
What is all wrong about “Slum tourism”
The “revolución bolivariana” has done little to improve the living conditions of slum dwellers. What they have done is destroy Continue reading
30 veces FAVELA. 16-30
Esta es la segunda parte de la historia de un hipertexto. Mi post número 16 aparece en el otoño de Continue reading
Gender and the city
We usually think of ourselves as “naturally” gendered beings that inhabit or dwell in cities. In the following, I would Continue reading
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
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
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