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Urban Labyrinths: Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America is a coauthored book that examines intervention initiatives in informal settlements in Latin American cities as social, spatial, architectural, and cultural processes.
List of contents
List of figuresForeword: Francesco M. OrsiniAcknowledgements
Introduction Migratory Waves Right to the City? Nomenclature Addressing Informality Bibliographic Antecedents Structure of the Book
Chapter 1. Rio De Janeiro Slavery. Brazil's Enduring Legacy Towards a New Epistemology of Favelas The Favela-Bairro Program Jorge Jáuregui. 'Everything had to be built' Favela Intervention Tactics. Urbanism, Architecture, and Landscape Design A Preemptive Balance of the Favela-Bairro Program
Chapter 2. Medellín PRIMED: Laying the Foundations Sergio Fajardo's Citizen Commitment EDU and EPM: Redefining Governance Alejandro Echeverri and the Catalan Connection PUI: Towards an Urban Design Strategy for Informal Neighborhoods Case Study: PUI Nororiental Case Study: UVA de la Cordialidad Social Urbanism: Critiques and Recommendations
Chapter 3. São PauloA Distinctive Urban History1980s, Brazil 'Discovering' FavelasThe Antonico Creek Project in Favela ParaisópolisUpgrading Favelas in 'the Corner of Heaven'Devising Favela-intervention Mechanisms
Chapter 4. Buenos Aires The Persistence of the Grid The Emergence of the 'Villas Miseria' and the Policies of Eradication Social Sciences, Journalism, and the Visual Arts Acknowledging the 'Villas Miseria' Urbanism Approximating Informality: Flavio Janches in Villa Tranquila Villa 31. A Bit of history On Housing, Civic Buildings, and Public Spaces Reasons for Optimism for a Fractured Country
Chapter 5. Tijuana When Illicitly Dictates Urban Growth A Laboratory of Postmodernity On Paradises, Border Walls, and Canyons Los Laureles Canyon Oscar Romo, Alter Terra and the Poetics of Recycling Cruz & Forman: Manufacturing Informality Community Stations Integrating Formal and Informal Processes Informality in Tijuana as a Differentiated Path
Chapter 6. Theoretical Considerations Informal Cities Informality in Art Hélio Oiticica: Aspiring to a Large Labyrinth The Esthetics of the Favela: Paola B
About the author
Pablo Meninato, PhD, is an architect, architectural critic, and educator. A native of Argentina, Meninato has practiced and taught architecture in Philadelphia, Buenos Aires, and Monterrey, Mexico. He is an Associate Professor at the Temple University Tyler School of Art and Architecture where he teaches history, theory, and urban design.
Gregory Marinic, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning SAID and Director of URBANIA, a grant-funded research lab. His current field research is based in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Lima, La Paz, and Guayaquil where it focuses on housing, urban design, informal settlements, and urban morphology.
Summary
Urban Labyrinths: Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America is a coauthored book that examines intervention initiatives in informal settlements in Latin American cities as social, spatial, architectural, and cultural processes.
