{"product_id":"pure-space-expanding-the-public-sphere-through-public-space-transformations-in-latin-american-spontaneous-settlements-9781948765428","title":"Pure Space: Expanding the Public Sphere Through Public Space Transformations in Latin American Spontaneous Settlements","description":"\u003cb\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book was awarded by a Graham Foundation Grant and CAF Development Bank of Latin America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e FEATURED CASE STUDIES: \u003cbr\u003e CONSERVATION\u003cbr\u003e 72 Linear parks along the Estero Salado Guayaquil, Ecuador\u003cbr\u003e 80 National Park Babil.nia and Chap.u Mangueira R.o de Janeiro, Brasil\u003cbr\u003e 88 Urban agriculture along the Rimac River Lima, Peru\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e WASTE MANAGEMENT\u003cbr\u003e 96 Moravia Ecological Park Medellin, Colombia\u003cbr\u003e 104 Plaza La Cruz, La Palomera Caracas, Venezuela\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e RISKMANAGEMENT\u003cbr\u003e 112 El Guasmo Beach, floodable park Guayaquil, Ecuador\u003cbr\u003e 120 Safety plazas in Santa Mar.a El Triunfo Lima, Peru\u003cbr\u003e 128 Recovery of the Juan Bobo Creek Medellin, Colombia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e INFRASTRUCTURE\u003cbr\u003e 136 Northeast metrocable parks Comuna 1, La Popular Medell.n, Colombia\u003cbr\u003e 144 Barrio Las Independencias escalators and walkways Medellin, Colombia\u003cbr\u003e 152 Funicular in Dona Marta Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\u003cbr\u003e 160 Complexo do Alem.o Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\u003cbr\u003e 168 Ecotecnia Urbana Miravalle Mexico City, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e PAVEMENT, PATHS AND THE SPACE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS\u003cbr\u003e 176 Pavement, paths and stairs Cerro Santo Doming and Cerro Toro Valpara.so, Chile\u003cbr\u003e 184 Cerro Santa Ana urban rehabilitation Guayaquil, Ecuador\u003cbr\u003e 192 Fernando Botero Library Medellin, Colombia\u003cbr\u003e 200 Moravia Cultural Center Medellin, Colombia\u003cbr\u003e 208 Espa.o Crian.a and community programs Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\u003cbr\u003e 216 Plaza in Villa Tranquila Buenos Aires, Argentina\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ACTIVITY\u003cbr\u003e 224 Casa Kolacho Comuna 13 Medellin, Colombia\u003cbr\u003e 232 AfroReggae Cultural Center Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\u003cbr\u003e 240 Alto Per. Lima, Peru\u003cbr\u003e 248 El Calvario Puertas Abiertas Caracas, Venezuela\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilva, Elisa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Elisa Silva is director and founder of Enlace Arquitectura 2007 and Enlace Foundation 2017, established in Caracas, Venezuela. Projects focus on raising awareness of spatial inequality and the urban environment through public space, the integration of informal settlements and community engagement in rural landscapes. Public space interventions in informal settlements through didactic and participatory methodologies are central to the firm´s practice and were awarded in the XX Architecture and Urbanism Biennial in Valparaiso, Chile 2017. She has co-authored Pro-Inclusion: Practical tools for the integral development of Latin American cities (CAF Development Bank of Latin America, 2016) presented at Habitat III in Quito; and CABA Cartography of the Caracas Barrios 1966-2014 (Fundación Espacio 2015), widely recognized as a seminal contribution to the city´s urban history records. Elisa was awarded the Wheelwright Fellowship in 2011 and the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome in 2005. She was Design Critic in Landscape Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 2018 and has taught workshops at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú in Lima, Peru. She has taught at the Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, Venezuela since 2011 and is a consultant to CAF and UN Habitat. Elisa grew up between St. Louis and Venezuela.","brand":"Actar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50368760938770,"sku":"9781948765428","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f59a5438-fc7e-4397-8547-1724409c0997.jpg?v=1728513560","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pure-space-expanding-the-public-sphere-through-public-space-transformations-in-latin-american-spontaneous-settlements-9781948765428","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}