Elisa Silva: "Spontaneous settlements do not need to be integrated because they are already part of the city"

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This week on the TERRAZA podcast, Nicolás Valencia talks with Venezuelan-American architect Elisa Silva about her book, "Pure Space: Public Space Transformations in Latin American Spontaneous Settlements" (Actar Publishers), an analysis of a series of public space interventions in communities across Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile.

"Pure Space: Public Space Transformations in Latin American Spontaneous Settlements" is an analysis of a series of public space interventions in communities across Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile.

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Cite: ArchDaily Team. "Elisa Silva: "Spontaneous settlements do not need to be integrated because they are already part of the city"" [Elisa Silva: "El asentamiento espontáneo no hay que integrarlo porque ya es parte de la ciudad"] 05 Jul 2026. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1078783/elisa-silva-spontaneous-settlements-do-not-need-to-be-integrated-because-they-are-already-part-of-the-city> ISSN 0719-8884
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