Habitat III Village
38. The Road to "El Dorado"
Community Driven Placemaking Intervention
Location: El Dorado neighborhood, meeting point: Gran Colombia Ave. and Yaguachi St.
Inspired on the Pre-Hispanic legend about a lost city made of gold, which motivated many explores to travel to unknown lands, the project proposes the idea to discover El Dorado neighborhood by identifying urban renewal potential, as well as the “treasures” of the place with a bottom-up approach in urban planning. The exercise of discovering a place is a stimulating mechanism to discuss how to create a more livable space. It also involves recovering local knowledge, economies and diversity as an asset to empower communities to shape their environment. Camino hacia El Dorado is a community-oriented intervention to show achievements at the reach of organized communities. The project aims at opening the neighborhood up to its own residents, and also to both the city of Quito itself and the international participants of Habitat III, by making the neighborhood enjoyable and more attractive.
Activities
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El Dorado Dazzling Walls - Public Space Improvement
38. The Road to "El Dorado"
Date/Time: Sat 15 Oct 09:00 AM
Location:
El Consuelo Square (in front of the Medicine School)
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The Gold Rush - Competition
38. The Road to "El Dorado"
Date/Time: Sat 15 Oct 11:45 AM
Location:
Solano St. and Luciano Andrade Marín St.
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Gilding the Square - Public Space Micro-Renovations
38. The Road to "El Dorado"
Date/Time: Sun 16 Oct 09:00 AM
Location:
El Consuelo square (in front of the Medicine School)
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Everlasting happiness at “El Dorado”,typical drinks in the neighborhood
38. The Road to "El Dorado" Community Driven Placemaking Intervention
Date/Time: Mon 17 Oct 07:00 PM
Location:
El Dorado neighbourhood, meeting point: Gran Colombia Ave. and Yaguachi St.
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Brave citizens expedition to the golden hill, competition
38. The Road to "El Dorado"
Date/Time: Tue 18 Oct 05:00 PM