Ingenious Homes in Unexpected Places

Last year the team of Iwan Baan, Justin McGuirk and Urban-Think Tank won the Golden Lion for the Best Project of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition Common Ground at the Venice Biennale for Torre David / Gran Horizonte. The project documented an unfinished 45-story tower in Caracas, Venezuela, that is now home to an informal community of more than 750 families. It is a far cry from the high-profile commissions Baan is normally commissioned to photograph. Torre David is one of the "ingenious homes in unexpected places" he discusses in this TED talk from September.