Minidoc - MICRO PLANNING social practices SAO PAULO

Learning from collective practices in Sao Paulo

Author Marcos L Rosa

Brazil, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, praca da Se Sao Paulo

Authors Marcos L. Rosa (org.). A project of: Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft (The International Forum of the Deutsche Bank), Government of Sao Paulo, Emplasa, Imprensa Oficial

Learning from collective practices in Sao Paulo

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• Every empty space will be occupied, Brasil, São Paulo - Diana Helene, Diana Helene - an enhanced strategy, giving architectural subsidies for existing social process by creating an architecture-tactic
• Design Indaba 10x10, South Africa, Cape Town - Rosemary Lombard, Design Indaba - Low Cost Housing Project
• commUNITY design, Sierra Leone, Freetown - Lisa Marie Kramer, - community involvement in construction as a catalyst for greater physical, social, and sustainable advancements
• Cite des femmes du REFDAF, Senegal, Dakar - Madjiguene Cisse, Madjiguène Cissé, REFDAF - Social Political City Project in Dakar Created by Women
• Casas del Quinto Sol Affordable Housing Prototype, United States, Valle del Cero - jose gamez, Jose Gamez, Brad Buter, Michael Ward, Jessica Thomas, Stephanie Orlich (UNC Charlotte) - Affordable Housing and Social Capital Prototypical Program
• PARK(ing) Day, USA (originated in San Francisco, now worldwide), San Francisco - Rebar, Rebar - To rethink the way urban public space is allocated and used.
• Underneath Cafe Viaduct, Brazil, Sao Paulo - Igor Guatelli, Igor Guatelli - to reinforce a precarious collective action
• DESI and HOMEmade, Bangladesh, Dinajpur - Anna Heringer together with BASEhabitat, Anna Heringer together wirth BASEhabitat and BRAC University Dhaka - DESI: Vocational school and teacher flats / HOMEmade: three two-storey family houses
• Dome as a family dwelling in Ananda Nagar, India, Bokao Steel City - Dada Krpasundarananda, Cal-Earth - Dwelling for a single family
• Dome Cottage - A skill training for monks, Philipines, Davao - Dada Krpasundarananda, Cal-Earth - Skill training & one person living space
• Dome as a meditation sanctuary, New Zealand, Grey Town - Dada Krpasundarananda, Cal-Earth - Skill training and a collective space for meditation
• Dome for teenagers meeting space, Mongolia, Ulaanbataar - Dada Krpasundarananda, Cal-Earth - Meeting space for and build by the teenagers of our childrens home in Mongolia
• School in Capalanca, Angola, Luanda - Paulo Moreira, - An engine for social and cultural development
• Solar Water Disinfecting Tarpaulin, USA, 90068 - Eric Olsen, Superficial Studio / Eric Olsen - Flexible Water Disinfection
• regeneration, italy, roma - studio dAM, arch. marco scarpa, arch. paolo cannata, arch. linda gaia roncaglia - urban device to achieve social re.inclusion
• Spot a Lot - The Urban Outdoor School, Denmark, Copenhagen - Simon Enemaerke and Richard Hare, University of Copenhagen - Outdoor learning and city life.
• Steps 'n Slabs, Chile, Temuco - Ralf Pasel, pasel.kuenzel architects - Slum upgrading / low-cost housing in an informal settlement
• the costalero bench, Spain, Sevilla - Colectivo Ella, - Citizen claiming for public furnitures in public spaces
• ECObox - self-managed eco-urban network, France, Paris - atelier architecture autogeree, aaa team (Constantin Petcou, Doina Petrescu, Denis Favret, Giovanni Piovene) - Self-managed collective space in metropolitan context
• Alameda1574, Spain, Sevilla - Colectivo Ella, Colectivo Ella - Pressure on City Mayor to open public space (2 years late)
• The Rain Drain Bar, Singapore, Singapore - Team Joerg Rekittke et al, Joerg Rekittke, Christian Boucharenc, Triarini Insani Dewi, Poon Chit Hong Dominic - Providing clean fresh drinking water without any expensive infrastructure.
