The Perfect Slum

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De titel 'The Perfect Slum' die ik voor mijn proefschrift gebruikte roept wel eens vragen op. Hoe kun je dat nou toch zeggen, De Perfecte Sloppenwijk? Dit artikel van Thijs Kettenis in dagblad Trouw laat zien hoe het kan dat bewoners 'betere' woonruimte afwijzen.

#slums #informalsector #architecture #anthropologie

You went to the library and found an empty bookshelf about slums?

Informal settlement, squatter settlements, slums, favelas, barrios and bidonvilles are the home of over a billion people. Surprisingly, little of its architecture is documented. Planners and designers are more focused on changing it and finding 'solutions'. But wait a minute, do we know what we are talking about? Do we really know what slums are? Do we know how they work? Do we understand slum dwellers?

Architecture inhabited by so many people deserves a proper place in the architecture library. It is time to look at what is there and discover the logic of it all. There IS logic, it all makes perfect sense.

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