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Bolivia. El Alto. David Garcia
I met another architect in Senkata the one day A guy was working on his bus in the middle of the street and I said hello. He said hello back and seemed pretty nice. We started talking a bit, I figured...
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Bolivia. El Alto. Leon
When I first arrived back in La Paz, I was haggling with some cab drivers about the price to take me into the city. One finally offered me a lower price and I took him. As we were talking, I told him I...
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Bolivia. El Alto. Eloy and Family
Eloy and his familyCurrent living quarters New house next to old houseEloy and his wife Dona Maria lived down the street and ran a store on the corner. I got to know them very well, as their store...
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Bolivia. El Alto. The New House
The new living roomI had told Eloy that I would return in the evening to take a photo of his whole family in the new, almost finished apartment. I ran a little late, trying to catch up with everyone in...
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Bolivia. Leaving.
SenkataThe rim of El AltoI went back to El Alto drawn to a city, an indigenous, self built city, that had served as a space of resistance against so many things wrong with the world. The now infamous...
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New Orleans
Lower 9th WardLower 9th Ward from the industrial canal levee WaitingGym in the lower 9thUnfinished house in the lower 9thPublic housing in upper 9th wardOn my stop back in the US, I headed to the...
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New Orleans. Green Washing Machine
Here, it seems the whole green thing has gotten a little bit out of whack. It is kind of interesting how little I have really thought about green and sustainable stuff on my trip. It was kind of a...
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New Orleans. Rethinking Poverty?
Started, but unfinishedAnd that opportunity after the storm to rethink and tackle poverty in America in a new way? Ummmm. Yes, it is a catastrophic failure on a national level, but on a local level as...
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Mississippi: Katrina Cottages
Cottage Square in Ocean Springs, MSThe original Katrina Cottage designed by Marianne CutsanoMississippi Cottage I went to the Mississippi Gulf Coast to learn more about the Katrina Cottage. Developed...
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Mississippi. Temporary vs. Permanent
One of the interesting components about the Katrina Cottages is the questions it raises about temporary vs. permanent housing. Of course, the original FEMA trailer and mobile homes that were provided...
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Mississippi: Long Term Solutions
Diamondhead HFH Cottage DemonstrationInterior showing addition of living roomInstallation of prefabricated tag unit. Katrina Cottages are sold by Lowe's. New homes at Cottage Square. Enterprise...
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Mississippi: Prefabrication?
Two different approaches, manufactured home (front) newly designed/built from GCCDS (back).East Biloxi. New housing in East Biloxi (designed by Marlon Blackwell in partnership with AFH and GCCDS)One of...
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Mississippi: Future Trends
Look closely, there is a still a Katrina Cottage thereRebuilding a bit differently. A whole new aesthetic is developing.....I also spoke with Ben Brown, who works with Placemakers, an urban...
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Incremental Housing in Haiti
In the midst of all the devastation in Haiti, it is hard to imagine thinking about next steps, when I feel like i haven't even been able to process the initial event. Regardless, in thinking about how...
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Incremental vs. Traditional
Some thoughts related to incremental housing vs. traditional approaches in the case of Haiti. 1) People could get homes built initially much more quickly because they are building less. However, there...
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Haiti: Beyond Building Housing
Seven weeks after the disaster, a number of recent news pieces have highlighted how now is the time to begin shifting people out of the tent camps and into different kinds of housing. This has many...
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Mobile/Manufactured Homes
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Manufactured Home Alterations
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WNC Additions: Mary
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Cairo. Revolutionary Change?
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