Rethinking the Informal City
Critical Perspectives from Latin America
Herausgeber: Allen, Lea Knudsen; Kellett, Peter; Hernández, Felipe
Rethinking the Informal City
Critical Perspectives from Latin America
Herausgeber: Allen, Lea Knudsen; Kellett, Peter; Hernández, Felipe
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Latin American cities have always been characterized by a strong tension between what is vaguely described as their formal and informal dimensions. However, the terms formal and informal refer not only to the physical aspect of cities but also to their entire socio-political fabric.
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Latin American cities have always been characterized by a strong tension between what is vaguely described as their formal and informal dimensions. However, the terms formal and informal refer not only to the physical aspect of cities but also to their entire socio-political fabric.
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- Remapping Cultural History
- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Seitenzahl: 264
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2012
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
- Gewicht: 384g
- ISBN-13: 9780857456076
- ISBN-10: 0857456075
- Artikelnr.: 34540633
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
- Remapping Cultural History
- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Seitenzahl: 264
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2012
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
- Gewicht: 384g
- ISBN-13: 9780857456076
- ISBN-10: 0857456075
- Artikelnr.: 34540633
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
Felipe Hernández is an Architect and lecturer in architectural design, history and theory at the University of Cambridge. He has an MA in Architecture and Critical Theory and received his PhD from the University of Nottingham. He taught previously in the School of Architecture at the University of Liverpool, and has also taught at the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), the Universities of Nottingham, East London and Nottingham Trent. Felipe Hernández has published extensively on contemporary Latin American cities, focusing on the multiplicity of architectural practices that operate simultaneously in the constant re-shaping of the continent's cities. He is the author of Beyond Modernist Masters: Contemporary Architecture in Latin America (Birkhäuser 2009) and Bhabha for Architects (Routledge 2009) and co-editor of Transculturation: Cities, Space and Architecture in Latin America (Rodopi 2005).
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Rahul Mehrotra
Chapter 1. Introduction: Reimagining the Informal in Latin America
Felipe Hernández and Peter Kellett
PART ONE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 2. The Form of the Informal: Investigating Brazilian Self-Built
Housing Solutions
Fernando Luiz Lara
Chapter 3. Informal Practices in the Formal City: Housing, Disagreement and
Recognition in Downtown São Paulo
Zeuler R. Lima and Vera M. Pallamin
Chapter 4. The Formal Architecture of Brasilia: An Analysis of the
Contemporary Urban Role of its Satellite Settlements
Annalisa Spencer
Chapter 5. The Evolution of Informal Settlements in Chile: Improving
Housing Condition in Cities
Paola Jirón
Chapter 6. Housing for the Poor in the City Centre: A Review of the Chilean
Experience and a Challenge for Incremental Design
Margarita Greene and Eduardo Rojas
PART TWO: CRITICAL PRACTICES
Chapter 7. Rules of Engagement: Caracas and the Informal City
Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner
Chapter 8. Integrated Informality in the Barrios of Havana
Ronaldo Ramirez
Chapter 9. Formal-Informal Connections in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro:
The Favela-Bairro Programme
Roberto Segre
Chapter 10. Spatial Strategies and Urban Social Policy: Urbanism and
Poverty Reduction in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
Jorge Fiori and Zeca Brandão
Chapter 11. Urban and Social Articulation: Megacities, Exclusion and
Urbanity
Jorge Mario Jáuregui
Chapter 12. Public-city in Manifesto: The Formal City In-formed by Public
Interest
Claudio Vekstein
Notes on Contributors
Index
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Rahul Mehrotra
Chapter 1. Introduction: Reimagining the Informal in Latin America
Felipe Hernández and Peter Kellett
PART ONE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 2. The Form of the Informal: Investigating Brazilian Self-Built
Housing Solutions
Fernando Luiz Lara
