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.
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.
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).
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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
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
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