'Vertical City' by British architecture collective desitecture is a proposal situated on 23 de enero Caracas, Venezuela - which was originally designed to become a mass housing block for residents to live and work in.
On January 23rd, 1958, when the dictator president Jimenez was ousted following a military coup, masses of homeless and lower class citizens flooded into the tower and it has since become known
as 23 de enero.
To cope with the threat of eviction, the residents became more organised and networks of exchange and communication formed within the towers which became self contained micro communities.
