Several architects and urban planning experts oppose attempt to sell off coastal land despite history of public use; Local authorities defend the move to ‘revitalise’ area. por Federico Poore Buenos Aires Times, 19-12-2020 Punta Carrasco and Costa Salguero are 32 hectares of coastal grounds that run along the northeastern part of Buenos Aires City. During […]
More than 7,000 citizens sign up to air views on controversial sale and re-zoning of City-owned land in Costa Salguero. por Federico Poore Buenos Aires Times, 19-12-2020 A proposal that would allow the sale and re-zoning of city-owned land on the River Plate is facing severe criticism from residents in Buenos Aires, who have flocked […]
por Federico Poore Information Technology, mayo 2020 La empresa Colossal Order tenía poco más que un nombre ambicioso y 13 empleados cuando se lanzó a competir con la franquicia SimCity. Desde sus oficinas en Tampere, ciudad de 225 mil habitantes al sur de Finlandia, la compañía se lanzó al mercado con Cities in Motion, un […]
por Federico PooreBuenos Aires Times, 27-07-2019 Last December, the Buenos Aires City Legislature brought in a new set of regulations to govern urban development in the nation’s capital, replacing legislation that dated back to 1977. The introduction of the new rules was barely noticed, lost in the midst of more urgent political issues. Yet […]
«Many of the spaces we believe to be public are privately owned» Dutch sociologist Saskia Sassen, renowned across the globe for her work on global cities, discusses the modern metropolis, empty buildings and whether Latin American states are too weak to resist urban takeovers by the private sector. por Federico Poore Buenos Aires Times, 29-09-2018 […]