DESIGN & EMPOWERMENT IN LATIN AMERICA's LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS: THE EXPERIENCE OF BUENOS AIRES'S BARRIO 31

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Wednesday April 25, 2012, 6:30pm

 

WHAT: To transform one of the largest shantytowns in Latin America, the University of Buenos Aires teamed residents with cutting-edge designers, creating a new model for innovative urban design, participatory processes, and community management. The plan for Barrio 31, which was recently approved by the Buenos Aires City Council, challenges received wisdom about revitalizing impoverished neighborhoods. The Observatory on Latin America at the Milano School for International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy presents a discussion with the project's leaders, Javier F. Castro and Ariel C. Misuraca.
WHO:

Javier Fernandez Castro, Co-Director Proyecto Barrio 31; Professor of Architecture, University of Buenos Aires
Ariel Claudio Misuraca, Co-Director Proyecto Barrio 31; Professor of Architecture, University of Buenos Aires

With additional insight from: Jose Luis Perez Gabilondo, Consul General of Argentina in New York
Margarita Gutman, Director of Programs, Observatory on Latin America at The New School for Public Engagement
William Morrish, Dean School of Constructed Environment, Parsons The New School for Design
Miguel Robles, Assistant Professor School of Design Strategies, Parsons The New School for Design
WHEN: Wednesday April 25, 2012, 6:30pm
WHERE: The Hirshon Suite at The New School, 55 W. 13th Street, 2nd Floor
TICKETS: Free; RSVP at [email protected]

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