Intersections Connecting Housing, Research and Practice for Safe and Resilient Cities in Latin America

INTERSECTIONS is a curated Urban Library session based on the Springer publication “Intersections: Architecture, Design, City and Territory in Latin America”. The initiative presents applied and interdisciplinary research that addresses some of the most urgent urban challenges facing contemporary cities, including housing, inequality, resilience, care, mobility, accessibility, and public health. Emerging from a collaborative academic platform involving leading Latin American universities, the publication brings together diverse perspectives, methodologies, and scales of action—from community-based and participatory design practices to urban, metropolitan, and territorial analysis. The Urban Library positions the book not only as a scholarly output, but as a practical knowledge platform that connects research, policy, and practice. By foregrounding the concept of “intersection” as a space of encounter between disciplines, actors, and territories, the session highlights how architecture, design, and urban research can actively contribute to the co-production of safer, more inclusive, and more resilient communities. Special attention is given to vulnerable contexts, where housing and urban environments play a critical role in social cohesion, wellbeing, and adaptive capacity. The session invites policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and community leaders to engage with concrete cases and transferable insights, fostering dialogue on how interdisciplinary knowledge from Latin America can inform global debates and actionable strategies for housing and sustainable urban development.