| Description |
144 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Reflection / Alejandro Ramirez Ugarte -- Opportunistic urbanism / Diego Ramirez-Lovering -- User guide/illustrated glossary -- Pt. A: Appropriation -- Arenales Tapitios -- Plaza Coronilla -- Mercado de Flores -- Miravalle INFONAVIT -- Pt. B: Itinerant relationships -- Street vendors and Plaza Expiatorio -- Santa Teresita Tiangius and Mercado Manuel Avila Camacho -- Pt. C: Hard edge/soft centre -- Mercado de Analco -- City block within colonial grid -- Pt. D: Piggybacking -- Street vendors -- Mercado de Flores -- Arenales Tapatios -- Pt. E: Open systems -- Arenales Tapatios -- Santa Teresita Tianguis -- Zapopan Tianguis -- References -- Opportunistic architectures -- Pre-fab sites: a housing urbanism made of waste |
| Summary |
"The work presented here is the result of an academic exchange between the architecture program at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Escuela Superior de Arquitectura in Guadalajara, Mexico. The book is the result of a process of urban interrogation, an attempt to make some sense of the activities that shape the city."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 124) |
| Subject |
City planning -- Mexico -- Guadalajara.
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Urbanization -- Mexico -- Guadalajara.
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| Author |
Ramírez-Lovering, Diego, editor
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Escuela Superior de Arquitectura (Guadalajara, Mexico), host institution
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Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia). School of Architecture and Design, host institution
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| ISBN |
9781921426049 (paperback) ($30.00) |
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