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Torre David is an incomplete skyscraper in the center of the Venezuelan capital Caracas that has been occupied and reconstructed by local residents. Work on the building, named after the financial investor David Brillembourg, who died in 1993, was suspended during the Venezuelan financial crisis of 1994. After the office tower— the third highest in Venezuela—had stood empty for many years, it was taken over by the local population in 2008. The occupants made the building their own with improvisation and skill—it is a "vertical favela," now containing not just housing but also other everyday facilities such as an improvised doctor’s office, shops, and more. Photographer Iwan Baan has documented Torre David and its occupants, creating a portrait that captures the contradictions of the place while at the same time revealing urban structures that have emerged dynamically and without planning. Alfredo Brillembou rg was born in New York in 1961. In 1993 he founded Urban-Think Tank in Caracas, Venezuela. Since May 2010, Brillembourg holds a chair in architecture and urban design at the Swiss Institute of Technology, Zürich. Hubert Klumpne r was born in Salzburg in 1965. In 1998 he joined Alfredo Brillembourg as director of Urban-Think Tank in Caracas. Since 2010, Klumpner holds a chair in architecture and urban design at the Swiss Institute of Technology, Zürich.

Skyscrapers --- Design and construction --- Torre David (Caracas, Venezuela) --- Caracas --- Apartment houses --- Tall buildings --- Squatters --- Abandoned buildings --- Immeubles de grande hauteur --- Squat --- Constructions abandonnées --- Baan, Iwan, --- Brillembourg Tamayo, Alfredo --- Caracas (Venezuela) --- Gomez, Enrique --- Woontorens ; Venezuela ; Caracas ; Torre David --- Hoogbouw ; torens --- Informeel wonen ; in gesloopte gebouwen --- Baan, Iwan --- Urban-Think Tank --- Collectieve woningbouw ; participatie --- Venezuela --- Torre David --- 721.2 --- 711.585 --- 332.8 --- 711.16 --- Stadsproblematiek --- Stedelijke problematiek --- High-rise buildings --- Building, Iron and steel --- Wolkenkrabbers --- Hoogbouw (woningbouw) --- Flatgebouwen --- Woontorens --- Collectief wonen --- Collective housing --- Sloppenwijken --- Leegstand --- Huisvestingsproblematiek --- Centro Financiero Confinanzas (Caracas, Venezuela) --- Centro Confinanzas (Caracas, Venezuela) --- Constructions abandonnées --- 728.2 --- 365 --- 711.4 --- Woonblokken --- Stedenbouw --- Stadsvernieuwing --- Architecture --- Office buildings --- architectuur --- architecture [discipline] --- Immeubles d'habitation --- History --- Histoire --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Constructions --- 20e siècle

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"Addresses the question of why institutions meant to attract citizen participation succeed in strengthening civil society and improving state responsiveness and transparency in some places, but fail in others. Focuses on urban politics in Porto Alegre (Brazil), Montevideo (Uruguay), and Caracas (Venezuela)"--Provided by publisher.

Political participation --- Municipal government --- Comparative government --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Political science --- Cities and towns --- City government --- Municipal administration --- Municipal reform --- Municipalities --- Urban politics --- Local government --- Metropolitan government --- Municipal corporations --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- Government --- Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) --- Montevideo (Uruguay) --- Caracas (Venezuela) --- Santiago de León de Caracas (Venezuela) --- Caracas --- Montevideo --- Ciudad de Montevideo (Uruguay) --- Montevidéu (Uruguay) --- Politics and government.