Tamara works in projects of experimental urbanism in Latin America and the Caribbean. Her focus lies on the socio-territorial aspects of urban projects on different scales.
She works on project of citizen participation, placemaking and activation of public spaces, empowering bottom-up movements in LAC region.
Another field of work is supporting local governments and the public sector to use tools of placemaking and generating public policies and governance models that empower experimental urbanism and public life.
Which additional experience/skills can people of Placemaking Europe reach out personally to you for?
"Urbanism Latin America and Caribbean
Placemaking in vulnerable contexts
Social inclusion
Public Policy and Governance
Informal settlements and auto-construction
Gender equality"
Which experience/skills can people of Placemaking Europe reach out to your organisation for?
Sustainable Urban Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Describe one of the projects you are most proud of
"""Plaza de Bolsillo Santo Domingo""
The co-creation of a pocket park in the social housing project ""Ciudad Juan Bosch"" in Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic. The new residential project will be home to 1250.000 people, but so far has no public spaces created. We constructed this 800m2 pocket park in only one week with the participation of local neighbours, students of architecture, volunteers and the architects of Ciudad de Bolsillo and BASE Studio. The “plaza de Bolsillo” serves as a stage for public life to happen in this new cities, where its pioneer residents get to know each other and create their own identity with cultural activities, sports, games and – we are in Dominican Republic – music and dancing!"
