Comments on: Koolhaas Flames Out, Shantytowns Inform

By: 132

132 — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:19:39 +0000

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By: mariahealki

mariahealki — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:11:58 +0000

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By: Pharma59

Pharma59 — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:45:27 +0000

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By: Craig Hodgetts

Craig Hodgetts — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:17:47 +0000

Interesting gap in worldviews. Architects, of course, always want to “tidy things up” visually, structurally,socially. No messy vitality for them. But until architects (including me) become more tolerant of the inevitable messsiness of human life, there will continue to be this sort of emasculating stand-off ( sorry ladies, I don’t think there’s a gender-neutral equivalent ). Even the mechanisms of development seem stymied by the disconnect, which is nearly unbridgeable without some kind of massive intervention. Maybe GM should donate the tooling for the happily dead Hummer for cheap housing. Probably big enough for a family of four, its waterproof, and has its own heating, air conditioning, and audio systems.

By: Yosi

Yosi — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:56:37 +0000

a student blog;
http://gsd-ecologicalurbanism.blogspot.com/

By: Klaus

Klaus — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:08:23 +0000

For some details on Koolhaas’ conference in Ecological urbanism: http://klaustoon.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/koolhaas-at-harvard-ecological-urbanism-i/

By: Eva Provedel

Eva Provedel — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:43:44 +0000

Excellent article. I remember walking through the favela of Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro, and being surprised at how industrious and creative the people who lived there were, and how they managed to even have internet cafes and make the best use possible of second-hand material. This could be repeated with recycling. With less waste, everybody gains. Perhaps America, one of the most wasteful countries in the world, may learn something from this.

By: Marcos Barinas Uribe

Marcos Barinas Uribe — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:06:29 +0000

Good article.
I think that all this new fad on “retrofitting shantitown” remind me of ecotourism. As soon as all-inclusive hotels are packed of tourists, now local towns and protected areas become atractive. It is more a business than a real intention of assuming the problematics of locale. As soon as this global city ( should we say corporate ) comes to and end or to a shift in intention, now shantytowns become a source of analysis and observation by think tanks.

“Ahora resulta que la pobreza es bella”