Insurgent uses in transit architectures: actions as plan, trick, and feint
Pedro Vitor Costa,
Maria Rúbia Pereira,
Cauê Capillé
Abstract:The traffic condition is a common phenomenon for peripheral populations of the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro. By forming a 'compulsory collective space', mobility infrastructures have enormous political and social potential. Certain 'insurgent' practices of groups that use the 'architectural loopholes' of these infrastructures stimulate this potential. This article analyzes some cultural, political, and economic uses connected to transit infrastructures according to three ways of designing (plan, trick… Show more
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