• le56, France, Paris - atelier architecture autogeree, aaa team (C. Petcou, D. Petrescu, N. Marchand, F. Ralaimongo, S. Pauquet, R. Binder, G. Barraud, T. Huguen) - Self-managed cultural and ecological interstice
• Bamboo Structure Project, Iran, Ramsar - Pouya Khazaeli, Pouya Khazaeli Parsa - Emergency shelters, Cheap housing
• Dome Cottage at Sankla Buri - Thailand, Thailand, Sangkla buri - Dada Krpasundarananda, Cal-Earth - Living space for Volunteers at the Baan Unrak Childrens home
• city non static, United States, Los Angeles - Monored, Konstantinos Chrysos - urban center densification
• Save Our Slums-Bangladesh-, Bangladesh, Khulna - Tomas Degenaar, Tomas Degenaar - guiding informal development through landscape architecture
• Home Along The Riles (Railway), Philippines, Manila - Wilfred Mendoza, - provide a win-win solution to the people living along the railway and the train operator
• eutropia, Mexico, Mexico City - Emilio Garcia, Emilio Garcia, Ricardo Vasquez Ochoa -
• more or less house, spain, Alcala de Guadaira - ruben alonso mallen, l a p a n a d e r i a - concepts that enable the users interaction and participation
• Redevelopment - Dharavi, India, Mumbai - Gordon Hoffmann, Gordon Hoffmann - Improvement of living conditions for inhabitants of informal settlement
• lucha contra la exclusion social paz san lazaro, Spain, Mérida - esther garcia, - To regenerate the urban environment of disadvantaged suburb.
• Recycling waste for building- Manavsadhna centre, India, Ahmedabad - Yatin Pandya, Yatin Pandya, (Vastu shilpa Foundation) - Empowering the poor by recycling the waste for affordable buildings
• Manavsadhna Creche - Waste recycling, India, Ahmedabad - Yatin Pandya, Yatin Pandya, (FOOTPRINTS E.A.R.T.H.) - Waste recycling for sustainable and affordable building for the urban poor
• Urban platforms, Netherlands, Eindhoven - Ruud van Ginneken, Ruud van Ginneken and Frank Beurskens - Claiming unused space in city center blocks
• DIGNITY BARRICADE, Brazil, Sao Paulo - ELEFANTE COLLECTIVE, Beto Shwafaty, Chico Linares, Daniel Manzione, Flavia Vivacqua - Urban Intervention and Communication Device
• the thing with the ping, Denmark, Copenhagen - andreas roschitz, - space extention project
• SANSAL healing module for the slum of San Salvador, El Salvador, San Salvador - Fabiana Toni, Azzurra Carli Architetto, Fabiana Toni (FT Studio), Sandra Gutiérrez Poizat (AdUR) - Slum urban renewal through acupuncture interventions
• Resuscitating the Fez River, Morocco, Fez - Bureau EAST, Bureau E.A.S.T. (A. Chaouni, T. Tajima, N. Elliott, V. Kann, D. Rijkhoff) R. Alissa (Water) M. Cenzatti (Industrial Districts) J. Ferri (Construction) B. Kaplan (Restoration) A. Toshkov (History) M. van den Heuvel (Craft/Design) F. Zemmouri (Economics) - Procedures for New Public Spaces in the Medina of Fez
• The Cook the Farmer his Wife and their Neighbor, The Netherlands, Amsterdam - Marjetica Potrc and Wilde Westen group, Marjetica Potrc and Wilde Westen group: Lucia Babina, Reinder Bakker, Hester van Dijk, Sylvain Hartenberg, Merijn Oudenampsen, Eva Pfannes, Henriette Waal - Community garden and kitchen as catalysts for transforming the public space and the neighborhood from within
• howtopedia, Switzerland, Zürich - Maud Chatelet, howtopedia - Online library for simple technologies and practical knowledge
• INFRACITTA, ITALY, ROME - TSPOON, Nina Artioli, Paola Fusco, Alessandra Glorialanza, Daniela Pastore, Davide Sacconi, Eliana Saracino - New concept of urban mobility infrastructure and public landscape
