Join Boopsie and Matias as they delve deep into the streets of La Boca and San Telmo, some of the oldest barrios of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Matias brings his expertise in social architecture, urbanism, art, and design.
He can be found with his urban design team Urbanismo Vivo.
Episode Notes:
9:40 Participatory process as a crucial step before any design begins. The team will gather information directly from the people living there : from the residents who have the knowledge and who know the neighborhood better than anyone.
14:30 The most important thing is qualitative data. It is what we need that these interventions are making a change. We mainly measure the amount of people.. The speed of cars passing through the area in an effort to improve the walkability. Humanscale of the street in an effort to empower safety. We measure activities and we interview people to ask them about the perception of the space: quality of the equipment , cleanliness, safety, quality of the public space, quality of the public furniture to create a result that includes perception from the point of view of the humans in the space.
22:44 Public Space became crucial last year. It was the only space where we were able to share the power of public space. Last year, we tried to create a good quality public space in a neighborhood where there is a huge lack of public space. No space for kids , no sitting, no trees, and it is a very grey area of the city .
25:30 Urbanismo Vivo provided tool to help people organize and create a co -design proposal to deliver to the city that outlines the identity of the community and the project as the neighbours of the area. Bottom-up - From this the government and people gained a high-quality public space
33:28 Urban Kintsugi - The whole concept is to use the resources you have and to show the breaks and joints of the problems.. Keep them visible and make it still beautiful. We don’t cover the entire area.. But, we ensure we maintain the shape, cracks, and integrity of the specific street site.
40:20 The importance of multi-disciplinary teams in urban spaces . We need sociologists, we need social workers, we need lawyers, we also for sure need urbanists and architects. But, the mix of the social sciences, the technical aspects, and the regulatory aspects of the use of plan need to work together to achieve that common goal to create more equal, accessible spaces that represent the desire of the residents. We need to get used to have more debates in the field of urban space. Generating the debate with local residents and reducing the helicopter view of our cities.
55:08 The sense of Walking Festival is that each walk is self organised and designed by the leader of that walk. It is a very collective process. We invited people to create their own walks and create the base of the objectives that we want.
56:20 - The purpose of the festival is to connect people with the city. Link people with the history of the city and attempt to stop the alienating process of cities that separates humans from the intangible stories that are part of our social patrimony and heritage of the city
The story of the public space - what happened, what is the history to bring new life to a place from the old stories.
Useful Links & References:
https://festivaldecaminatas.com.ar/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/urbanismo-vivo/
https://www.instagram.com/urbanismo_vivo/?hl=en -