Pure Space
Expanding the Public Sphere through Public Space Transformations in Latin American Spontaneous Settlements
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Pure Space
Expanding the Public Sphere through Public Space Transformations in Latin American Spontaneous Settlements
About this book
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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Table of contents
- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- PART I
- INTRODUCTION
- Where we stand on urban inequality
- Mitigating structured inequality through public space
- How much public space is needed?
- Formal and programmatic strategies to build public spaces in spontaneous settlements
- Funding strategies for projects in spontaneous settlements
- Social strategies to strengthen public space projects in spontaneous settlements
- CODA
- PART II - CASE STUDIES
- Linear parks along the Estero Salado - Guayaquil, Ecuador
- National Park Babilonia and Chapéu Mangueira - Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Urban agriculture along the Rimac River - Lima, Peru
- Moravia Ecological Park - Medellin, Colombia
- Plaza de La Cruz, La Palomera - Caracas, Venezuela
- El Guasmo Beach, floodable park - Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Safety plazas in Santa Maria El Triunfo - Lima, Peru
- Recovery of the Juan Bobo Creek - Medellin, Colombia
- Northeast metrocable parks Comuna 1, La Popular - Medellin, Colombia
- Barrio Las Independencias escalators and walkways - Medellin, Colombia
- Funicular in Dona Marta - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Complexo do Alemao - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Ecotecnia Urbana Miravalle - Mexico City, Mexico
- Pavement, paths and stairs Cerro Santo Domingo and Cerro Toro - Valparaiso, Chile
- Cerro Santa Ana urban rehabilitation - Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Fernando Botero Library - Medellin, Colombia
- Moravia Cultural Center - Medellin, Colombia
- Espaço Criança and community programs - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Plaza in Villa Tranquila - Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Casa Kolacho Comuna 13 - Medellin, Colombia
- Afroreggae Cultural Center - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Alto Peru - Lima, Peru
- El Calvario Puertas Abiertas - Caracas, Venezuela