02480nam 2200469 450 991079468060332120220705135350.01-63840-917-X(CKB)4100000011816798(MiAaPQ)EBC6526571(Au-PeEL)EBL6526571(OCoLC)1244620247(EXLCZ)99410000001181679820220705d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPure space expanding the public sphere through public space transformations in Latin American spontaneous settlements /Elisa SilvaNew York, New York :Actar Publishers,[2020]©20201 online resource (279 pages)1-948765-42-X Includes bibliographical references.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.City planningLatin AmericaSquatter settlementsLatin AmericaPublic spacesLatin AmericaLatin AmericafastCity planningSquatter settlementsPublic spaces711.4098Silva Elisa(Architecture professor),1250462MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910794680603321Pure space3764776UNINA