Homegrown Neighbourhoods

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Sep 13 2019

Cities around the world are acknowledging that local expertise, knowledge and skills are an effective mechanism to generate ideas, plans and strategies that can be implemented by themselves or by civic authorities and planning agencies. Earlier this year, urbz was part of such an endeavour where we conducted Urban Typhoon workshops in Kochi, India. It was an enriching process working with local people to generate programmes and plans for the improvement , transformation and preservation of neighbourhoods. People’s energies and collective capacities came together to become a powerful force that

Where we [were] Caracas series - Juventud Bolivariana

Aug 23 2019

21st Century Barrios: Juventud Bolivariana, Petare

This is the first of a series of articles shedding light on the origin of the unplanned settlements in Caracas, which are home to more than half of the population. These stories have rarely been told. Multiple inhabitants were interviewed and shared their stories of struggles, talked about how they overcome hardships, and organize for improvement and self governance.

May 24 2019

Point-du-jour

Concertation pour le réaménagement d’un quartier de villa en ville de Genève

Consultation for the redevelopment of a villa district in the city of Geneva

Apr 24 2019

The city: Integration vs Segregation

What looks like a city of aesthetic or economic contrasts may actually be a marker of the relation between urban space and individual agency.

Mar 29 2019

3rd Workshop in Emergent Architecture and Urbanism - Bogotá

For many years, the inhabitants of the San German neighbourhood (located in Usme, in the metropolitan area of Bogota) have been developing many different projects on public space improvement and infrastructure, which permitted the amelioration of living conditions. The main goal is to promote projects of community improvement on social and cultural levels of the San German community.