Clique aqui para Português This is the first of two articles on the struggle of two projects for affordable housing in Rio de Janeiro’s Port Region, situated in the city’s downtown Centro. Despite being an area that […]
Clique aqui para Português From June 7-10, 2018, Rio de Janeiro played host to Virada Sustentável (Sustainable Turn), a festival organized across various Brazilian cities by a movement of people, groups, and public and private institutions […]
Clique aqui para Português On Monday, October 16, members of social movements, architects, and urbanists gathered at the Casa de Estudos Urbanos, in Glória in Rio’s South Zone, for a discussion on “Technical Support in […]
Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday July 27, more than six months after first occupying the INSS-owned abandoned hotel in Santo Cristo in the Port Region, the Vito Giannotti occupation won a huge legal victory. Residents, […]
Clique aqui para Português During the final week of April, the occupants of the Vito Giannotti Occupation received news of the latest obstacle in their fight to turn a previously abandoned hotel into subsidized affordable housing […]