Revisiting Housing pilots [Haiti], part 2>> initial design + intent

Following the post written by Nathalie Jolivert reporting – two years after its construction-on the first housing pilot project in the first and Continue reading →

The Age of Favelas

[1] My proposal for this ‘post’ is to introduce the theoretical term Off-Planning as the resilient strategy of Latin American Continue reading →

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 →

Urban Forces – Venezuela in Venice

Post by Silvia Soonets Last week,the Venezuelan pavilion in Venice opened to the public .  The exhibition, Urban Forces, displays a 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 →

Urban Theory & Favelas [I]

  [1] The idea of rethinking a “new” urban theory from Latin American squatter settlements began during the development of 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 →