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BOGOTA STUDIO: January 2010

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Saturday, January 30, 2010. Heading South: The Urban Design Studio goes to Bogotá. In mid January, our class headed to Bogotá, Colombia, to check out some of their recent and current projects relating to urbanism and social housing. Secretaría Distrital del Hábitat generously acted as our hosts, showing us around the city and providing a wealth of information about how they are working to improve housing conditions and generate new housing in a rapidly expanding city. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This blo...

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BOGOTA STUDIO: Concept Mapping

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Monday, February 8, 2010. This week, the class came together with lists of major issues that apply to our project in Usme. As a class, we analyzed the underlying concerns, dividing them into three scales: regional, city level and site specific. Collectively, we classified issues into a matrix spanning social, economic, architectural, landscape, and political themes. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Teddy Cruz and Quilian Riano assisted by Angelica M. Ruano. Urban Geography Colegio Miravalle.

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Healthy People, Healthy Planet: June 2011

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Healthy People, Healthy Planet. Trying to save the world, one post at a time. Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Meet City Seed Farms. If you live in Toronto and haven't heard of City Seed Farms, you're missing out! Is a brand new backyard farming business that grows veggies in west end gardens and sells them at Sorauren Farmers' Market. I asked founder Erica Lemieux to tell us more about her new business. How did you come up with this concept? From my experience volunteering with Young Urban Farmers CSA, I know ...

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BOGOTA STUDIO: May 2010

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Friday, May 21, 2010. Below are several of our final projects. Using Environment as a Framework for Urban Design in Usme. This project includes an environmental analysis of the site in usme, critique of the proposed Metrovivienda plan and an alternative plan that frames development with environment and. The use of ecological infrastructure as physical/social intervention. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Teddy Cruz and Quilian Riano assisted by Angelica M. Ruano. Urban Geography Colegio Miravalle.

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BOGOTA STUDIO: February 2010

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Monday, February 8, 2010. This week, the class came together with lists of major issues that apply to our project in Usme. As a class, we analyzed the underlying concerns, dividing them into three scales: regional, city level and site specific. Collectively, we classified issues into a matrix spanning social, economic, architectural, landscape, and political themes. Tuesday, February 2, 2010. For the presentation we chose a format similar to Pecha Kucha. What makes a house become a home? What type of sys...

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BOGOTA STUDIO: Pecha Presentation

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Toward the end of our trip in Bogota we presented our thoughts and impressions to Teddy and some professors of the Pontificia Universidad. For the presentation we chose a format similar to Pecha Kucha. Except, instead of doing 20 slides 20 seconds we did 1 slide 1 minute. Here is each of our slides:. This building also represents the expansion of the private university and subsequent gentrification of the existing neighborhood. What makes a house become a home? Expanding Archit...

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BOGOTA STUDIO: March 2010

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Where have we been? My primary issue of interest is Flexible Housing. In the Word Map, I define flexible housing not simply as an architecture typology, but as economy, community empowerment, and politics converging and influencing each other to create a new system of planning and development. Through this exercise I believe real flexibility can be reached at all scales: housing, community, USME and beyond. The revised diagram articulates the use of. To create Green Housing. I am ...

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BOGOTA STUDIO: Heading South: The Urban Design Studio goes to Bogotá

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Saturday, January 30, 2010. Heading South: The Urban Design Studio goes to Bogotá. In mid January, our class headed to Bogotá, Colombia, to check out some of their recent and current projects relating to urbanism and social housing. Secretaría Distrital del Hábitat generously acted as our hosts, showing us around the city and providing a wealth of information about how they are working to improve housing conditions and generate new housing in a rapidly expanding city. April 7, 2010 at 4:29 AM. I find all...

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BOGOTA STUDIO: Final Projects

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Friday, May 21, 2010. Below are several of our final projects. Using Environment as a Framework for Urban Design in Usme. This project includes an environmental analysis of the site in usme, critique of the proposed Metrovivienda plan and an alternative plan that frames development with environment and. The use of ecological infrastructure as physical/social intervention. December 14, 2011 at 2:35 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Teddy Cruz and Quilian Riano assisted by Angelica M. Ruano.