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- Marc Fornes’ ultralight informal amphitheater in France looks like an opening chrysalis Thu, 29 Oct 15, 6:00amThe permanent informal amphitheater in France, designed by New York-based Marc Fornes/ Theverymany, is a self-supported shell made from 990 individual parts and 26 base plates...
- New Vocativ Video Depicts Life in the World’s Tallest Slum in Caracas, Venezuela Wed, 28 Aug 13, 3:30amThe video begins at the foot of the soaring 45-story structure that has no elevators. It goes along the route taken daily by 750 families to reach their homes. The inhabitants use improvised taxi motorbikes to navigate the...
- Architecture for a Change’s Mamelodi Pod is a Self-Sustaining Solution to Shantytowns Tue, 27 Aug 13, 1:00amA rapidly increasing portion of South Africa's population lives in shantytowns that lack access to water, electricity and basic plumbing. Mamelodi is one of the oldest townships in Pretoria that was set up by a then-apartheid...