Architecture of Remittances
Image above: arquitecturadelasremesas.blogspot.com In 2010, the Museum of Art of El Salvador ran an exhibit showcasing the structures resulting from Continue reading
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LES GRANDS ENSEMBLES, a social housing dystopia?
To start off the year, I want to share some surprising social housing sites on the suburbs on Paris. Built Continue reading
De-colonizing Favela
Post by Diana Maldonado & Emanuel Giannotti [1] [2]. In the last decades, the ‘forms’ of urban informality in Continue reading
Skins + Signs:: Iconography
Above: mototaxi in Peru; source: internet ‘THE FABRIC OF MUMBAI’s SOCIAL CHANGE” Building on the posts exploring representation and identity – Continue reading
VILLAS + THE STORY OF THE CITY
An application of Jean Baudrillard’s simulacra for the analysis of the power dynamics between formal and informal GUEST POST by Continue reading
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