
M P
MATERIAL
POLITICS
[Architecture Research Practice for]
Radical infrastructures and socio-spatial change
PREFIGURATIVE ARCHITECTURES
ROSARIO DESIGN DRIVERS
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DESIGN DRIVERS:
Context, Maps & Precedents,
Eira Capelán
PROJECT BRIEF
NUEVO ALBERDI
MATERIALS AND PRECEDENTS
Rosario GIS inter-urban inequlity
MartÃnez, 2009
GIROS DOSSIERS:
Below are a number of reports produced by the Giros Movement. While they are in Spanish, some of the graphics may be informative and Google Translate may be useful in getting a general idea. In addition we are available of Mondays to answer any questions you may have on the dossiers.
Nuevo Alberdi and the urban breach,
Giros
A year of silent evictions,
Giros
The increasingly critical situation in Nuevo Alberdi,
Giros
The final proof of illegal megaprojects in Nuevo Alberdi,
Giros
Contested Peripheries,
Giros
The Urbanisation Paradigm,
Urban speculation and monopolies,
Giros
Ya Basta!
Monopolies do not govern the city,
Giros
Insurgency in the face of impunity,
Giros
The truth about Rosario's
public-private development scheme,
Giros
Nuevo Alberdi Water Report,
Giros
VIDEO MATERIAL:
Construction of Container Dwellings,
Giros
Music video for ÉTICA student band, territorio Cumbia, performing 'Giros' by Fito Paez and showing the territorial actions of the Movement during 2012,
ÉTICA students, Giros.
Giros Brick Cooperative,
Material Politics
PHOTO GALLERY:
![]() Ludeña stream | ![]() The first ÉTICA | ![]() Urban Nuevo Alberdi |
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![]() Giros communal water tank | ![]() Toffee spread production in ÉTICA | ![]() The first ÉTICA |
![]() The first ÉTICA | ![]() The first ÉTICA | ![]() Rail tracks adjacent to Nuevo Alberd |
![]() Brick production | ![]() Av. Bouchard, Nuevo Alberdi main roa | ![]() Nuevo Alberdi Bricks and Rubén |
![]() Nuevo Alberdi tapped electrical line | ![]() Nuevo Alberdi tapped electrical line | ![]() Giros Toffee Spread |
![]() Nuevo Alberdi bricks | ![]() Giros Dwelling Container | ![]() Nuevo Alberdi Water Infrastructure |
![]() La Resistencia Dairy Farm | ![]() La Resistencia Dairy Farm | ![]() La Resistencia Dairy Farm |
![]() Nuevo Alberdi Bricks | ![]() Nuevo Alberdi Rural Area | ![]() Nuevo Alberdi |
![]() Nuevo Alberdi | ![]() Nuevo Alberdi | ![]() Container Housing |
![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing |
![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing |
![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing |
![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing |
![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing |
![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing |
![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing |
![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing |
![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing |
![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing | ![]() Container Housing |
![]() Container Housing | ![]() Aerial of Nuevo Alberdi | ![]() Aerial of Nuevo Alberdi |
![]() Aerial of Nuevo Alberdi | ![]() Aerial of Nuevo Alberdi | ![]() Aerial of Nuevo Alberdi |
![]() Aerial of Nuevo Alberdi |