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# Urban Planning

Innovative Urban Planning in Singapore: The Urban Playground Project

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MaCAD 2023-2024

In the rapidly urbanizing landscape of Singapore, the demand for innovative urban planning solutions is paramount to accommodating the growing population while preserving the city-state’s unique cultural and environmental heritage. This project proposes an exploration of a playful design methodology to devise novel urban block typologies tailored to Singapore’s specific needs and constraints. This research … Read more

Transhistorical Urbanization

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MAA 2024-2025

Key words: Neoliberalism/ Critical Urban Theory/ Spatiotemporality/ Planetary Urbanization The accelerated development of communication and technological systems, and more precisely of intelligent technologies, has significantly changed the ways in which human and non-human coevolution is shaping. Implications for theoretical frameworks include broadening definitions of consciousness beyond the human, reshaping cognitive boundaries in an assemblage between … Read more

Urban Complexity: Rethinking Space & Knowledge

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MaCT-01 2024-2025

01 Reading as Urban InsightIn a rapidly urbanizing world, the ability to read critically across diverse mediums—both digital and print—serves as an indispensable tool for interpreting the complexities of urban theory. Techniques like HYPERREADING, which facilitates navigation through vast digital information, and CLOSE READING, which emphasizes deep textual analysis, are crucial for decoding the nuanced … Read more

Designed Realities

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MaCT-01 2024-2025

“The artificial refers not to the fake, but to what is deliberately created, designed with purpose, and capable of reshaping both human and planetary futures.” Benjamin Bratton In recent years, the notion of artificiality has evolved from being seen as an imitation of the natural, to an integral part of planetary and urban systems. Benjamin … Read more

Community Haven

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MaCT-01 2024-2025

This project focuses on establishing a community-centered public space in Santa Coloma. Situated at Block Illa de Raval, a designated “green finger” of the Pinta Verde initiative, the project seeks to improve accessibility, enhance social engagement, and address infrastructural needs based on local context and community input. At the project start, several assumptions guided the … Read more

FLOWS 4 SANTA COLOMA

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MaCT 2024-2025

Abstract Flows 4 Santa Coloma is a project in the city of Santa Coloma, taking into consideration the Pla Pinta Verde proposed by the municipality of Santa Coloma. The project aims are aligned with the aims of the Pla Pinta Verde of connecting the existing green spaces to bridge the gap created because of the … Read more

The Gòtic Quarter: A Sustainable Economic Model or Not?

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MaCT 2024-2025

Located in the heart of Barcelona, where the history of the city began, the Gòtic Quarter is an iconic neighborhood, we sought to understand its complex dynamics and whether its economic model could truly be called sustainable. From Roman foundations to bustling contemporary streets, the Gòtic Quarter embodies a story of transformation. But behind its … Read more

CARABASSES

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MaCT-02 2024-2025

The aim of this workshop was to propose an interview in one of the many farms in Parc Agrari complex. It is understood by local municipality and consortium of the park that the whole Parc Agrari has been suffering pressure from the real state market, in order to give the land up for the construction … Read more

Intro: El Raval

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MaCT-01 2024-2025

Our research on the El Raval neighborhood explored the tensions and opportunities between residents and tourists, two populations who travel from all over the world to be in El Raval. While tourists and residents can have conflicting priorities and demands of their environment, the two are also dependent on each other and we came upon … Read more

La Barceloneta: A District in Transition

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MaCT-01 2024-2025

As part of the Master in City & Technology Introductory Workshop, our team was tasked with studying La Barceloneta, a district characterized by its complex layers of social, economic, architectural, and administrative systems. This project aims to explore these dimensions, highlighting the interactions between tourism and the local community in one of Barcelona’s most iconic … Read more

Poblenou | Designing for local or global?

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MaCT-01 2024-2025

The urban transformation of the Poblenou neighborhood has reached a critical juncture, where the local and global spheres coexist in a contested struggle over territory. The revitalization of old industrial buildings into a technological and creative hub has spurred significant economic growth, attracting a wave of companies, start-ups, investors, and, more recently, digital nomads, displacing … Read more

Urban Insights: Leveraging Open Data for Smart Property Rate Predictions

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MAA 2023-2024

1.0 Concept In the evolving landscape of urban development, property rates are influenced by numerous factors, including geographical, socio-economic, and infrastructural elements. Our project, “Urban Insights: Leveraging Open Data for Smart Property Rate Predictions,” aims to create an intelligent, data-driven model to forecast property rates. This model utilizes features such as wards, property types, and … Read more

