INCOME VS. TOPOGRAPHIC LOCATION- HIGHEST AND LOWEST 20% source: World Bank Data Finder, http://databank.worldbank.org

3% 50%

SAN RAFAEL-UNIDO: LIFESTYLE AND CONDITIONS

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INFORMAL CITY FORMAL CITY

CARACAS POPULATION

54%

46%

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SAN RAFAEL-UNIDO PROJECT AREA

INFORMAL CITY FORMAL CITY

CARACAS

SAN RAFAEL-UNIDO

INFORMAL CITY FORMAL CITY

SITE GEOGRAPHIC RISK source: “Upgrading San Rafael Unido: Integral Urban Project” p. 3 and http://wapi.isu.edu

60% existing slope

30% maximum acceptable

CURRENT WATER SUPPLY source: “Upgrading San Rafael Unido: Integral Urban Project” p.12

7 days/wk41 2 3

POPULATION BREAKDOWN

BUSINESSES SERVICED BY BARRIO DWELLERS BUSINESSES SERVICED BY FORMAL CITY INHABITANTSSITE TRAFFIC source: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/venezuela/labor-force-total-wb-data.html

2.7 million dwellers

1.1 million workers

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30 NEW STAIRWAYS2775 METERS OF INCREASED ACCESS

3 NEW ROADS 1505 METERS OF CIRCULATION

30 NEW PUBLIC SPACES EMBEDDED WITHIN STAIR NETWORK

5 PUBLIC BUILDINGS 7,000 SQ METERS NEW COMMUNITY SPACE

GEOLOGICAL RISK AREA: 8 HECTARES

29% SITE VULNERABLEMITIGATION OF MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS

41 HOMES TO BE MOVED

CONDITIONS AND SOLUTIONS

STAIR NETWORK

BOUNDARY ROADS

PUBLIC SPACE

PUBLIC BUILDINGS

LOCAL INTERVENTIONS

STAIR NETWORK - SITE CONTEXT STAIR NETWORK - UTILITY ACCESS

SEWAGE

POTABLE WATER

ELECTRICALDRAINAGE

CONNECTION

IDENTITY

PROCESS OF COMMUNICATION

CONAVI: GOVERNMENT BACKED ORGANIZATION FORMED TO PROVIDE COORDINATION, FUNDING, AND ETHICAL CONTINUITY FOR THE PROJECT WORLD BANK: PROVIDED 40% OF FUNDING FOR THE $150 MILLION PROJECT

PROYECTOS ARQUI 5: RESPONSIBLE FOR DE-SIGNING UPGRADES TO THE SAN RAFAEL AND UNIDO NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE LA VEGA BAR-RIO. THROUGH A WELL-DEVELOPED COMMUNI-CATION PROCESS, THEY DEVELOPED A PLAN THAT ADDRESSED THE COMMUNITY’S CONCERNS BY FOCUSING ON ACCESS NETWORKS RATHER THAN OPEN SPACES

SAN RAFAEL AND UNIDO NEIGHBORHOODS: WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE ARCHITECTS AND HAD A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE PLAN THAT RESULTED. THE PROJECT REQUIRED AND ACHIEVED 75% WRITTEN APPROVAL BY THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT ADDRESSED SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT OPEN SPACE AND ACCESS TO UTILITIES

FUNDACOMUN: GOVERNMENT BACKED ORGANI-ZATION FORMED TO HANDLE SOCIAL ISSUES AND NEGOTIATE LEGAL ISSUES WITH ALL PARTIES IN-VOLVEDCAMBEA: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT TO THE COMMUNITYSURVEYORS, CONTRACTORS, WATER AND ELEC-TRIC SERVICE COMPANIES: PROVIDED TECHNI-CAL SUPPORT IN REALIZING THE PHYSICAL AS-PECTS OF THE PROJECT

TECHNICIANS / NEGOTIATORS

COMMUNITY

ARCHITECTS

PROMOTERS / FUNDERS

PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF COMMUNICATION: WHAT WAS PROPOSED PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF COMMUNICATION: WHAT WAS BUILT