{"product_id":"latin-america-at-the-crossroads-isbn-9780470664926","title":"Latin America at the Crossroads","description":"\u003cb\u003eGuest-editor Mariana Leguía\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe announcement of Rio de Janeiro as the 2016 Olympic host city has placed Latin America on the world's stage. Latin America has not been the centre of international architectural attention and pilgrimage since the mid 20th century when economic growth triggered the development of Modernist urban design and architecture on an epic scale. Since then the centralised, utopian planned model has broken down. Mass migrations from the countryside and erection of informal settlements have left cities socially and spatially divided. Within this context and in the mist of globalization Latin America is set to go though major change once again.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn recent decades, resourceful governments and practices have developed innovative approaches to urban design and development, less to do with the utopian and totalitarian schemes and more to do with \"urban acupuncture\", working within rather than denying the framework of informality to stitch together disparate parts of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis title of AD will explore the current urban issues faced by Latin American cities and the response of alternative local practitioners at different scales. Large-scale urban case studies, such as the revitalisation of Bogotá and Medellin, will be featured alongside architectural practices, research-based organisations and university studios working at a grass-roots level.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributors include: Saskia Sassen, Hernando de Soto, Ricky Burdett and Bogotá ex-mayor Enrique Peñalosa.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatured architects: Teddy Cruz, UTT-Urban Think-Tank, Jorge Jauregui, Alejandro Echeverri, MMBB and Alejandro Aravena.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditorial 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen Castle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Guest-Editor 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMariana Leguía\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction 8\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatin America at the Crossroads\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMariana Leguía\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimultaneous Territories: Unveiling the Geographies of Latin American Cities 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricio del Real\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePREVI-Lima's Time: Positioning Proyecto Experimental de Vivienda in Peru's Modern Project 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSharif S Kahatt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Experimental Housing Project (PREVI), Lima: The Making of a Neighbourhood 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTorriti and Nicolás Tugas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElemental: A Do Tank 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlejandro Aravena\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTlacolula Social Housing, Oaxaca, Mexico 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDellekamp Arquitectos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoverning Change: The Metropolitan Revolution in Latin America 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRicky Burdett and Adam Kaasa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Olympic Games and the Production of the Public Realm: Mexico City 1968 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFernanda Canales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArticulating the Broken City and Society 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJorge Mario Jáuregui\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormalisation: An Interview with Hernando de Soto 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngus Laurie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaygrounds: Radical Failure in the Amazon 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Leggett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Responses to Climate Change in Latin America: Reasons, Challenges and Opportunities 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia Romero-Lankao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilling the Voids with Popular Imaginaries 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia Romero-Lankao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCivic Building: Forte, Gimenes \u0026amp; Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos (FGMF), São Paulo 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFGMF\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA City Talks: Learning from Bogotá's Revitalisation 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnrique Peñalosa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBogotá and Medellín: Architecture and Politics 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLorenzo Castro and Alejandro Echeverri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Product to Process: Building on Urban-Think Tank's Approach to the Informal City – Interview with Alfredo Brillembourg 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInterview with Alfredo Brillembourg by Adriana Navarro-Sertich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatin American Meander: In Search of a New Civic Imagination 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeddy Cruz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSupersudaca's Asia Stories (AKA at Home in the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Worlds) 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSupersudaca\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Cities Become Strategic 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaskia Sassen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganising Communities for Interdependent Growth 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnrique Martin-Moreno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUniversities as Mediators: The Cases of Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico and São Paulo 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMariana Leguía\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCounterpoint 144\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking Beyond Informality\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniela Fabricius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMariana Leguía\u003c\/b\u003e is a Peruvian-British architect and urban designer. She studied architecture and urbanism at Ricardo Palma University in Peru and at SCI-ARC in California. She has an MSc from the Cities programme at the London School of Economics, where she was awarded a full scholarship. She has taught and lectured in universities in Peru and the UK. Currently, with the support of Australian funding, she is working on the reconstruction of the neighbourhood of Pisco devastated by the 2007 Peru earthquake. Her work has been published and exhibited in Latin American biennales and architectural magazines. She has worked as an urban designer on projects in Latin America, London, Russia and the Middle East.  The announcement of Rio de Janeiro as the 2016 Olympic host city has placed Latin America on the world's stage. Now, for the first time since the mid-20th century when Modernist urban design was undertaken on an epic scale, Latin America is the centre of international attention and architectural pilgrimage. The mass migrations from the countryside and the erection of informal settlements in the late 20th century left cities socially and spatially divided. As a response, in recent decades resourceful governments and practices have developed innovative approaches to urban design and development that are less to do with utopian and totalitarian schemes and more to do with urban acupuncture, working within, rather than opposing, informality to stitch together disparate parts of the city. Once a blind spot in cities' representation, informality is now considered an asset to be understood and incorporated. Today, more than 50 per cent of the world´s population live in cities for the first time in human history, and an increasing amount in slums. As a result of globalisation, Latin America is now once again set to go through major change. The solutions presented in this issue represent the vanguard in mitigating strong social and spatial divisions in cities across the globe.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eContributors include:\u003c\/b\u003e Saskia Sassen, Hernando de Soto, Ricky Burdett and the former mayor of Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFeatured architects:\u003c\/b\u003e Teddy Cruz, Urban-Think Tank, Jorge Jáuregui, Alejandro Echeverri, MMBB and Alejandro Aravena.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCovers\u003c\/b\u003e large-scale urban case studies, such as the revitalisation of Bogotá and Medellín.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Academy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989512012005,"sku":"NP9780470664926","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470664926.jpg?v=1761784402","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/latin-america-at-the-crossroads-isbn-9780470664926","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}