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In 2009, Brazil launched a low-cost housing programme to fill a deficit of seven million homes. This publication, produced by the MAS Urban Design Programme, examines the project at a critical time and presents ways to improve it. Three chapters review its history and implementation, the ingenuity of Brazilian architecture, and present proposals for housing based not on(...)
Minha Casa - nossa cidade! : innovative mass housing for social change in Brazil
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In 2009, Brazil launched a low-cost housing programme to fill a deficit of seven million homes. This publication, produced by the MAS Urban Design Programme, examines the project at a critical time and presents ways to improve it. Three chapters review its history and implementation, the ingenuity of Brazilian architecture, and present proposals for housing based not on private ownership but on the greater vision for the city as a common project.
Collective Housing
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Collectivize! makes a case for the rehabilitation of the idea of the “common”. By taking the reader on a trip through built social laboratories and fictional utopias (or dystopias), this collection of four essays explores the role of collective ownership and identity in an increasingly individualized and compartmentalized world. With diverse contributions by Massimo De(...)
Collectivize! Essays on the political economy of Urban form vol.2
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Collectivize! makes a case for the rehabilitation of the idea of the “common”. By taking the reader on a trip through built social laboratories and fictional utopias (or dystopias), this collection of four essays explores the role of collective ownership and identity in an increasingly individualized and compartmentalized world. With diverse contributions by Massimo De Angelis, Jesse Le Cavalier, Arno Brandlhuber and Christian Posthofen, and Zvi Efrat.
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