[ XVBAQ2006 Blog: Introduction ]
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In a world where raw network geometry, the logic of transnational relationships and interconnections has weakened the presence of nations as a state, while it has strengthened their cities and boost competition among them, it becomes imperative to shed light on the current situation and possible future of our cities. Latin American cities are, therefore, the focus of the XV Pan American Architecture Biennial of Quito: Visible Cities .
Latin America is, as the demographics of the United Nations, the continent with the highest rate of urban growth in the world. It is estimated that by 2030, a little over 85% of our population live in cities. However, Latin America is one of the least represented in the literature of architectural design, landscape and urban worldwide. Our cities, their problems and proposals, are invisible even within our region. The
BAQ/2006
set as an attempt to make the invisible visible. Compared to the brightness of the show, it becomes imperative to grant the position they deserve in contemporary urban discourse local and regional efforts to respond in a manner appropriate to the population explosion, which results in poorly managed environmental degradation and poverty. Are we prepared to face the future? Megalotugurios Will our cities, or urban megalopolis of prophecy? Will we be able to compete with other cities in the world and provide our survival in the midst of a new global order? What can we learn from other cities whose populations are also operating in other latitudes?
These and other questions are the starting point of the XV Bienal de Arquitectura de Quito , whose purpose is to trigger a reflection on our urban realities and generate proposals based on a look that is fixed in the local from the multiple perspectives the world. In the final analysis, it was thanks to bold design and quality that cities that did not exist on the map have become visible. These strategies that interest us. DECORATION
Latin America is, as the demographics of the United Nations, the continent with the highest rate of urban growth in the world. It is estimated that by 2030, a little over 85% of our population live in cities. However, Latin America is one of the least represented in the literature of architectural design, landscape and urban worldwide. Our cities, their problems and proposals, are invisible even within our region. The
BAQ/2006
set as an attempt to make the invisible visible. Compared to the brightness of the show, it becomes imperative to grant the position they deserve in contemporary urban discourse local and regional efforts to respond in a manner appropriate to the population explosion, which results in poorly managed environmental degradation and poverty. Are we prepared to face the future? Megalotugurios Will our cities, or urban megalopolis of prophecy? Will we be able to compete with other cities in the world and provide our survival in the midst of a new global order? What can we learn from other cities whose populations are also operating in other latitudes?
These and other questions are the starting point of the XV Bienal de Arquitectura de Quito , whose purpose is to trigger a reflection on our urban realities and generate proposals based on a look that is fixed in the local from the multiple perspectives the world. In the final analysis, it was thanks to bold design and quality that cities that did not exist on the map have become visible. These strategies that interest us. DECORATION
The BAQ2006 was awarded the Frederick González Suárez granted by the Metropolitan Council of Quito to "persons or entities who have excelled in academics"