The City in the Shadow of the Shantytown
A Critical History of the Bidonville
Throughout history, architects, politicians, and planners have framed shantytowns or slums as aberrant, unplanned developments that stand apart from the city proper—merely as problems to be solved. Describing a site as a bidonville—the Francophone equivalent of shantytown—positioned it as a foil to and catalyst for new architectural ...
