Informal/peripheral production

Rice, Louis

Abstract

This research project explores a four-year (and on-going) research project into the production of informal spaces. Informal spaces (or something akin to informal spaces) are known variously as: autonomous, transgressive, or loose spaces; or terrain vague, and are often found in derelict or left over parts of the city. European examples include travellers’ camps, squatted spaces, wastelands etc, whereas in the ‘global south’ there are entire informal cities, for example the slums in Mumbai, barrios in Sao Paolo and the nation-site of Haiti. The project exlpores the role(s) of informal cities and spaces, and how they might inform and enrich the formal city.

Citation

Rice, L. (2011, October). Informal/peripheral production. Presented at Architectural Humanities Research Conference, Belfast, UK

• Presentation Conference Type: Speech
• Conference Name: Architectural Humanities Research Conference
• Conference Location: Belfast, UK
• Start Date: Oct 27, 2011
• End Date: Oct 29, 2011
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 8, 2019
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: informal cities, informal spaces, urban design, architecture, knowledge
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/958830
• Publisher URL: http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/Peripheries2011Conference/NotesforAuthors/