During the last decade, the South American continent has seen a strong push for transnational integration, initiated by the former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who (with the endorsement of eleven other nations) spearheaded the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA), a comprehensive energy, transport, and communications network. The most aggressive transcontinental integration project ever planned for South America, the initiative systematically deploys ten east-west infrastructural corridors, enhancing economic development but raising important questions about the polarizing effect of pitting regional needs against the colossal processes of resource extraction. Providing much-needed historical contextualization to IIRSA's agenda, Beyond the City ties together a series of spatial models and offers a survey of regional strategies in five case studies of often overlooked sites built outside the traditional South American urban constructs.
Implementing the term "resource extraction urbanism," the architect and urbanist Felipe Correa takes us from Brazil's nineteenth-century regional capital city of Belo Horizonte to the experimental, circular, "temporary" city of Vila Piloto in Três Lagoas. In Chile, he surveys the mining town of María Elena. In Venezuela, he explores petrochemical encampments at Judibana and El Tablazo, as well as new industrial frontiers at Ciudad Guayana. The result is both a cautionary tale, bringing to light a history of societies that were "inscribed" and administered, and a perceptive examination of the agency of architecture and urban planning in shaping South American lives.

Beyond the City: Resource Extraction Urbanism in South America

History

Corrêa, Felipe

Americas

University of Texas Press

Freedom or Death: The Theory and Practice of Mikhail Bakunin

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Black Rose Books

In a manner similar to other megacities in Southeast Asia, Jakarta has witnessed unprecedented metropolitan growth over the last 50 years. Defined as Jabodetabek—including the cities and regencies of Jakarta, Bogor, Tangerang, Bekasi, and Depok—this region covers more than 6,000 square kilometers, defining one of the largest conurbations across the globe. Not surprisingly, the area’s physical and social infrastructures have failed to keep pace with this rapid urbanization. Yet, the introduction of the Jakarta Mass Transit System (MRT) and the implementation of its first metro line, currently under construction, could help address these deficiencies. The first two phases of the MRT, which promise to consolidate a north–south high-density corridor through Jakarta proper, could catalyze novel and diverse notions of urban collective space. This advanced option studio examines mass transit infrastructure in a context of extreme rapid urbanization as a driver for new models of collective space. Focusing on the metro station, these investigations explore how a mixed programmatic brief paired with a precise design intervention can redefine the broader urban landscape. Jakarta: Models of Collective Space for the Extended Metropolis is a Studio Report from the Spring 2016 semester at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Studio made possible with the generous support of AECOM.

Jakarta: Models of Collective Space for the Extended Metropolis (Harvard GSD Studio Reports)

Arts & Photography

Strange, Clayton

Architecture

Harvard University Graduate School of Deisgn

Unique in scope, scale, and civic aspiration, Mexico City is the ideal laboratory to test the capacity of urban design to construct a spatial synthesis from the geometric and organizational complexity of the city’s layered urban scenarios. Between Geometry and Geography: Mexico City examines―through photography, archival material, and analytical drawings―the urbanistic evolution of Mexico City. The volume focuses specifically on the relationship between major public works projects and the urban fragments they have created in order to construct a visual analysis of the most dominant urban morphologies at play in the city. Organized in seven topical chapters ―From Lake to City, From City to Metropolis, Mobility Networks, Logistical Footprints, Housing Stock, Hydrological Landscapes, and Urban Visions― the book tests the ability of design to confront and break down the perceived immensity of Mexico City by singling out and analyzing key urban projects that have shaped the city for over 600 years. Furthermore, central to this volume is an exploration of how the methodological diversity of urban design can help rethink ongoing mobility projects in the city as the backbone for much more ambitious and integral urban projects of diverse scope and ambition. The volume also includes a collection of writings by Loreta Castro Reguera, Pablo Landa, Louise Noelle, Peter G. Rowe, and Mario Schjetnan along with photo spreads from Archivo Fundación ICA and from Iwan Baan. The pieces introduce a more diverse set of views on the exceptional urban richness of Mexico City―the largest metropolis of the Spanish-speaking world. Published in both Spanish and English

Mexico City: Between Geometry and Geography

Alfaro, Carlos Garciavelez

Applied Research & Design

"Platform 2" provides a sampling of the most salient research and design explorations undertaken at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) during the 2008-2009 academic year. Organized thematically, the publication identifies underlying congruencies among studio work, theses, research, lectures, conferences, and writings to unfold some of the many critical ideas and interests currently being explored in the School. Ranging in scope from detailed material fabrication to large-scale territorial and infrastructural strategies, the work spans a broad and diverse set of geographies and scenarios. In documenting this work, the publication archives and disseminates the rich intellectual momentum of the GSD. Contributors: Michael Meredith , Mohsen Mostafavi , James Ackerman , Preston Scott-Cohen , Josuha Prince Ramus , Iñaki Ábalos , Dirk Sijmons , Sissel Tolaas , Scheri Fultiner , Louisa Hutton , Matthias Sauerbruch , Judith Grant Long , José Luis Vallejo , Belinda Tato , Chris Reed

Gsd Platform 2

ACTAR, Harvard Graduate School of Design

• A refreshing look at Mexican culture, people and photograph • Mexico Megalopolis will also be the catalog for the exhibition of the International Fotofestival in Knokke, Belgium Mexico city is one of the most glamorous but also one of the most dramatic cities in the world. The many challenges and opportunities the city faces (migration, segregation, urbanization but also resilience, pride, political consciousness) are an omen for the future of other world cities. This book presents the best Mexico has to offer when it comes to contemporary photography, with a focus on the capital Mexico City. Breathtaking panoramic landscapes from Pablo Lopez Luz, humorous images from Alejandro Cartagena, street photography by Mark Alor Powel, portraits of rich people by Yvonne Venegas. The most important artist in the book is Graciele Iturbide, one of the most influential Latin American photographers of the past four decades. Her powerful black and white images have received many awards, such as the W Eugene Smith Memorial Foundation Award and the Cornell Capa Lifetime Achievement Infinity Award 2015. This book is a unique document of a unique country and its capital and will also be the catalog for the exhibition of the International Fotofestival in Knokke, Belgium. Text in English and Spanish. Also available by the same authors: Haute Africa: People. Photography. Fashion ISBN 9789401414586

Mexico Megalopolis: Picturing Mexico Today (English and Spanish Edition)

Van Gansbeke, Ramona

De Jaeger, Christophe

Ruiz, Iván

Photography & Video

Lannoo Publishers (Acc)

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