• EDAR (Everyone Deserves A Roof), United States of America, Los Angeles - Eric Lindeman, - To provide a mobile shelter for those in need
• nohotel, The Netherlands, Rotterdam - Floris Schiferli and Tobias lehmann, Floris Schiferli and Tobias Lehmann - Temporary living space
• Counterpoint, Brazil, Porto Alegre - Betina Conte Cornetet, Architect Betina Cornetet + Architect Cristian Illanes + Architect Gustavo Jaquet - Alternative Economy - Prototype Building
• USS - Upgrading Slums System, Brazil, São Paulo - Elisabete Franca, Superintendency of Social Housing – Municipality of São Paulo - Information System for Social Housing in the City of São Paulo. Support decision-making
• RIKEA, Italy, Turin - Antonio Scarponi, Antonio Scarponi, Marco Lampugnani - Free market set
• UNTITLED, ITALY, ROME - VARDOPAN, - CRITICAL SUSPENSION
• Ithuba Skills College Hall, south africa, Magagula Heights - RWTH Aachen, Lehrstuhl für Gebäudelehre, Lehrstuhl für Tragonstruktion - Performance Hall for a Local Community College
• SleepingBagDress Prototype, Canada, Montreal - Ana Rewakowicz, Ana Rewakowicz - personal space occupation in various city sites
• Modular Dwelling Building Manual, UK, London - AAK JK, - Enpower the squatcity community with modern building design tools
• MUF, Spain, Madrid - helena casanova, Casanova+Hernandez - Urban farming as a catalyst
• Hatake-mi, Japan, Tokyo - Jeff Keiter, Imelda Bernstein, Jeff Keiter - Urban Agriculture as Community Building
• Floating Orchard, Mexico - Belgium, Mexico D.F. - Emilie Meirlaen and Cesar Sandoval, Emilie Meirlaen, Cesar Sandoval - Collective spaces in new farming typologies
• Community Greens - the new urban commons, USA, Baltimore - Kate Herrod, Kate Herrod - Create social capital, improve neighborhoods, and enhance the environment through the creation of new urban commons and pocket neighborhoods
• More for Less - Squat your space, Republic of South Africa, Shoshenguve - Otto Roman Barnert, Architect Barnert - Solve the squatter crisis through community participation
• squatting on your own land, USA, Pine Ridge Reservation - deborah gans, Deborah Gans , Fatima Rizvi - New settlement patterns and economies
• Pediatric Clinic for Africa, Uganda, Kampala - Wei Lun Xiao Min, Wei Lun Huang, Xiaomin Du - A model study for pediatric clinic to improve the health of mothers and children in Africa
• The requalification of Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro - Thais Meireles, Associação Chiq da Silva= Thais Meireles, Daniel Wagner, Carol Rezende, Gilberto Rocha, Maurício Duarte e Luciana Andrade - Information diffusion centre for a new housing policy
• SYSTEMIC TOURISM Self-manufactured Eco-shelter, Perú, Arequipa - Carlos Antonio Alonso Bartesaghi Koc, Carlos Antonio Alonso Bartesaghi Koc - Economic stimulation & re-activation agriculture, making the valley a touristic destination to stop urban sprawl
• Puzzle House, Spain, Sevilla - Luca Stasi, Recetas Urbanas / Santiago Cirugeda - Recycling unused empty lots
• Scaffolding, Spain, Seville - Luca Stasi, Recetas Urbanas - Building yourself an urban reserve
• Legislation and Temporary Occupation of Empty Lots, Spain, Sevilla - Luca Stasi, Recetas Urbanas - Improve More Dynamic Use of the City
• Dome for ecological awareness park, Ghana, Accra - Dada Krpasundarananda, Cal-Earth - Reception for the children's eco park
• Dome for street kids in Durban, South Africa, Durban - Dada Krpasundarananda, Cal-Earth - Skill training and preparation for a bigger project
• Dome for a sauna on an ecological farm, Ireland, Derroran - Dada Krpasundarananda, Cal-earth - Sauna and skill training.
