Pure space : expanding the public sphere through public space transformations in Latin American spontaneous settlements / Elisa Silva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silva, Elisa, author, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public spaces--Latin America.

Public spaces.

City planning--Latin America.

City planning.

Urban renewal--Latin America.

Urban renewal.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

275 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Actar Publishers, 2020.

Summary:

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.0The 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781948765428

194876542X

OCLC:

1143479388