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Lia Alarcon, Paola Cordova, Belen Desmaison, Luciana Gallardo, Kelly Jaime

KNOW - Lima

http://www.urban-know.com

Lima, Peru
We work with social, political and community actors to make visible, understand, and transform the dynamics that generate and maintain social inequality in Lima, Peru. The project co-designs, tests and disseminates urban strategies and public policy proposals to contribute to greater equity at local and metropolitan levels. We combine research with co-design and implementation and evaluation of urban strategies in areas with precarious conditions and risks in which the majority of the city live.

Call for ideas 2021

Challenging food insecurity and fragmented urbanism in informal settlements in the Global South


Metabolic Urbanism of Care

Challenging food insecurity and fragmented urbanism in informal settlements in the Global South


Metabolic Urbanism of Care
Co-designing spaces to sustain care activities on food provision that emerged during the pandemic.
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Type of project
  • Systemic changes

The project's main objective is to challenge the rising food insecurity in the peripheries of Lima. To this end, an urban system was developed to promote the food sovereignty of the population, seeking its sustainability over time through the active participation of users in the diagnosis, design, implementation, and management of the project. The proposal integrates urban agriculture, more efficient management of water and sanitation facilities, the implementation of improved cooking stoves for more efficient and healthy use of fuels, and the consolidation of social infrastructures to facilitate caring activities. An incremental systemic and metabolic urban approach, allows us to implement prototypes while envisioning the connection of this multiplicity of networks in the long-term. The replicable initiative seeks to strengthen the relationship between academia, civil society, and NGOs, through the consolidation of platforms that promote the exchange of knowledge between members.


Challenging food insecurity and fragmented urbanism in informal settlements in the Global South


Metabolic Urbanism of Care

Challenging food insecurity and fragmented urbanism in informal settlements in the Global South


Metabolic Urbanism of Care
Co-designing spaces to sustain care activities on food provision that emerged during the pandemic.
File under
Type of project
  • Systemic changes

The project's main objective is to challenge the rising food insecurity in the peripheries of Lima. To this end, an urban system was developed to promote the food sovereignty of the population, seeking its sustainability over time through the active participation of users in the diagnosis, design, implementation, and management of the project. The proposal integrates urban agriculture, more efficient management of water and sanitation facilities, the implementation of improved cooking stoves for more efficient and healthy use of fuels, and the consolidation of social infrastructures to facilitate caring activities. An incremental systemic and metabolic urban approach, allows us to implement prototypes while envisioning the connection of this multiplicity of networks in the long-term. The replicable initiative seeks to strengthen the relationship between academia, civil society, and NGOs, through the consolidation of platforms that promote the exchange of knowledge between members.



Idea by

Lia Alarcon, Paola Cordova, Belen Desmaison, Luciana Gallardo, Kelly Jaime
KNOW - Lima
Lima
Peru
We work with social, political and community actors to make visible, understand, and transform the dynamics that generate and maintain social inequality in Lima, Peru. The project co-designs, tests and disseminates urban strategies and public policy proposals to contribute to greater equity at local and metropolitan levels. We combine research with co-design and implementation and evaluation of urban strategies in areas with precarious conditions and risks in which the majority of the city live.