the opportunistic loop

As a result of UNESCO’s inscription of Old Havana onto its World Heritage List in 1982, the city has been the subject of an extensive study aimed at recovering its cultural wealth. This has led to extensive mapping and taxonomizing of buildings and public spaces with the intent of informing a strategy that allocates funding and prioritizes their use.


The loop through city intervenes with buildings in very bad condition and bad condition, in black and grey respectively. These buildings are seen as offering opportunistic spaces for their shoring up as well as productive spaces in which to position structure for new program.


A visit to Havana today would include a walk through the city, following a line under, over, around and through these opportunistic spaces.