Category: NTUA/PUCE workshop

”Weaving Chamanga _ A Post-Disaster, Multi-Actor Design Process”: a participatory methodology Event

October 21, 2016

During the official United Nations Habitat III conference and within the PUCE HIII official program, our PUCE-NTUA team organized in the auditorium of FADA/PUCE on October 20, “Weaving Chamanga – A Post-Disaster, Multi-Actor Design Process”. The goal of this event was to underline the importance of coordinating post-disaster work, highlighting as an example, specifically the … More ”Weaving Chamanga _ A Post-Disaster, Multi-Actor Design Process”: a participatory methodology Event

Chamanga’s public space design process

October 3, 2016

After two months of studio work at PUCE and two in situ workshops (one participatory design process and one validation meeting) we produced a proposal for Chamanga’s public space and park which adheres to the principles which emerged mostly out of the deliberations with people of the community, and express the consensus of the desires … More Chamanga’s public space design process

Being part of the construction of Casa Comunal de Chamanga

September 4, 2016

Actuemos Ecuador is a collective of architects which sees its role not only as designers, but also as community activators. Their work -and our participation- in Chamanga, consisted on the design and construction of a community space for Nueva Jerusalen, a community within the larger community of Chamanga, afflicted by the April 2016 earthquake. A … More Being part of the construction of Casa Comunal de Chamanga

San José de Chamanga: A Multi-actor Reconstruction Process

September 3, 2016

San José de Chamanga in the province of Esmeraldas is a village located on the Pacific Coast of Ecuador. The earthquake of 7.8 which took place on April 16 of 2016 had major consequences on the lives of people and their living settlements. The toll in human lives in the country was more than 650 … More San José de Chamanga: A Multi-actor Reconstruction Process

Settling in Quito

August 19, 2016

First week in Quito – first time in Ecuador – first time in South America! This week had actually a lot of “first times” for me in various aspects and experiences. It was a week full of surprises and contradicting emotion. After a couple of hard initial days of accustoming into a completely new environment I … More Settling in Quito

grados 0°

August 19, 2016

Landing on the intersection of the rotating sphere, in the midway between the poles, at the 0° 9′ 0″ S, 78° 21′ 0″ W coordinates:  arrival at Quito, the heart of Ecuador. SPACE     A linear city unfolded from the north to the south, as if keeping the geographical balance, as if struggling to maintain … More grados 0°