A City of Leftovers

Posted by: Nate Berg

31 January 2009 - 11:00am

Tijuana is literally built with the development waste of nearby San Diego, California. This video by Laura Hanna shows how.

"Architect Teddy Cruz tracks a new kind of urban ecology: Across the border from San Diego in Tijuana, a spontaneous urban space is taking shape off the radar of city planners, as an affluent city sheds its aging houses and its pieces are reassembled into creative dwellings for the poor."

Full Story: VideoNation: A City Made of Waste

Source: The Nation, January 29, 2009

»

Login or register to post comments
Email this page

'Nonconforming Urbanism' the New Face of Density - Feb 04, 2009
Regional Planners Sued for Promoting Sprawl - Dec 04, 2011
"Environmental Architecture" at its Finest - Nov 27, 2011
As San Diego Water Pact Falls Through, Options are Scarce - Oct 30, 2011
Taking a Stroll With a Guide to Understanding Cities - Sep 28, 2011

“

Practitioners will need to break free from their silos and forge a better understanding of the interrelatedness of these fields.

”

Read the full article, written by Nate Berg.