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SUMMARY:Housing the poor in Latin America: changing attitudes towards urba
 n informality - Dr. Felipe Hernández\, Lecturer\, Department of Architect
 ure\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20100526T121500Z
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CONTACT:Juan José Sarralde
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: This seminar will examine four case studies that sho
 w the innovative ways in which\ncontemporary architects throughout Latin A
 merican are responding to the challenge of building\nfor the poor. The ana
 lysis of these four cases also highlights a significant shift in governmen
 tal\npolicy. Instead of the large relocation schemes that were common in t
 he 1960s\, 70s and 80s\,\ntoday there is an increasing tendency to tackle 
 social housing via small-scale projects directed to\nspecific communities.
  Small-scale projects help to reduce the cost of investment\, shorten\ncon
 struction times\, minimize effect on the rest of the city and\, more impor
 tantly\, allow architects\nto address the needs of particular groups.\n\nB
 iography: Felipe Hernández is an Architect and lecturer in architectural 
 design\, history and theory at the\nUniversity of Cambridge. He has an MA 
 in Architecture and Critical Theory and received his PhD from the\nUnivers
 ity of Nottingham. Felipe taught previously in the School of Architecture 
 at the University of Liverpool\, and\nhas also taught at the Bartlett Scho
 ol of Architecture (UCL)\, the Universities of Nottingham\, East London an
 d\nNottingham Trent. He is the author of Beyond Modernist Masters: Contemp
 orary Architecture in Latin America\n(Birkhäuser 2009) and Bhabha for Arc
 hitects (Routledge 2010). He is also co-editor of Rethinking the Informal\
 nCity: Critical Perspectives from Latin America (Berghahn 2009) and Transc
 ulturation: Cities\, Space and\nArchitecture in Latin America (Rodopi 2005
 ).
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\,  Department of Architecture\, 1-5 Scroope
  Terrace\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PX\, www.arct.cam.ac.uk
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