SafeNet: Network-Driven Machine Learning for Urban Safety

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MaCAD 2023-2024

Abstract This study examines the pressing problem of violence against women in Mexico City, focusing specifically on strategies to prevent the escalation of violence that can lead to femicides. The persistence of gender-based violence in the city is aggravated by socioeconomic disparities, inadequate urban planning, and a deficiency of safe public spaces. The notable increase … Read more

Corredor AgroEcológico

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MaUP 2023-2024

Una Solución sostenible para frenar la expansión urbana en zonas verdes – Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro – Brasil Introducción ​​La Región Metropolitana de Río de Janeiro – RMRJ, con más de 13,4 millones de habitantes, es la segunda mayor economía de Brasil y pionera en gobernanza metropolitana a través de … Read more

VIDA Y MUERTE DE CIUDADES MINERAS. Estrategias territoriales para una nueva imagen del Cerro de Pasco, Perú 2065

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MaUP 2023-2024

El inminente fin de todo proceso extractivo plantea interrogantes sobre el futuro incier­to del territorio socio-urbano en el cual se ha emplazado o que ha generado. Por lo general, las operaciones mineras están intrínsecamente ligadas a la degradación y desterritorialización de los sistemas naturales, así como a la viola­ción de los derechos a la salud … Read more

Hacia una ciudad del cuidado

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MaUP 2023-2024
Ciudad del cuidado

Lineamientos para la implementación del Sistema Público de Cuidados A partir del desempeño profesional en uno de los territorios con mayor rezago social de la Ciudad de México, como lo es la Alcaldía Iztapalapa, he podido constatar durante varios años la acentuación de las desigualdades urbanas que derivan en diversas problemáticas tales como la violencia, … Read more

Infraestructura cíclicas hídrico-sensibles.

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MaUP 2023-2024

Infraestructuras resilientes para el saneamiento y recarga de acuíferos: El caso de Valle de las Palmas El voraz crecimiento de las ciudades ha generado una degradación del medio natural. En este proceso, la participación de actores locales, tales como grupos sociales, asociaciones civiles, institutos y órdenes de gobierno, crea plataformas para la toma de acciones … Read more

RURBANISMO SOCIO- PRODUCTIVO

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MaUP 2023-2024

Construcción del Paisaje desde la bioeconomía y la gobernanza multinivel. Masaya, Nicaragua. “La mundialización de los intercambios constituye el dato esencial de la presente recomposición de la vida económica. Hoy en día hay que pensar en términos planetarios: la producción, el consumo, los intercambios y la relación con el entorno que les corresponde”. [Bertrand Hervieu] … Read more

Mediación de la Paz Urbana: Ideando un Campus-Parque para la Auto-Fabricación en San José de Costa Rica, CA.

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MaUP 2023-2024

La formulación de la paz es imposible para el consenso de las masas actuales. Esta misma perspectiva es igualmente negativa en el país que inició el desarme de sus tropas después de la dolorosa II Guerra Mundial y una sangrienta Guerra Civil en 1948, esta es Costa Rica. Una utopía en las américas, una deformada … Read more

¿Cómo desarrollar mejoramientos de barrios precarios, en los que además de mejorar el entorno legal y urbanístico, también se propicie el desarrollo económico de las comunidades que los habitan?

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MaUP 2023-2024

Fuente: https://mcdonalds.com.au/menu/big-mac Probablemente esta es la hamburguesa mas famosa del mundo. En países como España o Estados Unidos tiene un valor que oscila entre 5 y 6 dólares, lo que la hace asequible para muchas personas. Sin embargo, en el contexto latinoamericano, 209 millones de personas deben vivir diariamente con esa misma cantidad de dinero … Read more

PARQUE ARBORESCENTE VASCO DE QUIROGA

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MAA 2023-2024

La creación de Santa Fe fue resultado de la intensa expansión que experimentó la Ciudad de México en los años setenta, concebida como parte de una estrategia de reordenamiento urbano. Aunque en ese entonces no se hablaba en términos de reciclaje urbano, esta iniciativa abordó aspectos que hoy se consideran fundamentales en ese concepto. Las … Read more

Barrio Modelo. Reintroducir la vivienda asequible en los barrios interiores de Xalapa, México

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MaUP 2023-2024

Introducción La ciudad se expande territorialmente y pierde población en su núcleo consolidado. La oferta de vivienda nueva, y particularmente la de Interés Social, existe predominantemente en la periferia, donde hay un déficit de servicios básicos, fuentes de empleo, y accesibilidad. Esto contribuye al deterioro ambiental, agrava los problemas de movilidad y ejerce presiones financieras … Read more