“The South America Project (SAP): Hinterland Urbanisms” symposium took place at Harvard’s GSD on October 7th and 8th. The event marked the launch of an applied research and design network that examines the space of design within recent resource extraction and continental integration policies in South America. Directed and curated by Felipe Correa, Assistant Professor of Urban Design and Ana Maria Duran (Loeb Fellow ’11) the symposium framed the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) as a point of departure for an ample discussion regarding the diverse models of urbanism that emerge at the intersection of resource extraction and continental integration (primarily through mobility corridors). The symposium also marked the launch of the SAP research network; a two-year trans-national platform that through specific case studies and project proposals will examine how a spatial synthesis best afforded by design can provide alternative physical and experiential parameters to the current spatial transformations reshaping the South American Hinterland.

SAP

Sponsors
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
David Rockefeller for Latin American Studies at Harvard University

El simposio “South America Project: Hinterland Urbanisms”, se llevo a cabo en el Harvard Graduate School of Design el 7 y 8 de octubre del 2011. El evento marco el lanzamiento de una red de investigación que se enfoca en examinar el rol del diseño dentro del paisaje productivo de América del Sur, el cual hoy es altamente definido por la agresiva extracción de recursos y políticas de integración continental. Lanzado por Felipe Correa y Ana María Durán, con el apoyo del Departamento de Urbanismo de la Harvard Graduate School of Design y el David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, el proyecto une una amplia gama de instituciones académicas, y diseñadores de distintos campos, y crea una plataforma proyectiva que permite a la Arquitectura, y a las diversas disciplinas afiliadas al medio construido, activamente tomar parte en proponer nuevos modelos de urbanización para América el Sur.

SAP

Patrocinadores:
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
David Rockefeller for Latin American Studies at Harvard University