Revisiting Housing pilots [Haiti], 2 years later

Credits for photograph above: Claude André Nadon With a unique opportunity to hear an outsider’s perspective on the interventions and their impact 2 and Continue reading →

ECUADOR: [re]learning from reconstruction/ lecciones de reconstruction

Photograph above: Rebuilding in Port au Prince, source Claude Andre Nadon/UNOPS For this post I want to reference an article Continue reading →

Architecture Inverse [episode2]

Mutirão. Brazil Guest post by Andrés Sanchez Arias   This chapter showcases self-construction and self-management experiences in Sao Paulo, Brazil. To begin, Continue reading →

Owner Driven Housing

me: .. hey Akbar, I am writing a blog about Owner Driven Housing, how would you define Owner Driven Housing? Continue reading →

Another Periphery II

In my last entry Another Periphery I introduced Igaraí, a rural farming town in the state of São Paulo and Continue reading →

Incremental housing or Sites&Services Reloaded?

elel Quinta Monroy, housing project in Iquique (Chile) by Elemental; Image taken from Eduardo Rojas presentation at the IADB Most of Continue reading →