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 →

(Co)producción del hábitat

[‘Guest Post’ por Sergio Salazar] Al hablar de la producción social del hábitat, viene a la mente el término acuñado Continue reading →

Christian Tragni Photojournalism by a Guy

I first talked with Christian Tragni after seeing his photos of young men in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro with their Continue reading →

Notes on the Potential of Teaching Spatial Practices in Informal Urbanisms

  In his 2004 article Fallacies in Architectural Culture, Professor Doug Kelbaugh suggested that there were at least seven fallacies Continue reading →

HOUSING AS PROCESS NOT PRODUCT

MORE THAN A ROOF :: Housing cannot only be viewed as ‘product’, but needs to be understood as ‘process’. For the Continue reading →

Border, Maquilas and Colonias, Part 2

Colonias Along with the urbanization increase of the 1950s, the arrival of the maquiladoras in the 1960s, and NAFTA in the Continue reading →

Tenure + Lagos

For this week’s post I wanted to reference an article from the Berkeley Planning Journal’s blog, Urban Fringe, written by Chris Mizes, a Continue reading →

BEHIND THE URBAN FRONTIER [documentary]

“Exploring the concept of modern urban metropolises through the clandestine world of marginal cities and their struggle for equal rights Continue reading →