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Arquitectura Viva No. 228 - Review of Pure Space

The Spanish magazine Arquitectura Viva in its issue No. 228 October 2020, includes the following review of the publication Pure Space: Expanding the public sphere through public space transformations in Latin American spontaneous settlements.

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urbanNext “How much public space is needes” – exerpt from the publication Pure Space by Elisa Silva

This article is an exerpt from the publication Pure Space: expanding the public sphere through public space transfromations in Latin American spontanoues settlements.

If creating public space in spontaneous settlements were embraced as an effective investment to increase social inclusion and better integrate Latin American cities, how much would have to be built?

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urbanNext “Juan Bobo Creek: Bringing Community Youth Together”

This article is an exerpt from the publication Pure Space: expanding the public sphere through public space transfromations in Latin American spontanoues settlements.

The Juan Bobo creek is part of Comuna 2, a densely populated urban district on the northeastern slopes of Medellin. As space for new homes ran out and demand for housing continued to increase, people built precarious structures directly over the creek, exposing themselves to the risk of floods and landslides.

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Plataforma Arquitectura "The Venice Biennale presents the participants of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition"

This article in Plataforma Arquitectura reports on the conference held on February 27, 2020, where the Venice Biennale presented the participants of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition, and the general program of the event. Titled “How will we live together?” and curated by Hashim Sarkis, the show will be open to the public from May 23 to November 29, 2020.

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Blog Alternos "There is no complete city without our barrios"

The article written by Yusmary Coccia in the blog Alternos about the inauguration of the exhibition “Complete City: La Palomera, acknowledgement and celebration,” which took place February 15 at La Hacienda La Trinidad Cultural Park, rescues the exhibit’s invitation to question the negative stigma with which people usually see the barrio and to discover it as part of the city.

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El Universal “Desire of a Complete City” from La Palomera to La Hacienda La Trinidad

The newspaper El Universal published a review of the exhibition "Complete City: La Palomera, recognition and celebration" that opened on February 15 at La Hacienda La Trinidad Cultural Park. It comments on how “the exhibit includes the work, experiences and lessons learned from the Integration process Caracas program that has been taking place in the barrio La Palomera since November 2018.

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