Posts Tagged ‘slums’
The Inhabited Borders of Babylon: A Prelude to the Silent Borders Workshop
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 13:51
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We can’t do Mickey Mouse feel-good projects – digging latrines and helping 54 families to get a better toilet. This will not solve the problem. We need to focus on education, on the next generation of decision makers. We need to change minds, not build water pumps¹ Corrado Curti pdf version HELIÓPOLIS II, ©DIONISIO GONZÁLEZ, [...]
Silent Borders: a workshop of Experimental Architecture
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 12:07
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Image from sci-fi thriller DISTRICT 9 via Yukon Science fiction Writer What: A Workshop of Experimental Architecture on the urban border-conditions Where: Johannesburg (SA) When: Aug 23 – Sept 10 , 2010 Who: RIEA.ch Research Institute for Experimental Architecture In a rapidly growing urban world, slums and informal settlements provide shelter for a sixth of [...]














