Arquitecturas Colectivas is a massive open-source network of people & groups interested in the participatory construction of the built environment. Their body of work is collectively immense as it exists as a “network of networks.” The project was founded in 2007, and welcomes professionals, students, individuals and groups. The common thread among the practitioners and their work is a willingness to manipulate the existing fabric of the built environment.
Most projects apply a process where someone perceives their urban environment needed to be changed. They develop an alternative, and then implement it.
The Arquitecturas Colectivas network exists so that participants all over the world can share strategies on how to positively effect change within the built environment. Ideas are discussed, groups convene, and projects are shared in an open-source environment.
