Title: Pure Space (Spanish Edition): Expanding the Public Sphere Through Public Space Transformations in Latin American Spontaneous Settlements
Publisher: Actar
Publication Date: 2020
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1948765438
ISBN 13: 9781948765435
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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This book may seem a simple accumulation of twenty-one public space projects in eight Latin American cities. On closer inspection, the presentation of project descriptions, photographs, and annotated drawings reflects a concern to analytically explain the operative aspects at work.

The publication is not intended to serve only as a catalogue, guide, or manual on how to produce public space in spontaneous settlements. Rather, it goes beyond the aims of an index of best practices. It is intended, instead, as an empirical base for a critical and theoretical engagement with the problematic of development, social inclusion, public investment, (in)formal settlement, civil society and the public sphere. The publication achieves its final function at this third level, by providing a compelling argument to expand the agency of architects and urban designers and creatively find ways of justifying, financing, and building public spaces in communities --spaces that have a catalytic effectiveness in achieving significant urban and social transformation.

This book was awarded by a Graham Foundation Grant and CAF Development Bank of Latin America.

FEATURED CASE STUDIES:
CONSERVATION
72 Linear parks along the Estero Salado Guayaquil, Ecuador
80 National Park Babil.nia and Chap.u Mangueira R.o de Janeiro, Brasil
88 Urban agriculture along the Rimac River Lima, Peru

WASTE MANAGEMENT
96 Moravia Ecological Park Medellin, Colombia
104 Plaza La Cruz, La Palomera Caracas, Venezuela

RISKMANAGEMENT
112 El Guasmo Beach, floodable park Guayaquil, Ecuador
120 Safety plazas in Santa Mar.a El Triunfo Lima, Peru
128 Recovery of the Juan Bobo Creek Medellin, Colombia

INFRASTRUCTURE
136 Northeast metrocable parks Comuna 1, La Popular Medell.n, Colombia
144 Barrio Las Independencias escalators and walkways Medellin, Colombia
152 Funicular in Dona Marta Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
160 Complexo do Alem.o Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
168 Ecotecnia Urbana Miravalle Mexico City, Mexico

PAVEMENT, PATHS AND THE SPACE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS
176 Pavement, paths and stairs Cerro Santo Doming and Cerro Toro Valpara.so, Chile
184 Cerro Santa Ana urban rehabilitation Guayaquil, Ecuador
192 Fernando Botero Library Medellin, Colombia
200 Moravia Cultural Center Medellin, Colombia
208 Espa.o Crian.a and community programs Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
216 Plaza in Villa Tranquila Buenos Aires, Argentina

ACTIVITY
224 Casa Kolacho Comuna 13 Medellin, Colombia
232 AfroReggae Cultural Center Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
240 Alto Per. Lima, Peru
248 El Calvario Puertas Abiertas Caracas, Venezuela

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