The Radical HIVE: Experiments in Social Housing and Urbanism in Latin America

Abstract

This essay describes and comments upon the process of researching organizing an exhibition focused on social housing in Latin America, particularly during the 20th century. Titled “The Radical Hive: Twentieth Century Experiments in Social Housing and Urbanism in Latin America”, the exhibition was mounted in the spring of 2016 (January – May) at the Miami Center for Architecture + Design, in Miami, Florida. An eponymous symposium, held at the Florida International University Miami Beach Urban Studios, subsequently brought together international academic and curatorial experts on the subject of social housing for a daylong gathering of spirited discussion.