Architecture Inverse - Arquitectura Invertida

29/05/2023

After 8 years we had the opportunity to return to the Navotas Cemetery in Manila. This cemetery was occupied for several years and in 2015 we had the opportunity to share with its inhabitants. The people were relocated in 2016 and we will make the tour to Santa Maria de Bulacan to know their conditions in the relocation project.

Después de 8 años tuvimos la oportunidad de volver al Cementerio de Navotas en Manila. Este cementerio fue ocupado por varios años y en 2015 tuvimos la oportunidad de compartir con sus habitantes. Las personas fueron relocalizadas en 2016 y haremos el recorrido hasta Santa María de Bulacan para conocer sus condiciones en el proyecto de relocalozacion.

23/05/2023

Achitecture Inversa is back: what happened after 8 years in the occupation of the Naviotas Cemetery?, what lessons can we learn from the participatory architecture processes in Indonesia?, how are the social dynamics in the popular neighborhoods of Vietnam?, there are popular settlements in South Korea?. In the coming weeks we will be exploring these questions.

Achitecture Inversa esta de regreso: que ha pasado despues de 8 años en la ocupacion del cementerio de naviotas?, que lecciones nos djan los precesos de arquitectura participativa en Indonesia?, como son las dinamicas sociales en los barrios populares de Vietnam?, hay asentamientos populares en Corea del sur. ?Las proximas semanas estaremos indagando sobre estas preguntas.

09/12/2018

Architecture Inverse had the opportunity to visit the Agustino district accompanied by Marco Antonio, an inhabitant of the sector who guided us through the territory. In its beginnings El Agustino was an old Hacienda that since the 50s had a process of occupation of migrants from rural areas to the city. Through this process of occupation and self-construction processes, the inhabitants of Agustino have consolidated most of the district and currently have more than 200,000 inhabitants.

27/09/2018

In october, Architecture Inverse will be in Peru exploring some Homegrown Neighborhoods in Lima and coordinating the Workshop "Borders of segregation: Towards a social integration of fragmented spaces".

25/02/2018

Tepito is located in the center of Mexico City. For several years Tepito has begun a process of transformation due to the large number of informal shops or "Tangis". There we had the opportunity to meet Luis the shoemaker. He was born in Tepito and has been fighting for the last few years against gentrification processes that are taking place in the sector. Luis remembers how the urban structure of the "Vecindades" has been lost. These Vecindades allowed social ties and coexistence among the inhabitants of the sector. Luis created Casa Barrio Tepito an organization that has promoted different cultural and artistic activities with the inhabitants of the sector in order to protect their identity. Here are some photos.

04/02/2018

Architecture Inverse visited Mexico City. There, we had the opportunity to visit Iaztapalapa and Nezahualcoyotl , two of the largest Homegrown Neighborhoods in Latin America. Many of the houses in some sectors were designed by architects (social housing) but the inhabitants modified the houses to adapt them to their needs. On the public spaces we could find religious images as part of the Catholic culture, and in many streets these images take a strong role. Visiting the houses we could see that their configuration is much wider than in countries like Colombia or Costa Rica and this responds to the evolution of the family nucleus and its growth dynamics. We want to thank Sabina Morales, Sabina Monroy and her family for showing us Iztapalapa and Freddo Alfaro for their walk in Neza. Here some photos.

24/09/2017

Architecture Inverse had the opportunity to visit the Bang Bua project in the city of Bangkok. This project is interesting since the Thai government empowers the communities to be the managers and main actors in the development of the proposals. This result has allowed to develop projects where the dynamics of socio-spatial conformation are maintained and respected and the inhabitants are actors in the improvement processes. Here some photos

04/08/2017

Architecture Inverse had the opportunity to visit La Carpio one of the Largest Homegrown Neightbourhoods of Costa Rica (approx 35,000 inh). Katia a social leader of the neighborhood guided us through the settlement and explained some of its dynamics. This settlement is interesting to be a place that for several years received migrants from Nicaragua, generating socio-spatial patterns rooted in their customs. We also had the opportunity to visit SIFAIS a cultural center that resulted from the entrepreneurship of a woman seeking to generate cultural proposals with the young people of La Carpio. Here Some Photos.

17/07/2017

Here is the first of a series of short urban walks in different Homegrown Neighborhoods. In this video one of the largest self-built settlements in Bangkok - Khlong Toei.

This video is part of a series of Urban Walks made in different Homegrown Neighborhoods in the world through the Architecture Inverse project

13/07/2017

11/07/2017

Architecture Inverse continues the journey through Khlong Toei one of the largest self-built settlements in Bangkok. In Khlong Toei we were able to discover a great complexity and different stages of development, and in some areas we discovered a great quality in the configuration of the public and private spaces that allow to carry out multiple activities. The conditions in this settlement are much better than in other settlements we have visited in Asia. Here some photos.