• THE ECO-CYLINDER - The Totem of plastic bottles, Worldwide, Worldwide - Carlos Antonio Alonso Bartesaghi Koc, Carlos Antonio Alonso Bartesaghi Koc - Recycling waste materials to create a functional tool available worldwide
• ECO-PARK - METROCULTURE, Peru, Arequipa - Carlos Antonio Alonso Bartesaghi Koc, Ulrich Zanabria Ojeda, Darci Gutiérrez Pinto, Carlos Antonio Alonso Bartesaghi Koc - Creates a technological free park and open spaces for the city through the restoration of an old train station
• Q Drum, South Africa, Johannesburg - Pieter J Hendrikse, PJ & JPS Hendrikse - A rolling water container/transporter for developing countries
• UMCP Paraisopolis, Brazil, São Paulo - Franklin Lee, Gilson Rodrigues (President UMCP) + architects: Franklin Lee + Anne Save de Beaurecueil +Beatriz Fábregues+ Miguel Gustavo Fábregues - Green Public Space and Educational Community Gardens
• VO SHED, United States, Seattle - atelierjones, atelierjones - Small vegetable oil refinery (co-op)
• BCN party wall, Spain, Barcelona - guillem aloy, Guillem Aloy+Ekain Olaizola Lizarralde - How can party walls become facades
• Designing strategies for informal settlement, Argentina, Avellaneda - flavio janches, Blinder Janches architects - Improving the internal and external socio-physical integration in one of the slums of Buenos Aires city
• Productive Public Space in Kibera Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi, Kibera, Soweto East - Kounkuey Design Initiative, Kounkuey Design Initiative - Slum Upgrading
• Open Air Theater Formiga, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro - matthias Hollwich, HollwichKushner - Architecture that integrates the Favela also physical into the cultural landscape of Rio de Janeiro
• Centro Comunitario Julio Otoni, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro - Pascal Flammer, Pascal Flammer - Community Center in a Favela
• Urban Hammerock, England, London - Gihan Karunaratne, Gihan Karunaratne Architecture + Design LLP - MOBILE ACCOMMODATION - URBAN HAMMOCK FOR THE HOMELESS
• SOLAR WATER HOME WARMER, Argentina, Boenos Aires - carlos hugo levinton, Carlos Hugo Leviton - Non Cost Energy Home Solution
• ECO HOUSE, argentina, guernica - carlos hugo levinton, Carlos Levinton - selfsustainable conurban high density house
• Executive Director- Project Locus, USA, New Orleans - Patrick Rhodes, Patrick Rhodes - Project Locus - Public Construction Project, Catalyst for Rebuilding
• School and Community Center Balkuy, Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou - kere architecture, Kere Architects - Environmental Architecture for a Better Quality of Living
• MICRO PLANNING social practices SAO PAULO, Brazil, Sao Paulo - Marcos L Rosa, Marcos L. Rosa (org.). A project of: Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft (The International Forum of the Deutsche Bank), Government of Sao Paulo, Emplasa, Imprensa Oficial - Learning from collective practices in Sao Paulo
• What is urbaninform, Switzerland, Zürich - Marije ten Brink, Rainer Hehl, Jörg Stollmann, Luna Maurer, Marije ten Brink - Explaining the purpose of urbaninform
• Urban Think Tank CCASM, Brazil, Sao Paulo - urban think tank, URBAN THINK TANK, Alfredo Brillembourg & Hubert Klumpner - Centro Comunitário de Acção Social pela Música
• Hausbau, Germany, Berlin - folke koebberling, Martin Kaltwasser, Folke Koebberling - Overnight building
• MYC4 - eradicating poverty through business, Denmark, Copenhagen - Mille Kristine Klink, - Creating prosperity through business and microlending
• ELEMENTAL, Chile, Santiago - fernando garcia huidobro, Elemental / Alejandro Aravena - A DO TANK OPERATING THE CITY AS A SOURCE OF EQUALITY.
• Bottle Houses, Bolivia, Warnes - ingrid vaca diez, Ingrid Vaca Diez - Low cost housing
• Manufactured Sites, Mexico, Tijuana, BC - estudio teddy cruz, - To suggest an idea of housing that goes beyond shelter.
• Beyond Design, Tanzania (and other developing countries), Moshi - Saija Hollmen, Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects, Ukumbi NGO - Reducing powerty by means of architecture
• School building in Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Liberia - Tobias Klauser and Andri Luescher, Tobias Klauser, Andri Luescher - Built with leftovers from the local forest industry.
• Proof the Roof, Netherlands, Rotterdam - Ruben Reyes Aguilar, Michelle Brodeschi , Esther Heemskerk, Marja Koledic, Palupi Laksmi, Ana Moori, Cassandra Pop, Malli Saravanan, Ruben Reyes-Aguilar & Federica Vazzana - Temporary installation
• Squat Exhibition IABR 2009, Netherlands, Rotterdam - Christiane Lange, Rainer Hehl, Jörg Stollmann - Knowledge Exchange
• Housing Tlacolula, Mexico, Tlacolula - Dellekamp Arquitectos, Dellekamp Arquitectos - To create social housing with a high living standard and a unique identity by incorporating public services sustainable practices and urban space.
