Pure Space (Spanish Edition): Expanding the Public Sphere Through Public Space Transformations in Latin American Spontaneous Settlements (in English)
Synopsis "Pure Space (Spanish Edition): Expanding the Public Sphere Through Public Space Transformations in Latin American Spontaneous Settlements (in English)"
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
