Author Archives: René Boer

Appropriating Amsterdam: against the smooth city

By René Boer 13 January 2021 Housing

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Alternative forms of urbanism challenge the hegemony of the smooth city and its surging homogenisation

Building refuge: from emergency shelter to home

14 January 2021 By Nerea Amorós Elorduy and Etta Madete

In a re-examination of long-term refugee camps, Nerea Amorós Elorduy and Etta…

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In practice: Urbz on the local actors behind Dharavi’s incremental improvements

12 January 2021 By Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava

While Dharavi remains under threat of callous high-rise redevelopment, the unrecognised incremental efforts of skilled…

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John FC Turner (1927–2023)

11 January 2021 By Kathrin Golda-Pongratz

Observing the barriadas of Peru, John FC Turner sees self-built urbanities as a…

Artwork by Khensani de Klerk from the Self-built housing issue

We are stretched from margin to centre

7 January 2021 By Khensani de Klerk

Khensani de Klerk visualises fictional anecdotes based on the real lived accounts…

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