This initiative by the Placemaking Latinoamérica network aims to carry out urban actions that promote the appropriation of public space, leading up to the 2nd Placemaking Latinoamérica Encounter, which will take place in Mexico from November 5 to 11. How does it work? On the second weekend of every month, various actions will be organized across different cities and public spaces. The process is as follows:
- An action is proposed.
- On the corresponding weekend, all interested participants go out to activate the city.
- The actions are documented with photos and videos, and shared via #LatinAcción.
The first action was "urban printing," which took place from July 6 to 8 in Mexico City, Puebla, and Buenos Aires, among other cities. This involves printing clothing with custom city-themed stamps. All you need is paint suitable for printing images of your city and the clothing you want to print on.
Placemaking Latinoamérica
This encounter offers a dynamic forum for participants to develop and share specific strategies for implementing the Placemaking methodology locally and globally from a Latin American perspective. The first edition (2017) was held in Valparaíso, Chile, and for the first time, it will take place in Mexico, from November 5 to 11, 2018.
Placemaking is a multifaceted approach to the planning, design, and management of public spaces. Simply put, it involves looking, listening, and asking questions to the people who live, work, and play in a given space to understand their needs and aspirations, thereby bringing benefits to both public spaces and the people who use them.
Lugares Públicos
Lugares Públicos is an urban planning studio that promotes participatory design and sustainable public space management. We work with communities, governments, and the private sector to implement research, interventions, and urban design to improve people's public lives.
Participatory Urbanism Forum
Lugares Públicos A.C. (Mexico City) and Project for Public Spaces (New York) have announced the dates and lineup for the second Placemaking Latinoamérica Encounter, which will be held in Mexico for the first time. Spanning a wide range of sectors and disciplines, the event offers a dynamic forum for participants to develop and share specific strategies for implementing the Placemaking methodology locally and globally from a Latin American perspective. The first edition (2017) was held in Valparaíso, Chile, and for the first time, it will take place in Mexico from November 5 to 11, 2018.
Placemaking is a multifaceted approach to the planning, design, and management of public spaces. Simply put, it involves looking, listening, and asking questions to the people who live, work, and play in a given space to understand their needs and aspirations, thereby bringing benefits to both public spaces and the people who use them.
The Placemaking Latinoamérica movement began in 2016 and currently boasts a network of over 1,000 professionals and activists from countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. The network will meet in Mexico in November 2018 to share, learn, and teach the best Latin American practices in Placemaking.
Kickstarter Campaign
The Encounter will be funded through donations; this first campaign is aimed at producing a miniseries about the Placemaking methodology and movement, as well as financing the event's production. In addition, some of the reward tiers include early-bird tickets to the Encounter at a special price and in limited quantities. People's contributions will help continue driving this movement, which aims to foster reflection, analysis, shared experiences, and learning from new ideas regarding public spaces in Latin American cities in a horizontal, creative, innovative, and accessible way.
If you have already joined the campaign, help us spread the word! You are key to bringing this movement to every corner of Latin America!
Kickstarter Campaign
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This article was written by Mónica Arellano. The translation is powered by AI.
