A collaborative digital space, this archive showcases cultural public interventions across the world.
As communities grapple with solutions to wicked problems, the places that people inhabit are in constant revision and reconstruction. The connection between culture and
place is one that has been examined via several theoretical lenses in myriad disciplines in the Humanities and the Social Sciences by theorists such as:
Jane Jacobs, Pierre Nora, Judith Butler, Henry Lefebvre, Homi Bhabha and more.
- You are invited to collaborate to the creation of the toolkit by submitting your instructional materials for review.
- You have access to a growing record of placemaking and public projects around the world today.
- You are invited to submit the placemaking / cultural public interventions that you have documented.
- You have access to a toolkit of instructional materials, which can be used in K-16 classrooms.
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Arches of the San Gil Barracks
The San Gil Barracks were designed by Francesco Sabatini and stood in the northern part of what is now the Plaza de España. The barracks were demolished at the beginning of the 20th century. Construction of the San Gil barracks began in 1789. Originally conceived by architect Manuel Martín Rodríguez as a convent for Franciscan monks. The building was demolished for the first time and then rebuilt as a settlement …