Chapter 3. Informal Practices in the Formal City: Housing, Disagreement and
Recognition in Downtown São Paulo
Zeuler R. Lima and Vera M. Pallamin
Chapter 4. The Formal Architecture of Brasilia: An Analysis of the
Contemporary Urban Role of its Satellite Settlements
Annalisa Spencer
Chapter 5. The Evolution of Informal Settlements in Chile: Improving
Housing Condition in Cities
Paola Jirón
Chapter 6. Housing for the Poor in the City Centre: A Review of the Chilean
Experience and a Challenge for Incremental Design
Margarita Greene and Eduardo Rojas
PART TWO: CRITICAL PRACTICES
Chapter 7. Rules of Engagement: Caracas and the Informal City
Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner
Chapter 8. Integrated Informality in the Barrios of Havana
Ronaldo Ramirez
Chapter 9. Formal-Informal Connections in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro:
The Favela-Bairro Programme
Roberto Segre
Chapter 10. Spatial Strategies and Urban Social Policy: Urbanism and
Poverty Reduction in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
Jorge Fiori and Zeca Brandão
Chapter 11. Urban and Social Articulation: Megacities, Exclusion and
Urbanity
Jorge Mario Jáuregui
Chapter 12. Public-city in Manifesto: The Formal City In-formed by Public
Interest
Claudio Vekstein
Notes on Contributors
Index
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Rahul Mehrotra
Chapter 1. Introduction: Reimagining the Informal in Latin America
Felipe Hernández and Peter Kellett
PART ONE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 2. The Form of the Informal: Investigating Brazilian Self-Built
Housing Solutions
Fernando Luiz Lara
Chapter 3. Informal Practices in the Formal City: Housing, Disagreement and
Recognition in Downtown São Paulo
Zeuler R. Lima and Vera M. Pallamin
Chapter 4. The Formal Architecture of Brasilia: An Analysis of the
Contemporary Urban Role of its Satellite Settlements
Annalisa Spencer
Chapter 5. The Evolution of Informal Settlements in Chile: Improving
Housing Condition in Cities
Paola Jirón
Chapter 6. Housing for the Poor in the City Centre: A Review of the Chilean
Experience and a Challenge for Incremental Design
Margarita Greene and Eduardo Rojas
PART TWO: CRITICAL PRACTICES
Chapter 7. Rules of Engagement: Caracas and the Informal City
Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner
Chapter 8. Integrated Informality in the Barrios of Havana
Ronaldo Ramirez
Chapter 9. Formal-Informal Connections in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro:
The Favela-Bairro Programme
Roberto Segre
Chapter 10. Spatial Strategies and Urban Social Policy: Urbanism and
Poverty Reduction in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
Jorge Fiori and Zeca Brandão
Chapter 11. Urban and Social Articulation: Megacities, Exclusion and
Urbanity
Jorge Mario Jáuregui
Chapter 12. Public-city in Manifesto: The Formal City In-formed by Public
Interest
Claudio Vekstein
Notes on Contributors
Index
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Rahul Mehrotra
Chapter 1. Introduction: Reimagining the Informal in Latin America
Felipe Hernández and Peter Kellett
PART ONE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 2. The Form of the Informal: Investigating Brazilian Self-Built
Housing Solutions
Fernando Luiz Lara
Chapter 3. Informal Practices in the Formal City: Housing, Disagreement and
Recognition in Downtown São Paulo
Zeuler R. Lima and Vera M. Pallamin
Chapter 4. The Formal Architecture of Brasilia: An Analysis of the
Contemporary Urban Role of its Satellite Settlements
Annalisa Spencer
Chapter 5. The Evolution of Informal Settlements in Chile: Improving
Housing Condition in Cities
Paola Jirón
Chapter 6. Housing for the Poor in the City Centre: A Review of the Chilean
Experience and a Challenge for Incremental Design
Margarita Greene and Eduardo Rojas
PART TWO: CRITICAL PRACTICES
Chapter 7. Rules of Engagement: Caracas and the Informal City
Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner
Chapter 8. Integrated Informality in the Barrios of Havana
Ronaldo Ramirez
Chapter 9. Formal-Informal Connections in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro:
The Favela-Bairro Programme
Roberto Segre
Chapter 10. Spatial Strategies and Urban Social Policy: Urbanism and
Poverty Reduction in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
Jorge Fiori and Zeca Brandão
Chapter 11. Urban and Social Articulation: Megacities, Exclusion and
Urbanity
Jorge Mario Jáuregui
Chapter 12. Public-city in Manifesto: The Formal City In-formed by Public
Interest
Claudio Vekstein
Notes on Contributors
Index