Planning Failure, Ecological Failure

  The opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics are quickly approaching. The years since Rio was awarded the 2016 Summer Continue reading →

Sambinha Architecture, Technological Entrapment, and the Pioneering Spirit

How informal urbanism affects the way we think about formal urbanism is one of the crucial questions we ask here Continue reading →

Cartografía mental y nuevos sistemas de orientacion en la ciudad

Luego de considerarme adicta al uso del GPS para orientarme en la ciudad, sobre todo cuando el tiempo apremia. Quise hacer una Continue reading →

Civics & Favelas: Fighting the Good Fight

Life has not become any easier over the past few years for residents of Brazilan favelas. Civic life across Brazil Continue reading →

Rio’s Current Crime Spike: Trends and Individuals

Much has been made and is being made of Rio’s post-Pacification upswing in crime, in particular in relation to the 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 →

HYPER-HYBRIDITY: THE FAVELA URBAN CONDITION?

[1] Following a global socioeconomic order, Latin America could be a border itself: South America versus USA-Canada, South America versus Continue reading →

HOUSING AS PROCESS NOT PRODUCT, Part 4 [Final]

For additional information check out the two previous parts: Part 1 ,  Part 2 , Part 3 Now, continuing with the principles… 6. [EMPOWER] Continue reading →