EMERGING TOPICS FOR URBAN DESIGN TASK Housing • • • • •
Qualitative and quantitative housing deficit Tenements Affordable Housing Collective Housing Productive Housing
Productiviy • • • • •
Informal economy Unemployment Small scale economy Lack of local job opportunities Craft(wo)menship
Heritage Conservation • • • •
Parque Las Cruces, Cathedral, Fountain Monastry and church Plaza Las Cruces Specific residential houses
Marginalization & (invisible) border • Fisical borders • Mental borders: Stigmatisation • Negative Image and reputation
Security and Criminality • • • •
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High crime rate Gang activities Illegal activites Feeling of insecurity
Public space • • • •
Lack of public space Lack of green space Poor conditions and low design quality of public space Poor walking quality for pedestians
Culture • Craft(wo)menship • Hiphop, Rap
Unadequate uses and abandond places • • • • •
Parking lots and material storage Warehouse at Plaza Las Cruces Bus depots and strorage halls on Carrera Septima Closed former monasty Houses in ruins
Arrival city • • • •
Attractive location for migrants Lack of affordable housing for migrants Lack of job opportunities for migrants Low education level of migrants
Environment and nature • Lack of green space • Mountain range ecosystem • Closed rivers