• Urban and residential renewal in Mozambique, Mozambique, Beira - Sergio Vaz, Traço Alternativo, arquitectos associados, Lda - Housing and development of urban spaces for community and educational purposes
• Grassroots, UK, London - Gihan Karunaratne, Gihan Karunaratne - Growing your own food
• deployable greenhouses, USA, Seattle - atelierjones, atelierjones architecture - invigorating underutilized urban spaces to make them agriculturally and socially productive
• RECYCLING of URBAN SPACE, Serbia, Subotica - Center for Regional Researches, Anna M. Plestovic, Pera Markovic - Recycling of existing infrastructure to change social perception and organizational patterns
• ten in one, Germany, Berlin - Christoph Roedig, Christoph Roedig, Ulrich Schop - Project aim: designing and building together
• Taking the Gap, South Africa, Johannesburg - SPACE MATTERS architecture and urbanism, SPACE MATTERS architecture and urbanism, Sarah Calburn and Dustin A. Tusnovics architects - Community Centre fot the township of Thinasonke
• matchbox, South Africa, Cape Town - Verena Grips, Matchbox, Verena Grips - increasing the quality of living and learning for children in South Africa's townships
• Un Techo para mi Pais, Chile, Santiago - Andrea Torres Hermoza, Un Techo para mi Pais - Youth Building a Latin America without Poverty
• MISS Sargfabrik, Austria, Vienna - Franz Sumnitsch, Franz Sumnitsch, BKK-3 - Participation housing project with a lot of common rooms
• Vacant Lots - Experimental Occupations, Brasil, Belo Horizonte - Louise Ganz, Louise Ganz - Private space transformed into collective usable space
• Portable Field Dental Clinic, Turkey, Izmir - ayse sabah, Ayse SABAH - we have managed to create a portable dental office that asks for no pay, no social security and no donations
• Making Space in Dalston, England, London - muf and J and L Gibbons, J&L Gibbons LLP and muf architecture/art - Challenging a masterplan with an incremental approach combining temporary and permanent projects.
• URBAN PARK IN "SAN GIROLAMO" DISTRICT - BARI ( I ), Italy, Bari - BDF ARCHITETTI, bdfarchitetti - Bari (Vincenzo P. Bagnato, Pasquale A. De Nicolo, Massimiliano Fiore) - Public space re-constructing the social identity of a suburban area and re-building the human interactions
• Life without party rooms, brazil, Belo Horizonte - Louise Ganz, ines linke e louise ganz - an urban way of life without excessive consumption
• Reconquering the park - Kiosk 'Singeldingen', The Netherlands, Rotterdam - like bijlsma, Stichting Singeldingen and SUBoffice - Activation of a park strip
• Environmental Education Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro - Annemarie Gray, NGO Verdejar and Annemarie Gray - Sustainable building and skills training in the informal city
• THE FUTURE BOX, Angola, Luanda - Arne Petersen, Arne Petersen & Ulrich Schifferdecker - How far jumps the Dollar?
• Office in a Box, Germany, Essen - Hosoya Schaefer Architects AG, Hosoya Schaefer Architects AG - Cheap office space "off the grid" in any location
• OPEN CALL FOR A MOSQUE IN MILAN, Italy, Milan - Nicola Brembilla, Nicola Brembilla - Equal possibility to profess religion
• Women's Opportunity Center, Rwanda, Kayonza - Molly Cronin, Sharon Davis Design Studio - Empowering women through grass-root educational and job-skill training
• Qinmo Village Project, China, Huaji - Joshua Bolchover, Joshua Bolchover, John Lin and CPW, The University of Hong Kong - Sustainable Development of a Rural Chinese Village
• Kibera Public Space Project 02, Kenya, Nairobi - Chelina Odbert, Kounkuey Design Initiative - sustainable community transformation
• Adaptable Structures in an informal settlement, India, Pune - Caroline Framont, Caroline Framont - Urban and architectural strategy for slum upgrating
• Museke, Angola, Luanda - Mandu dos Santos Pinto, mandu - architecture & urbanism - slum upgrading - participatory urban concepts
• UIP COMUNA 13 IN MEDELLIN COLOMBIA, Colombia, Medellin - Empresa de Desarrollo Urbano EDU, Empresa de Desarrollo Urbano EDU - An Integral Urban Project (UIP) is an urban intervention instrument, which covers physical, social and institutional areas, and its goal is to resolve specific problems within a limited territory.
