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M Tomaselli:
"Urban Design Lab Ausstellung";
Group exhibition; organised by: UN Habitat III, Quito, Ecuador, 2016-10-17 - 2016-10-20.

The Habitat III conference was organized in 2016 by the United Nations General Assembly in Quito to enact a New Urban Agenda. For this occasion, the Urban Design Lab was invited to contribute a project to the Habitat Village, an initiative displaying innovative urban projects in the streets of Quito during the event. We decided to exhibit our hands-on methodology by implementing a concise version of the Urban Design Lab in the neighborhood of La Mariscal.
The neighborhood of La Mariscal was once one of Quito´s traditional
residential districts bordering the historic city center. Over the past decades, it has been affected by what locals define as "tourism gentrification", a process during which residential uses have been displaced by commercial activities catering to tourism. The Urban Design Lab was set up in "El Cubo", a temporary project space intended to activate the Plaza Borja Yerovi. During
Habitat III we organized a series of activities that provided insights into the
current situation of the neighborhood. These activities included interviews,
community and creative workshops, a market with local products, a neighborhood
party and an urban film festival showcasing international movies
about urbanism.