El Sur Global: Future Resilient City

Shifting the focus from futuristic visions, Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner with Alexis Kalagas of interdisciplinary design practice Urban‐Think Tank urge us to ‘forget about utopia’, for in the most part the urban environment of 2050 is already built. Architects’ sights need to be set on t...

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Published in:	Architectural design 2015-07, Vol.85 (4), p.100-105
Main Authors:	Brillembourg, Alfredo, Klumpner, Hubert, Kalagas, Alexis
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	2013 Hamburg International Building Exhibition (IBA) Andrea Branzi Architecture BeL Associates city as high-tech favela Forbidden Planet Grundbau und Siedler (Basic Building and Settlers) project Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville JG Ballard John Habraken Le Corbusier's Maison Dom-ino Lewis Mumford Michael Hughes New Athens Charter OCT-Loft redevelopment Paraisópolis favel Petare barrio Robby the Robot Seguros Caracas Estacionamiento Tanks The Letters of Lewis Mumford and Frederic J Osborn This is Tomorrow Torre David Urban environments Urban-Think Tank's Fábrica de Cultura project Urbanus Vision Whitechapel Gallery William McDonough
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Summary:	Shifting the focus from futuristic visions, Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner with Alexis Kalagas of interdisciplinary design practice Urban‐Think Tank urge us to ‘forget about utopia’, for in the most part the urban environment of 2050 is already built. Architects’ sights need to be set on the sometimes grim and unfolding reality of favelas and the world's informal cities.
ISSN:	0003-8504 1554-2769