• Yes In My Backyard (YIMBY), Spain, Torredonjimeno (Jaén) - Citythinking, Citythinking and Eddea - Recycling a cement plant with olive trees (biomass from pruning waste)
• Wolaitta Village, Ethiopia, Soddo - Matt Ihms, Ethiopia Studio - Community sustaining campus
• local housing movement program, egypt, minia - Better Life Association, better life association for comprehensive development - Improving the quality of life for poor communities in order to live a better life in a healthy and safe houses
• Urban AgriPuncture, Finland, Helsinki - Dylan Kwok, - Urban strategy promoting green lifestyle in neighborhoods
• The "modern" Si-He-Yuan, China, Beijing - Matteo Giuseppe Blasi Valeria Corina, Matteo-Giuseppe Blasi, Valeria Corina - Improve living conditions
• FIELD GUIDE TO PHYTOREMEDIATION, US, New York - kaja kuehl, youarethecity - a do-it-yourself guide to environmental remediation
• Solo Kota Kita - Our City Solo, Indonesia, Solo - Michael Haggerty, John Taylor, Ahmad Rifai, Michael Haggerty, Ardian Pratomo - Tool for Participatory Budgeting and Neighborhood Advocacy
• atelier do centro, Brasil, São Paulo - Rafael Risnic Chvaicer, - collective space for free art development
• Taragalte ecolodge, Morocco, Mhamid - Bureau EAST, Bureau E.A.S.T. - Tourist facility that combat desertification and foster local economic development
• planning strategies in a state of exception, west bank, bethlehem - mario abruzzese, mario abruzzese, francesca vargiu - activation of collective space through sustainable infrastructures
• Re'Do-me', India, Gujarat - Sreoshy Banerjea, Sreoshy Banerjea - Urban Artifacts as Catalysts for Interaction
• Community Center - Santa Cruz, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro / Santa Cruz - lompreta nolte and nanda eskes, lompreta nolte arquitetos, nanda eskes arquitetura - Education using sport as a social catalyst, community involvement for professional capacitation and creation of business oportunities
• MICRO-REVOLUTIONS - Cora Garrido Sports Academy, Brasil, São Paulo - Franklin Lee, SUBdV, Architectural Association Diploma 2, Architectural Association Visiting School and Netherlands Institute of Architects 2010 Design Workshop - Informal, grass-roots sports centre empowering local residents of troubled urban environments
• ArchiFarm- Urban Integrity, Peru, Lima - Sean Cahalin, ArchiFarm, Kevin Watters, Sean Cahalin, Andrew Carter - Community space, creating structured growth to informal communties, as well as a means to attain that growth.
• Adobe Housing, Mexico, Callejón de Rómulo - Andreas Rauch, Miroslava Choborová, Georg Hubmann, Andreas Rauch - Multi-level strategy to achieve an adobe way of living
• sportification, Germany, Halle - complizen Planungsburo, compolizen Planungsbüro, Andreas Haase, Tore Dobberstein - Stimulating sport activites in unusual or very usual urban spaces.
• JogoRio, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro - Jogo Team, Alix Beranger, Laura Janka, Chan Youn - System that uses sports infrastructure to empower the kids of Rio
• New Heerlerheide - local society local energy, The Netherland, Heerlerheide, Heerlen - Tom Wauben, Weller, Wauben Architects - revitalisation of a deteriorated former mining colony
• Split bathhouse * Gansu-China, China, Tianshui - Shanmen - BaO, BaO architects, Madaifu association - Collective bathhouse improving sanitary conditions and creating public space for community gathering
• INFORMEXCHANGE HOUSING PROJECT 01, South Africa, Cape Town - Margit Sichrovsky, Kim Le Roux, Margit Sichrovsky - mixed-use building to densify and to create an urban edge
• INFORMEXCHANGE EXPANSION PROJECT, South Africa, Cape Town - Margit Sichrovsky, Kim Le Roux, Margit Sichrovsky - INCOME GENERATION BY HOUSE EXPANSION
• Women's Center in Gando Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso, Gando - Francis Kere Architecture, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Kéré Architecture - Educational space stimulating female companionship
• School with ventilation system in Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso, Gando - Cecilia, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Kéré Architecture, Germany - Educational space delivering training and employment

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